THIS WEEK THE MINISTER FOR PLANNING, THE HON JOHN DAY MLA, RELEASED THE LONG AWAITED DRAFT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (LOCAL PLANNING SCHEMES) REGULATIONS 2014. WHEN FINALISED, THESE REGULATIONS WILL AMEND AND REPLACE TOWN PLANNING REGULATIONS 1967 AND THE ASSOCIATED MODEL SCHEME TEXT. Whilst regulations can be extremely dry reading, this 150 page document marks a […]
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EVERYBODY IS IN FURIOUS AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO DELIVER MORE AFFORDABLE DWELLINGS, THE QUESTION IS HOW. The Department of Planning recently released a document called “Planning Provisions for Affordable Housing” which tries to tackle the thorny issue of affordable housing. Once you move outside of the Department of Housing’s funded works there are only […]
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Western Suburbs Weekly Perth land sales almost doubled in 2020, spurred on by government incentives. The Urban Development Institute of WA’s Urban Development Index recorded 10,035 new lots sales last year, compared to about 5200 in 2019. To read the article in full, which includes an overview of the key stats from the December edition […]
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