Bulletin (PDF 18.3 MB) - City of Armadale

Information BulletinInformation Items from the Development Services DirectoratePageD-9INFORMATION ITEM – COMMENTS ON ASPECTS OF THE APPROVALS ANDRELATED REFORMS (PLANNING) ACTConclusionThe real tragedy is that the priority given to DAPs and developer inspired amendments, diverts DoPstaff away from more useful real planning for land use and infrastructure at a time when we canleast afford it. There was a time when DoP assistance to local government with Enquiry by Designworkshops and structure planning was very welcome and placed the planning department of thestate above that of any state in Australia.Unfortunately DAPs and the amendment to section 76 are not being pursued to achieve betterplanning outcomes. They are being pursued without justification through questionable tactics. It isvery disappointing to find that advice emanating from a planning department would appear to bedriven more by pre-determined dogma than by planning logic. When advice is given without regardto the facts it risks being described as “political”. In such cases I usually turn to my King Jamesversion of the Bible where it states in Matthew – “all they that take the sword shall perish with thesword”!REFERENCES• Government of Western Australia, Department of Planning, Implementing Development AssessmentPanels in Western Australia, Discussion Paper, September 2009• Government of Western Australia, Department of Planning, Implementing Development AssessmentPanels in Western Australia, Report on Submissions, April 2010.• Government of Western Australia, Department of Planning, Implementing Development AssessmentPanels in Western Australia, Policy Statement, April 2010.• Subiaco Post, “Planning Law Fails”, Vol 37, No. 46, November 13, 2010.• Parliament of Western Australia, Hansard, May 4, 2010.• Government of Western Australia, Department of Planning, Review of the Town PlanningRegulations 1967 and the Model Scheme Text, Discussion Paper, May 2009.• Government of Western Australia, Department of Planning, Review of the Town PlanningRegulations 1967 and the Model Scheme Text, Report on Submissions, December 2009.• Government of Western Australia, Applications and Related Reforms (No. 4) (Planning) Bill 2009.• Government of Western Australia, Applications and Related Reforms (No. 4) (Planning) Act 2010.• Government of Western Australia, Planning and Development Act 2005.• Government of Western Australia, Town Planning Regulations 1967 (as amended).• Western Australian Planning Commission, Planning Bulletin 102/2010, Section 76 of the Planningand Development Act 2005, November 2010.• Western Australian Local Government Association, Submission to the Minister for Planning,Response to the State Government’s Discussion Paper, November 2009• Director General, Department of Planning, correspondence to City of Armadale relating to theApprovals and Related Reforms Legislation, 20 th September 2010.• Minister for Planning, Culture and the Arts, correspondence to President, WALGA, relating to theApprovals and Related Reforms (No. 4)(Planning) Bill 2009, May 2010.