PLANNING — PERTH METROPOLITAN REGION
1156. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the
Minister for Planning:
(1) How does the
McGowan Labor government define the Perth metropolitan region for the purposes
of government policy and development, including in the regional development
portfolio?
(2) Does the government
use the Planning and Development Act 2005, introduced under the last Labor
government in Western Australia, to define the Perth metropolitan region?
(3) If yes to
(2), does the government adhere to the definition in schedule 3 of the Planning
and Development Act 2005 to define the Perth metropolitan region for the
purposes of regional development?
(4) Under what
circumstances does the government use an alternative definition of the Perth
metropolitan region and how is this recognised legislatively?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Minister for Planning.
(1)–(2) For
the purposes of planning applications, the Perth metropolitan region is defined
in schedule 3 of the Planning and Development Act 2005.
(3) Yes.
(4) In relation to planning
applications, no alternative definition is used.