Annual Report 2008-2009 - Department of Transport
Annual Report 2008-2009 - Department of Transport
Annual Report 2008-2009 - Department of Transport
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Key Performance Indicators<br />
DPI Level Government Desired Outcome: Accessibility to serviced land and infrastructure<br />
Effectiveness Indicator: Number <strong>of</strong> lots given preliminary and final approval<br />
The <strong>Department</strong> seeks to provide sufficient land for housing to accommodate the anticipated future population growth <strong>of</strong> the State. To this end, the <strong>Department</strong><br />
plays an important role by ensuring sufficient zoned urban land and facilitating orderly land release through structure planning and issuing subdivision approvals<br />
throughout the State. The <strong>Department</strong> is partnered with the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) in this process.<br />
The Metropolitan Development Program forecasts a requirement for up to 70,000 residential lots (final approvals) in the Perth Metropolitan Region and Peel Sector<br />
between 2006 and 2011 to keep pace with population growth. The <strong>Department</strong> issued final approvals for 9,008 new residential lots during <strong>2008</strong>/09 (Perth and Peel)<br />
to the land development industry, which decreased applications lodged and requests for final approval, and therefore supply in response to lower levels <strong>of</strong> consumer<br />
demand. The corresponding total Statewide figure for final approvals for residential lots was 12,179.<br />
The <strong>Department</strong> is not the sole determinant <strong>of</strong> land availability, as, for a number <strong>of</strong> reasons, not all preliminary approvals (which reflect a bank <strong>of</strong> developable land<br />
from which developers can draw) go through to the final approval stage. These include external factors such as availability <strong>of</strong> raw materials, interest rates, developer<br />
capacity and market conditions. Therefore, the <strong>Department</strong> (via the WAPC) is only able to respond to applications lodged for preliminary and final approval.<br />
These measures are extracted from the <strong>Department</strong>’s electronic administrative subdivision tracking system and are published in the quarterly bulletin entitled State<br />
Lot Activity.<br />
2005-06<br />
Actual<br />
2006-07<br />
Actual<br />
2007-08<br />
Actual<br />
<strong>2008</strong>-09<br />
Target<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> lots given<br />
preliminary and final<br />
approval<br />
- Residential 54,204 50,445 43,308 50,000-<br />
55,000<br />
<strong>2008</strong>-09<br />
Actual<br />
Reasons for Significant Variance<br />
34,951 The number <strong>of</strong> lots in subdivision applications lodged in <strong>2008</strong>/09<br />
was 26,119 for residential and 4,734 for non-residential, totalling<br />
30,853 proposed lots; a total <strong>of</strong> 9 per cent decline compared with<br />
2007/08. This has translated as a decline in the <strong>2008</strong>/09 actuals,<br />
relative to the 08/09 budget, due to declining consumer demand<br />
given the slumped economy.<br />
- Non-Residential 7,522 7,444 9,510 6,000-7,000 7,714 There has been a decline in the number <strong>of</strong> non-residential lots in<br />
subdivision applications lodged in <strong>2008</strong>/09, relative to the 07/08<br />
budget, due to declining consumer demand.