Planning and Development Act 2005
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The Planning and Development Act 2005 is an Act of the Western Australian Parliament which lays down specific controls over planning at a metropolitan and local level as well as establishing more general controls over the subdivision of land. The Act consolidated the Town Planning and Development Act 1928
, Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959
and the Western Australian Planning Commission Act 1985
into a single piece of legislation.
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Town Planning and Development Act 1928
The Town Planning and Development Act 1928 was an Act of the Western Australian Parliament which laid down specific controls over planning at a metropolitan and local level as well as establishing more general controls over the subdivision of land. The Act was based on an earlier Canadian...
, Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959
Metropolitan Region Scheme
The Metropolitan Region Scheme is the legal land plan covering urban planning throughout the Perth Metropolitan Region. It classifies land into broad zones and reservations and is administered by the Western Australian Planning Commission....
and the Western Australian Planning Commission Act 1985
Western Australian Planning Commission
The Western Australian Planning Commission is a statutory authority of the Government of Western Australia that exists to coordinate planning for future land use and transport needs. It describes itself as Western Australia's "peak representative body of land use planning and development"...
into a single piece of legislation.
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References
- Hedgcock, D. O, Yiftachel. 1992. Urban and Regional Planning in Western Australia. Paradigm Press: Perth.
- Allens Arthur Robinson, April, 2006