The amendment proposes to rezone the old Woolstores site, from the ‘Rural Smallholdings’ and ‘Light Industry’ zones, and ‘Local Road’ reserve to the ‘Urban Development’ zone. The intention of the ‘Urban Development’ zone is to provide for a range of residential and commercial uses and to protect the land from noncompatible subdivision or development.
The Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) has initiated Amendment 1395/57 to the Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) to rezone land within Pt Lots 23 and 72 Eveline Road Middle Swan to enable a change in land use from the current brickworks to urban development. The proposed amendment area is 24.32ha and includes rezoning from ‘Rural’ and ‘Industrial’ to ‘Urban’, and rezoning from ‘Rural’ and ‘Industrial’ to ‘Parks and Recreation’ of land adjacent to the Swan River.
The scheme gives effect to Improvement Plan 55: Bennet Springs East Area, and provides a statutory instrument to implement the strategic planning framework for Bennet Springs East, including commercial and residential development.
The amendment proposes to rezone land over multiple landholdings from the Rural –
Water Protection zone to the Urban and Urban Deferred zones to facilitate future
residential development.
The amendment proposes to rezone Lot 483 from ‘Rural’ to ‘Rural Residential 1’
(RR 1), and to amend Schedule 4 (4.10) of the scheme text to include additional site
and development requirements.
To rezone approximately 123.5 hectares of land in Wattle Grove from the Rural zone to the Urban zone
The amendment proposes to insert ‘Additional Use No. 28 – Warehouse/Storage’ in ‘Schedule 2 – Additional Uses’ of the scheme text, and to amend the scheme map accordingly.
Introduce a General Industry, Strategic Infrastructure and Special Control area to facilitate the development of renewable energy facilities (introduced as an additional use) and workforce accommodation (Hyenergy proposal).
Local Planning Scheme (LPS) 8 represents an update to the Shire of Ashburton’s (the Shire) existing LPS 7, to ensure consistency with the requirements of the Model Provisions at Schedule 1 of the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015, the Shire’s Local Planning Strategy, and relevant state planning legislation and policies.
The LPS proposes to rezone the amendment area from ‘Rural’ to ‘Rural Residential’ and ‘Environmental Conservation’, amend the scheme map accordingly and insert new sub-clauses in clause 4.36 to amend the zoning table to allow a Residential – single house and Residential – Ancillary dwelling to be a Discretionary ‘D’ use within the Environmental Conservation Zone with applicable development provisions