This article is from the Australian Property Journal archive
LARGE sections of Western Australian government-owned land will be utilised for future residential development, delivering up to 76,000 new homes to the Perth and Peel region.
WA planning minister, Rita Saffioti, announced the future of the land with the release of outcomes for a range of sites previously designated as Planning Investigation Areas (PIA), with outcomes for 13 out of 15 PIAs now identified.
“We’ve undertaken considerable work to understand the key considerations, constraints and future opportunities for this land, and provide certainty to landowners and the community,” said Saffioti.
“We must consider more opportunities to maximise the consolidation of future urban development within the bounds of our metropolitan area, preventing further urban sprawl and ensuring that we capitalise on the connectivity that the METRONET program is delivering across Perth.”
Selected suburbs across the Perth and Peel region have been identified as suitable for both residential and urban uses, including 5,600 hectares of land in North Ballajura, Maida Vale, East of Kwinana and Pinjarra Ravenswood PIAs for new communities and homes.
At the same time, the outcome for another PIA will see a Class A Reserve created at Cape Peron, with work progressing on the first stage.
“In Cape Peron and Pickering Brook, we have worked very closely with community representatives and the respective local governments to ensure that future planning and development outcomes in these locations protects the unique environmental and tourism values,” added Saffioti.
While work is ongoing for the second phase of a sustainability and tourism strategy for Pickering Brook and its surrounds.
“I am pleased to release the outcomes of these planning investigations which are the result of detailed and considered investigation by the Western Australian Planning Commission and which I know will be welcomed by local governments and landowners alike,” concluded Saffioti.
