The Improvement Scheme applies to the approximately 69-hectare Precinct which is located 13 kilometres north-east of the Perth Centre Business District, as shown on the Scheme Map.
The Improvement Scheme will replace the Metropolitan Region Scheme and the City of Swan Local Planning Scheme as the statutory land use planning instrument over the area. The Western Australian Planning Commission is responsible for the assessment and determination of development applications under the Improvement Scheme.
Improvement Scheme Aims
The Ballajura Station Precinct Improvement Scheme No. 1 was gazette on Thursday 11 December 2025 and comes into effect on and from this date.
The aims of the Scheme are:
- To integrate development of the Ballajura Station with the Scheme area.
- To plan for the establishment of a contemporary transit-oriented development that includes an appropriate mix of uses including residential and commercial.
- To facilitate the provision of a safe, integrated and efficient transport network which provides for the needs of public transport users, pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
- To facilitate co-ordinated infrastructure planning and delivery.
- To achieve high quality-built form and public place design across the scheme area.
- To encourage the implementation of best practice sustainability, water sensitive urban design, energy efficiency and bush fire safety initiatives within the scheme area.
- Facilitate sequential land use activities that respond to the planned development of the scheme area over time.
- To facilitate opportunities for investment by, and partnership with, the private sector.
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