Child care is an essential community service and with the rising demand for child care premises in both metropolitan and regional areas, it is imperative to ensure that the development of child care premises occurs in appropriate locations.
The draft position statement updates the Planning Bulletin 72 Child Care Centres (August 2009) and aims to provide decision-makers, proponents and the community with a consistent policy approach to planning for child care premises in Western Australia.
Following public submission on the previously advertised draft (December 2022) modifications have been made to the document. The key changes to the revised draft Position Statement, which reflect the issues raised in public submissions, are:
- the introduction of four size categories for child care premises (CCP): small, medium, large, and extra-large;
- support for new small and medium size CCP in the residential zone, with proposed new large and extra-large CCP to be located in suitable mixed-use and commercial areas, or integrated into schools and reserves;
- locating CCP in commercial and mixed-use zones will result in less amenity impact and may provide improved workforce convenience, with expanded hours outside what would be possible in a residential area, and proximity to public transport; and
- improvements to the structure and clarity of the Position Statement.
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