Canning River Regional Park - Department of Environment and ...

Part B Principal Management Directions
STRATEGIES
1. Base future management of the
Park on the zoning plan. (CC
and CALM)
7. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT
OF THE PARK AND
ADJACENT AREAS
The objectives are to integrate the
management of the Park and seek cooperation
from adjoining landowners
to support the management goals and
objectives of the Park.
7.1 The Park Management Structure
The Park management structure is shown in
Figure 1. The joint managers of the Park are
CALM and the City of Canning and their
areas of responsibility are set out in the
previous section on management zones.
Close co-operation is required by these land
managers for the Management Plan to be
implemented efficiently and effectively. It is
proposed that the City of Canning and CALM
develop a Memorandum of Understanding
setting out how they will jointly manage the
Park. Many agencies have planning powers
and controls that effect the management of the
Park and their relationship is shown in
Figure 1.
7.2 Adjoining landowners and
management authorities
The main management authorities with a
vested interest in or adjacent to the Park are:
The Swan River Trust, City of Canning, City
of Gosnells, Water and Rivers Commission,
Main Roads Western Australia, and public
utilities such as Western Power and the Water
Corporation.
7.2.1 Swan River Management
Strategy
This strategy was prepared for the Western
Australian Government by the Management
Strategy Task force in 1988. It includes
recommendations concerning planning,
development and use of specific areas of the
Swan and Canning Rivers and their foreshores.
The Canning Wetlands (Shelley Bridge to
Nicholson Road) is identified as a specific area
in the strategy and recommendations A64,
A65 and A68 to A70 specifically apply to the
Park. Recommendation A64 calls for the
declaration of the Canning River Regional
Park. The preparation of this Management
Plan satisfies recommendation A65 of the
strategy. Recommendation A68 is for a review
of land zoning adjacent to the Park to ensure
compatibility with conservation of flora and
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fauna. Recommendation A69 concerning the
investigation of the mud flats between
Shelley and Riverton Bridges into the Park is
addressed in this Plan (see section 5,
recommendation 6); and recommendation A70
relating to the need to restrict power boat
usage in the Park has been addressed in this
Management Plan. The Plan has been
developed to be consistent with the themes of
the Swan River Management Strategy.
7.2.2 Swan River Trust
Overall responsibility for planning, protection
and management of the Canning River
The Park falls wholly within the Swan River
Trust (SRT) Management Area. The Trust
was established to bring together all State and
local government authorities which have a
major interest in the Swan and Canning
Rivers with an overall role of co-ordinating
and implementing activity associated with the
river. This means that any developments,
including a change of use within the Trust's
area, must be approved by the Minister for the
Environment under Part V of the Swan River
Trust Act. The Trust assesses such
applications and makes recommendations to
the Minister who determines the application.
The SRT was set up on 1 March 1989, under
the Swan River Trust Act 1988. Its
responsibilities are to plan, manage and
protect the SRT Management Area, which
includes the waters of the Swan-Canning
River system and adjoining Metropolitan
Region Scheme Parks and Recreation
Reservations.
The Swan River Trust must advertise any
significant developments that fall within its
management area. CALM has a responsibility
to advertise draft management plans, proposed
changes to approved management plans and
the creation of new reserves. It may be
possible to combine these advertising periods.
Implementation of this Management Plan is
subject to development plan approval by the
SRT. If the SRT considers that
implementation proposals differ from the
intention of the management plan, then the
Trust would treat this as a separate
development application requiring public
comment. CALM and the SRT (in
collaboration with the Water and Rivers
Commission) are currently preparing a
“Memorandum of Understanding” outlining
how their organisations will work together to
streamline consideration of development
applications. The memorandum will include
advertising of significant developments,
liaison between CALM field staff and SRT
inspectors and the implementation of CALM
management plans.