THE STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT PROCESS SHOULD DELIVER GREATER SURETY FOR BOTH URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION OUTCOMES THAN THE CURRENT PROJECT BY PROJECT ASSESSMENT PROCESS. Last week I spoke at a national Biodiversity Conference to highlight some of the challenges of trying to manage Western Australia’s rapid population growth within an ecologically sensitive footprint. The South West […]
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INCREASED ACCEPTANCE OF SMALLER LOTS HAS KEPT LAND PRICES FROM RISING EXCESSIVELY OVER THE PAST YEAR. With demand for vacant land increasing and stock levels declining, there has been upward pressure on prices over the past 12 months. But rather than the double digit gains that were experienced from 2003 to 2007, the growth in […]
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ON TUESDAY THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE BLUE PRINT FOR PLANNING REFORM: “PLANNING MAKE’S IT HAPPEN PHASE II” WAS RELEASED. IF FULLY IMPLEMENTED, IT WILL REDUCE TIMELINES AND RELIEVE SOME COST PRESSURES IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. In the first round of planning reform, the “model conditions” which are applied to subdivision applications were reviewed […]
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