The objectives of this policy are to:
- promote a sustainable and well planned pattern of settlement across the State, with sufficient and suitable land to provide for a wide variety of housing, employment, recreation facilities and open space
- build on existing communities with established local and regional economies, concentrate investment in the improvement of services and infrastructure and enhance the quality of life in those communities
- manage the growth and development of urban areas in response to the social and economic needs of the community and in recognition of relevant climatic, environmental, heritage and community values and constraints
- promote the development of a sustainable and liveable neighbourhood form which reduces energy, water and travel demand while ensuring safe and convenient access to employment and services by all modes, provides choice and affordability of housing and creates an identifiable sense of place for each community
- coordinate new development with the efficient, economic and timely provision of infrastructure and services.
Related policies
State planning policies
Show more- 2.1 - Peel-Harvey coastal plain catchment - Feb 1992
- 2.2 - Gnangara Groundwater Protection - Aug 2005
- 2.3 - Jandakot Groundwater Protection - Jun 2017
- 2.4 - Planning for Basic Raw Materials - Jul 2021
- 2.5 - Rural planning - Dec 2016
- 2.6 - State coastal planning - Jul 2013
- 2.7 - Public drinking water source - Jun 2003
- 2.8 - Bushland Policy for the Perth Metropolitan Region - Jun 2010
- 2.9 - Water resources - Dec 2006
- 2.10 - Swan-Canning river system - Dec 2006
- 3.2 - Aboriginal settlements - May 2011
- 3.4 - Natural hazards and disasters - Apr 2006
- 3.6 - Development contributions for infrastructure - Apr 2021
- 3.7 - Planning in bushfire prone areas - Dec 2015
- 4.1 - State industrial interface - May 1997
- 4.2 - Activity centres for Perth and Peel - Aug 2010
- 5.2 - Telecommunications infrastructure - Sep 2015
- 5.4 - Road and rail noise - Sep 2019
- 6.1 - Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge - Jan 2003
- 6.3 - Ningaloo Coast - Aug 2004
- 黑料正能量 Sewerage Policy - Sep 2019
Development control and operational policies
Show more- 1.1 - Subdivision of land - general principles - Feb 2020
- 1.2 - Development control - general principles - Aug 2004
- 1.3 - Strata titles - Jun 2009
- 1.7 - General road planning - Jun 1998
- 1.9 - Amendment to region schemes - Jan 2017
- 2.2 - Residential subdivision - Oct 2017
- 2.3 - Public open space in residential areas - May 2002
- 2.4 - School sites - Oct 1998
- 3.4 - Subdivision of rural land - Dec 2016
- 4.1 - Industrial subdivision - Jul 1988
- 4.2 - Planning for hazards and safety - Jun 1991
Planning bulletins
Show more- 83 - Planning for tourism - Jan 2013
- 99 - Holiday homes guidelines - Sep 2009
- 100 - State Planning Policy 3.6 - Development contributions for infrastructure - Nov 2009
Fact sheets, guidelines and manuals
Show more- F - Improvement plans and schemes - Feb 2020
- F - Bush forever - Feb 2020
- F - Section 126 - Zoning amended by regional planning schemes - Feb 2020
- G - Structure plan framework - Oct 2015
- G - Guidelines for preparation of integrated transport plans - May 2012
- G - Transport impact assessment guidelines - Aug 2016
- G - The design and geometric layout of residential road - Jun 1998
- G - Rural planning guidelines - Dec 2016
- G - Planning in bushfire prone areas - Dec 2015
- G - State coastal planning policy guidelines - Jul 2013
- G - Acid sulfate soils planning guidelines - Apr 2009
- G - Better urban water management - Oct 2008
- G - Tourism planning guidelines - May 2014
- G - Holiday home guidelines - short stay use of residential dwellings - Sep 2009
- M - Coastal planning and management manual - Feb 2005
- M - Visual landscape planning in Western Australia - Apr 2008
- M - Local Planning manual - Mar 2010
- M - SPP 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements guidelines - Jul 2013