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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 548 asked in the Legislative Council on 10 June 2020 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2020

548. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the Minister for Planning:

My question without notice is asked on behalf of Hon Tjorn Sibma.

I refer to a document on planning reform provided by the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage during a briefing on the Planning and Development Amendment Bill 2020 and in particular section 4 of that document titled ''Cutting Red Tape in the Planning System''.

(1) Is the desired outcome of ''establishing a new system to resolve conflicts with Main Roads Western Australia following development approval'' dealt with in the bill; and, if so, in what specific part of the bill?

(2) If no to (1), why not?

(3) If not by way of this bill, can the minister elaborate on what the new system to resolve conflicts with Main Roads will involve and the means by which it will be implemented?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank Hon Tjorn Sibma for some notice of the question. The following answer has been provided by the Minister for Planning.

(1) Part 17 will have its own conflict resolution provisions, which can include dealing with conflicts arising out of inconsistent approvals between Planning and Main Roads WA. As outlined in answer to question without notice 544, it is the Local Government (Uniform Local Provisions) Regulations 1996, not the Main Roads Act 1930, that outlines that a person or local government wishing to construct a crossing for vehicles from a public thoroughfare that is a government road must obtain the written approval of the Commissioner of Main Roads. Greater and early involvement of state agencies in the assessment process, in particular pre-lodgement meetings, will be held with key agencies such as Main Roads to resolve conflict.

(2)–(3) As the source of the issue is the Local Government (Uniform Local Provisions) Regulations 1996, it is proposed that future amendments will be made to these regulations rather than amending the Planning and Development Act 2005. The government remains committed to this reform and it should be seen as part of the government's broader planning reform package, of which amendments to the Planning and Development Act 2005 are just one part.