Precinct Plans 1-8.indd - City of Perth

City Planning Scheme
no
2
2004
precinct plans 1-8
Volume 1

HOW IT WORKS
Each precinct plan outlines the Council's town
planning intentions for the locality. It contains a
Statement of Intent which applies to the whole precinct
and several other state ments which apply to specifi c areas
within the precinct. These state ments summarise the kind of
future that is seen to be appropriate for the precinct.
Each precinct plan also provides information about the purposes for
which land may be used and guide lines for the development of land and
buildings.
The precinct plans should be read to geth er with:
1. Planning policies which con tain guidelines for the development and use of
land, and which apply to more than one precinct. Ref er enc es are given in the precinct
plans to those policies.
2. The Scheme text which contains legal and administrative provisions regarding the use
and development of land.
In order to determine how a particular lot is affected by the above, you will need to refer
to the precinct plan in which the lot is located. Please identify your lot on the precinct plan
map and read the related text carefully. Where a property is located on or near the precinct
boundary, it may also be necessary to consult the neighbouring precinct. From time to time,
the City Planning Scheme may be subject to amendment. Please ensure that your copy of the
Scheme is up-to-date.
You are reminded that before land and buildings can be developed or used for another purpose it
will probably be necessary to make a planning application and receive approval from the Council.
Enquiries regarding any of the information on the following pages should be directed to the
Council's Planning Offi cers on Telephone 9461 3333 or E-mail: info_city@cityofperth.wa.gov.au.

PRECINCT No. NAME PAGE
NOTE:
The precincts denoted (CC) comprise the Scheme area referred to as the City Centre.
P1 to P8 City Centre (CC) Precincts CC-1
P1 Northbridge Precinct (CC) 1-1
P2 Cultural Centre Precinct (CC) 2-1
P3 Stirling Precinct (CC) P11
3-1
P1
P4 Victoria Precinct (CC) 4-1
P10
P2
P3 EPRA
P5 Citiplace Precinct (CC) P5
5-1
P15
P6 St Georges Precinct (CC) P4
P6
6-1
P14
P7 Civic Precinct (CC)
P7
P8
7-1
KINGS PARK
P13
P8 Foreshore Precinct (CC) 8-1
Note: Kings Park is
P12
P9 Matilda Bay Precinct excluded from the
9-1
P10 West Perth Precinct
City of Perth
10-1
P11 Hamilton Precinct 11-1
P12 Langley Precinct
P9
12-1
P13 Adelaide Precinct 13-1
P14 Goderich Precinct 14-1
P15 East Perth Precinct - controlled by East Perth Redevelopment Authority (EPRA) 15-1

KINGS PARK
Note: Kings Park is
excluded from the
City of Perth
P9
P10
P11
P8
P6
P1
P5
P2
P7
P3
P4
P14
P13
EPRA
P15
P12
STATEMENT OF INTENT
The city centre will continue to develop as the focus of business,
administration, commerce, retail, tourist, civic, cultural and entertainment
activities for the State. As the focal point for the capital of Western
Australia the city centre should be interesting, enjoyable and an easily
accessible place so that people will be attracted to it for its services and
facilities, work, investment and leisure opportunities.
Eight city centre precincts will form the centre point for the promotion of Perth as the capital city and an
international destination for commerce and tourism. Through their principal functions each precinct will
contribute to the growth, development and enhancement of the city, and the character, environmental
elements and built form of each precinct will be acknowledged and protected.
A mixture of uses which provide a wide range of services and facilities, recreational activities and
residential and visitor accommodation, attractive to a wide cross-section of the community, and
fundamental to the development of an active and vital centre, will be encouraged. Development in each
of the precincts will also need to take into consideration the importance of retaining the identity of each
precinct by fostering compatible uses in terms of activity, scale and intensity of development.
Consolidation of central business activity, retail, social and cultural functions, residential uses, and visitor
accommodation, fostering a better integration of these activities, will be pursued in the city centre.
This higher intensity of development should contrast with supporting less intense development in the
neighbouring precincts and residential quarters on the fringe.
Axes of major pedestrian activity, such as St George’s Terrace and Adelaide Terrace, Hay, Wellington,
Murray, Barrack, Beaufort and William Streets, will be developed as links between precincts. Nodes such as
Forrest Place, the Cultural Centre, Barrack Square and town centres in the East and West Perth Precincts
will be further developed as readily accessible meeting places offering services, events and activities for
people living and working in the surrounding areas.
Places of cultural, environmental, historic and scenic interest will be conserved. Areas of unique heritage
interest and landmarks will be enhanced and new development must respect neighbouring buildings in
scale and character, ensuring that heritage is conserved and the visual quality of the city is improved. In
addition, the integrity of heritage precincts will be protected through sensitive streetscape and landscape
design and traffic management.
Strong physical and visual links between the city centre and surrounding precincts should be preserved.
Entrances to the city centre should be augmented through the establishment of encircling parklands and
be designed as distinctive urban gateways. The relationship between the Swan River, the Foreshore and
City of Perth City Planning Scheme N o 2 • Precinct Plans Adopted - 26 June 2001; Amended - July 2014
City Centre P1 to P8
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Kings Park should be fully acknowledged and promoted as central Perth’s major asset. The Foreshore
should continue to be enhanced to provide a variety of park environments and to re-establish links
between the central city and the waterfront. The development of the tallest buildings in the region will
continue to mark the city’s location and will reinforce the city as the region’s major built landmark.
The retail core will continue to be reinforced as an area of pedestrian priority and the provision of a high
quality pedestrian environment in the city centre will remain a high priority. Public places such as streets,
malls and squares will be enhanced and maintained reinforcing the City’s traditional urban structure
thereby heightening the interest, comfort and the convenience of the city centre.
The network of pedestrian and cyclist routes and facilities will be maintained and improved. Pedestrian
and cycle pathways will continue to be extended from the city centre to the waterfront. Redevelopment
should therefore take into account the need for pedestrian routes to be connecting, logical and safe,
adequately signposted and unimpeded.
The city centre will continue to be highly accessible, therefore well served by public transport and the
major city roads. Transport matters, however, will be carefully monitored through traffic/environmental
impact studies as part of the consideration of properties taking vehicular access from all city streets
and laneways. Public transport termini and short-term parking stations will be conveniently located
within and close to the city centre and convenient access to them provided. Control of parking will be
carefully managed and the provision of new car parks will be regulated in keeping with parking policy for
the city centre. Entrances to new car parks should be minimised and shared or grade-separated access
points should be encouraged. The Council will endeavour to regulate traffic flow in accordance with the
functional road hierarchy plan for the Scheme area and require that development take into consideration
pedestrian access, safety and make provision for cyclists.
PLANNING STUDIES
PERTH CENTRAL AREA POLICIES REVIEW
In 1986 the Council, in association with the Western Australian Planning Commission and the State
government, released the Draft Central Perth Policy Document which set down recommendations for the
future growth and development of the Perth Central Area. This major planning study, whilst not formally
adopted, was accepted as a working document for all people concerned with the planning and
development of central Perth, and a guide for development decisions and further
studies. The document contains detailed background information, alternative growth
strategies and ideas about future city development projects.
In 1992, the Planning Minister’s Central Area Liaison Committee, at the initiative
of the Western Australian Planning Commission and the City of Perth, agreed to
review and reassess the Draft Central Perth Policy Document. The Review findings
were compiled in a document entitled Perth Central Area Policies Review: Report for
Public Comment 1993. The document outlines:
• a vision for the future Perth and five principal planning challenges;
• an overall development strategy for the Perth central area, principally relating to
city life, the city environment and the city’s transport system; and
• a policy statement, and statements of intent for a revised set of precincts in the
central area.
The precinct policy contained on the following pages is largely based on the
findings of this document.
For a comprehensive overview of the development strategy and policy statements
reference should be made to the Central Area Policies Review.
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Adopted - 26 June 2001; Amended - July 2014
City of Perth City Planning Scheme N o 2 • Precinct Plans
City Centre P1to P8

PUBLIC PLACES ENHANCEMENT STRATEGY
The Public Places Enhancement Strategy establishes an overarching strategy which will
provide an integrated framework for the future development of the public domain
within the city. The Strategy is to be read in conjunction with each precinct plan.
STRATEGY COMPONENTS
In seeking to strengthen the legibility of the city the strategy has focused on
emphasizing major entry points, providing a strong framework of major city streets
linking the city’s squares and parks, strengthening the links between the city and
the river, reinforcing the civic domain and improving local centres. To achieve this,
urban design elements such as street furniture, lighting, paving, landscaping, public art
and improved public signage and information will be used in an integrated way to
reinforce the framework developed in the strategy. The strategy also seeks to improve
environmental amenity, and ensure the public domain is both safe and accessible to all
groups within the community.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
MINOR TOWN PLANNING SCHEMES
Minor town planning schemes which apply within the city centre are listed below and indicated on the
City Centre Precinct Map:
• Town Planning Scheme N o. 11 - Wesley Trust and WA Travel Centre
• Town Planning Scheme N o. 13 - State Government Insurance Office
• Town Planning Scheme N o. 16 - AMP
• Town Planning Scheme N o. 21 - FAI Site
• Town Planning Scheme N o. 23 - Paragon.
These schemes were principally initiated by the developers of the sites concerned to facilitate
a particular development. They are not planning schemes in the usual sense and contain development
standards that may apply in addition to those of the City Planning Scheme.
STREET BLOCK PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND HERITAGE GUIDELINES
Areas where planning, development and heritage guidelines apply are listed below and indicated on the
City Centre Precinct Map:
a) Street block bounded by James, William, Roe and Lake Streets;
b) King Street Heritage Precinct; and
c) Goderich Design Policy Area.
The guidelines are intended to be a succinct description of the overall planning framework and provisions
for the city centre as they apply to the street block and are intended to be flexible. They should therefore
be read in conjunction with precinct policy, and any other subsequent strategy or policy which may make
recommendations with regard to the areas concerned.
City of Perth City Planning Scheme N o 2 • Precinct Plans Adopted - 26 June 2001; Amended - July 2014
City Centre P1to P8
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METROPOLITAN REGION SCHEME (MRS) - CLAUSE 32 RESOLUTIONS
The Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC), under Clause 32 of the MRS, has resolved that in
the areas listed below and delineated on this plan, applications for development shall, after determination
by the Council, be referred to the WAPC for their determination:
• Parliament House and Surrounds
• Cultural Centre.
Further details on policy and design guidelines for these areas are noted in the Northbridge, Stirling,
Cultural Centre and St Georges precincts.
HERITAGE
Heritage items are listed in the Council's Register of Places of Cultural Heritage Significance.
Development of property, which involves a heritage item, must have regard for the heritage provisions of
the City Planning Scheme text.
It should be noted that the city’s heritage is under continual assessment and therefore additions to the
Register will occur from time to time.
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Adopted - 26 June 2001
City of Perth City Planning Scheme N o 2 • Precinct Plans
City Centre P1to P8