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The National Tribune

The Cook Government has slashed even more red tape in a bid to increase Western Australia’s housing supply with a raft of initiatives to accelerate the installation of new power connections for residential subdivisions.

These initiatives, which Western Power has formulated following extensive consultation with the land development industry, will include a refined pre-Design Conformance Review (DCR) clearance process, which will enable land developers to access certificates of title earlier, and accelerate project delivery.

A total of 80 projects with construction works complete, or due to be completed in the coming weeks, have already been identified to be cleared now.

To read the article in full, including comments from UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck, click here.

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