Annual Report 2008-2009 - Department of Transport

Providing land to the community
Through its State Land Services Business Unit, the Department provides
land to support communities within Western Australia. Over the last year,
the Department was instrumental in providing land in Albany for the Albany
Waterfront Project. The project will span a number of stages that will allow
development of foreshore land for community and commercial purposes.
The first stage of the project will enable the development of the Albany
Entertainment Centre, with future stages to consist of marina, hotel and
commercial precinct developments.
Land for seniors’ accommodation in Walpole was also provided to
accommodate existing senior community members who could need more
home assistance in their retirement years. The proposed development
would provide up to 14 individual units and a recreational and administration
centre and will allow seniors to have extra assistance while remaining in
familiar surroundings, near family and friends in the community in which
they may have always lived.
Land was also provided to the Agesis Aged Care Group to enable expansion
of its facilities at Innaloo, and expressions of interest were processed to
enable key worker accommodation to be provided in South Hedland and
Karratha. The Department also released broad-hectare sites totalling
over 50 hectares for residential developments at Broome, Karratha, Kulin,
Newman, Port Hedland, South Hedland and Tom Price as well as light
industrial land at Karratha.
*This activity also relates to Goal 4.
http://lands.rdl.wa.gov.au/stateland
National planning reform agenda
The Department has continued to support the Minister for Planning’s
participation in the Local Government and Planning Ministers Council
(LGPMC), which is responsible for decision-making on key strategic local
government and planning policy matters that can be addressed at the
national level. Over the last year, the LGPMC and its supporting bodies have
focused on:
• development assessment reform;
• planning and zoning law reform to increase retail competition;
• environmental assessment and approval reforms;
• sustainability of cities and major urban centres;
• climate change planning policies and the development of a national
framework and tools for use by local government to inform planning for
climate change mitigation and adaptation;
• affordable housing; and
• the National Broadband Network.
www.planning.wa.gov.au/Plans+and+policies
Planning and Development Regulations
The Department has completed the Planning and Development Regulations
2009, which are to come into effect on 1 July 2009. This is the first set of
consolidated regulations to be prepared under the Planning and Development
Act 2005. It further simplifies the State’s planning system, bringing together
six sets of regulations that were prepared under the previous legislation
and updating the language and processes. It also introduces new provisions
that support sections of the Planning and Development Act relating to road
access conditions and infringement notices.
*This activity also relates to Goal 5.
www.planning.wa.gov.au/Plans+and+policies
Goal 2
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