The Shire of Harvey has initiated LPS 2 to replace the existing District Planning Scheme 1.
Amendment 16 proposes to rezone a portion of land in the north western corner of the Avon Industrial Park (AIP) from ‘Parks and Recreation reserve’ to ‘General Industry’, include a new ‘Renewable Energy Facility’ land use definition on Schedule 1 and amend Table 1: Zoning Table to include the new ‘Renewable Energy Facility’ land use as a discretionary use within the ‘General Industry’ zone and the ‘Rural’ zone and a prohibited use in all other zones.
The Shire of Dandaragan proposes to amend the zoning table to permit the use of ‘Caravan Park’ in the Harbour zone.
The City of Karratha proposes to introduce Special Control Area and Additional Uses over Jarman Island to allow the consideration of low impact tourism development.
The City of Armadale proposes to rezone the West Piara Urban Precinct South from ‘Rural Living’ and ‘General Rural’ zone to the ‘Urban Development’ zone.
The scheme amendment proposes to rezone the above lots from ‘Private Community Purposes’ to ‘Local Road’ and ‘Urban Development’ to facilitate future residential development.
The Shire of Broome proposes to replace its existing planning scheme with an updated scheme which is in line with the Planning and Development (Local Planning Scheme) Regulations 2015. This includes updating Table 3 Zoning Table to include new use classes including ‘Waste disposal facility’ and ‘Waste storage facility’.
The scheme amendment proposes to rezone whole of Lot 115 White Cliffs Road and portion of Lot 116 to Residential; portions of Lot 110 to Rural- Residential and Special Use; and include a portion of Lot 116 in Special Control Area 1 (Coastal planning and management).
LPS 2 is proposed to replace the existing Local Planning Scheme 1. The changes are predominantly to update the Scheme to align with the Planning and Development Regulations 2015 and to reflect existing land use. The new scheme proposes a number of changes including new zones, rezoning’s, text updates, scheme provision amendments, additional uses to reflect actual land uses and the introduction of several Special Control Areas.