The amended State Planning Policy 7.3 including the new Medium Density Code provisions was scheduled to be gazetted on 1 September 2023 as part of a staged transition to introduce the new standards.
The State Government has since requested that the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) defer gazettal of the amended policy in consideration of continuing challenges in the housing construction market and to undertake amendments to it to retain current (2021) policy provisions for R30 and R40 coded development The WAPC has considered the Minister’s request and agreed to prepare these amendments.
Draft policy documents
The draft policy documents originally scheduled for gazettal on 1 September include the below.
Amendments to these documents are being prepared and will be released when available. For further information, refer to the Medium Density Code page
