KARRINYUP / GWELUP Local Area Plan - City of Stirling

The Karrinyup Regional Centre is identified as an activity centre
under the State’s Network City planning strategy and as a major
centre in the Western Australian Planning Commission’s
Metropolitan Centres Policy. Activity centres should provide for a
large range of retail, office, entertainment, recreation and
community facilities, and associated employment. Activity centres
should provide for a large range of retail, office, entertainment,
recreation and community facilities and associated employment.
The Local Area also benefits from its close proximity to the
‘Stirling City Centre’, which is directly south of the precinct.
Land within approximately one kilometre of the Stirling Train
Station is designated as a Strategic Regional Centre by the
Western Australian Planning Commission’s Metropolitan Centres
Policy. Such centres are significant places across Perth which
should provide for a larger range of retail, office, entertainment,
recreational and community facilities and associated employment
than regional-level centres such as Karrinyup. Stirling City Centre
contains key regional facilities such as Osborne Park Hospital, the
City of Stirling Administration Centre, Stirling Civic Gardens, the
Stirling train/bus interchange, Innaloo Shopping Centre, cinemas
and other commercial, industrial and employment activity. Stirling
City Centre has also been identified in the Commission’s Network
City planning strategy as a ‘major Activity Centre’ on an ‘Activity
Corridor’, which reinforces its role as an important centre in the
metropolitan region.
The City of Stirling has formed a partnership agreement with the
Western Australian Planning Commission with the aim of seeing
Stirling City Centre achieve its full potential, by addressing issues
such as appropriate mix and intensity of development around the
train station, the Stephenson Highway road reserve, improving the
pedestrian and cyclist environment and creating a strong heart
and identity for the regional centre.
The Balcatta Industrial Area is located to the east of the
Karrinyup-Gwelup Local Area and serves as a major commercial
and industrial area for the region which offers a variety of services
and amenities and consists of various manufacturing, commercial
and retail businesses. It is a significant regional employment hub
which employs approximately 5,000 people and also includes
regional facilities such as the City of Stirling Works Depot and
Western Power and Water Corporation offices. The Balcatta
Industrial Area is also designated as an Activity Centre within
Network City.
The Karrinyup-Gwelup Local Area is also bounded by a number of
regionally significant roads. The Mitchell Freeway forms the
eastern boundary of the Local Area and is the major north-south
arterial road across the Perth Metropolitan Area, while Reid
Highway is located just to the north of the Local Area and is a
major east-west arterial road across the Perth Metropolitan Area.
The northern suburbs railway line also runs within the Mitchell
Freeway. Marmion Avenue forms the western boundary of the
Local Area and connects with Perth’s northern most suburbs.
These roads are designated as ‘transport corridors’ in Network
City with a focus on expedient travel for motor vehicles and public
transport.
Karrinyup Road is another major road in the Local Area. Unlike the
aforementioned roads, it is designated as a potential ‘activity
corridor’ within Network City. An activity corridor is a major road
with good public transport where activity clusters. The diversity
and intensity of development along Karrinyup Road is therefore
likely to increase in the future, possibly with higher density
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KARRINYUP-GWELUP LOCAL AREA PLAN
February 2010