The Action Plan for Planning Reform (Action Plan) includes goals, initiatives and actions aimed at making local planning schemes more consistent and legible, and improving associated guidance. To achieve these objectives, work to improve the consistency of the use of land use terms (and associated definitions), zones, and reserves in local planning schemes across the State, and land use permissibility and development requirements in commercial and industrial type zones in the Perth and Peel region scheme areas has been undertaken.
To implement this, the following is proposed:
- Changes to land use terms (and definitions) to apply to all local planning schemes State-wide.
- Changes to zones and reserves (and objectives) to apply to all local planning schemes State-wide.
- Standardised land use permissibility for commercial and industrial type zones, to apply to local planning schemes within the Perth and Peel region areas only.
- An approach for development requirements for commercial and industrial type zones, to apply to local governments within the Perth and Peel region areas only.
The above is proposed to be implemented through both regulatory change and the preparation of guidance and other supporting documentation.
Consultation on the principles for proposed changes and implementation actions were undertaken in April to May 2023. The Department is now in the process of reviewing and analysing the submissions received, to help with the identification of refinements to the proposals.
For further information, refer to the documents provided below.
