25. Make best use of existing and planned urban infrastructure by preparing and implementing an urban consolidation action program, including:
- identifying significant barriers to increasing urban consolidation and developing a clear roadmap that outlines intended outcomes, responsibilities and time frames
- reviewing and adjusting policy settings to support infill locations, including liveability and amenity improvements, with particular focus on refining policy settings for public open space, public realm improvements, schools, utilities and public transport and the associated development contribution requirements
- planning incentives that support infill development, encourage land assembly and create a stronger pipeline of development sites
- implementing purchaser support where appropriate to facilitate increased infill development, such as further extension of the Off the Plan Duty Rebate Scheme for apartments and place-based approaches to building bonus grants and Keystart lending requirements
- providing funding and support for development of precinct plans for key infill locations
- identifying and prioritising infrastructure capacity upgrades and coordination needed to support infill development
- transparently reporting progress (at least every 2 years) towards achieving infill targets set in Perth and Peel @ 3.5 million by local government area, taking into account relevant contextual factors.
The WA Government responded to Foundation for a stronger tomorrow in February 2023. Recommendation 25 is partially supported. For further information please refer to the response document.
Actions:
25.38 Implement the Perth and Peel @ 3.5 million land-use planning and infrastructure frameworks
25.39 Continue to support METRONET Station Precinct planning
25.40 Identify infrastructure barriers through strategic planning activities
25.41 Review and implement relevant policies such as the Design WA suite of state planning policies (SPPs) for precinct design, residential design codes for apartments and medium-density housing, as well as those related to public open space
25.42 Consideration of planning incentives that support infill development through planning reform
25.43 Regularly report on progress against Perth and Peel @ 3.5 million through the Urban Growth Monitor
6/6 actions on schedule
25.38 On schedule
Implementation of the Perth and Peel @ 3.5 million suite of land use planning and infrastructure frameworks occurs through day-to-day regulatory activities of DPLH and the WAPC, such as decisions on local planning strategies, scheme amendments, subdivisions and development. This planning includes the consideration of infrastructure costs, delivery and staging.
25.39 On schedule
METRONET station precinct planning is delivering the planning frameworks to enable private sector investment and development within the walkable catchment of stations. It is also identifying where State Government infrastructure investment, including social infrastructure, is required to support and attract private sector investment. DPLH and the WAPC are continuing to work with stakeholders to facilitate urban consolidation through METRONET Station Precinct Planning.
25.40 On schedule
The WA Government committed $55m to strategic water and wastewater infrastructure to support development of more than 15,000 new homes across METRONET sites and strategic sites. These include Bennett Springs, Morely, Malaga, Yanchep, Redcliffe, Meltham and Kelmscott.
Special Development Infrastructure Development Fund - In March 2024 the locational criteria was expanded to include development around train stations and strategic, secondary and district activity centres. More than 55 residential development projects have been supported with more than $37m in funding to help industry deliver over 3,700 apartments.
25.41 On schedule
Policy updates include:
- State Planning Policy 4.2 Activity Centres - complete (gazetted July 2023)
- Safer Placed by Design CPTED Guidelines - complete (published July 2023)
- Residential Design Codes Vol. 1 and consequential amendments to Vol. 2 - complete (gazetted April 2024)
- Review of Liveable Neighbourhoods - initiated and will result in the new State Planning Policy 7.1 Neighbourhood Design, which will guide structure planning and subdivision of greenfield and larger infill sites. Drafting is progressing and is anticipated to be finalised in late 2024/early 2025.
25.42 On schedule
Refer Action 25.41
25.43 On schedule
The Urban Growth Monitor reports on several key states of the land supply process, with its primary focus on the availability of land zoned for urban development. This annual report provides detailed information on consumption rates of urban zoned land; the rate of residential infill development in the Perth metropolitan and Peel regions; and density trends. Urban Growth Monitor 15 was released in January 2024.