In rare instances, it is possible to get an approved non-conforming use on land with certain zoning. This will require the input of a private industry town planning consultant. In general, support from local government for this has to make contextual sense. For example. An inner-city real estate agency known to us [...]
At a state government level, the MRS (metropolitan regional scheme) gets updated by way of studies being conducted on land pockets throughout the metropolitan area. Areas can be designated as Planning Investigation Areas (PIA’s). This is a forward looking way to discern what MAY (not guaranteed) be rezoned from recreation to urban [...]
The planning commission are generally quite disinterested in what they call “spot rezoning”, which is a single R20 lot in a sea of other R20 lots increasing to say R60, or one rural lot in a whole rural area becoming R20 to feed your personal financial endeavours. The WAPC (planning commission) [...]
The Rcode is short for residential density codes and is applicable to all residential property in western Australia. If a land has a residential land use, it will have a correlating Rcode on the local government scheme map. You’ll find it on the local government scheme map, or in the local government [...]
If you are confused or can’t interpret the local planning scheme, that’s ok. It gets even the best of us at times. Your options are: Call the local government in question and ask ot speak to the duty planning officer by phone. Get them to walk you through it for your [...]