The Local Planning Strategy enables the Council and the community to determine the vision and strategic planning direction for the City of Joondalup for the next 10 to 15 years. The LPS has two parts.
Part One
Part One contains:
- The vision and objectives of the Local Planning Strategy.
- Strategies and actions which will deliver the desired outcomes for the major planning theme areas.
- Implementation and review.
Part Two
Part Two contains:
- An introduction that provides the background to the development of the Local Planning Strategy.
- The State and regional planning context.
- The local planning context.
- Local profile and key issues, which have been identified through an analysis of the local environment and the major influences on planning for the future.
The strategy was endorsed by the Western Australian Planning Commission in November 2017.
In the May 2021 Council meeting, Council resolved to initiate a review of the housing component of the City’s Local Planning Strategy, including the Local Housing Strategy, commencing in the 2021/22 financial area. This decision was prompted by ongoing community concerns regarding the impact of infill housing. The comprehensive review is called Building sustainable neighbourhoods and will re-evaluate the housing component of the current Local Planning Strategy, encompassing Housing Opportunity Areas and related development policies.
The Local Planning Strategy provided the strategic context for the development of a Local Housing Strategy and a Local Commercial Strategy. The key recommendations of the Local Housing Strategy and Local Commercial Strategy have been incorporated into the final Local Planning Strategy.
Local Commercial Strategy
The Local Commercial Strategy provides the basis for decision making with respect to the development of new structure plans, amendments to existing structure plans and future rezoning and development applications for commercial centres.
The Local Commercial Strategy consists of three parts:
- Part A – includes background research, economic analysis and retail needs assessment.
- Part B – outlines the recommended strategies for retail floorspace.
- Part C – outlines the recommended strategies for bulky goods retail and commercial office.
Indicative retail threshold floorspace
The indicative retail threshold floorspace allocations for all centres in the Local Commercial Strategy are not floorspace “caps” but instead provide guidance to the City on what the appropriate amount of retail floorspace should be for each centre without impacting on the economic health or sustainability of other centres.
If a centre seeks to extend its retail floorspace above the threshold in the Local Commercial Strategy, it would need to demonstrate, via a Retail Sustainability Assessment, that the additional retail floorspace would not detrimentally impact on the economic health of other centres and would not undermine the hierarchy of centres in both the Local Commercial Strategy and State Planning Policy 4.2 – Activity Centres for Perth and Peel.
The Local Commercial Strategy was endorsed by Council at its December 2013 meeting and the recommendations of the strategy have been included in the City’s Local Planning Strategy.
Local Housing Strategy
The Local Housing Strategy (LHS) provides a rationale to cater for population growth, provide for the future housing needs within the City of Joondalup, and meet residential infill targets (essentially increasing the amount of housing in existing suburbs) set by the State Government.
Rather than take an ad-hoc approach to increasing densities, key criteria were used to identify suitable areas, specifically areas within close proximity to key public transport corridors and major activity centres. Ten areas were identified where increased residential densities are appropriate at this time. These are called Housing Opportunity Areas.
The LHS was subject to significant public consultation. This included consultation with all residents, with feedback during consultation considered in the finalisation of the LHS.
The final LHS was endorsed by the Western Australian Planning Commission on 12 November 2013. To implement the LHS, an amendment was made to the City’s planning scheme and associated local planning policies were developed.
More information and contact
For more information contact the City's Planning Services on 9400 4000 or via info@joondalup.wa.gov.au.