The Department for Planning and Infrastructure (DPI), on behalf of the WAPC, is preparing guidelines for the assessment of the transport components of land use planning and development proposals.
A draft for stakeholder comment was distributed in August 2005 (and installed on this site). The comments received have been incorporated into the guidelines with the revised version, August 2006, endorsed by the WAPC Transport Committee as a “working” document for voluntary trial and evaluation.
This latest version of the guidelines (Version for Trial and Evaluation, August 2006) replaces the August 2005 draft for comment.
Transport officers within the DPI will be using the guidelines to assist them in assessing the transport implications of land use development proposals. Transport officers within local government are encouraged to do likewise.
Proponents of land use developments, and their planning/transport consultants, are also encouraged to trial the guidelines to assist them in determining the transport infrastructure required to support their development and the potential transport impacts on the surrounding area.
DPI would appreciate feedback on the guidelines, including:
- their ease of use and understanding;
- the appropriateness of the thresholds for levels of assessment (volume 1, table 1);
- the appropriateness of the level of information requested;
- the ease of obtaining / availability of the data requested;
- areas of assessment in the guidelines that are not considered necessary;
- areas of assessment missing from the guidelines that should be included; and
- the overall value of the guidelines.
Much of the above feedback can only be provided by using the guidelines. All stakeholders in the land use planning industry are therefore encouraged to trial the guidelines and provide feedback that will be used to further improve them.
It should be noted that the guidelines provide clarification of and expand on the transport information required to be submitted in support of land use proposals under current planning policy. They therefore do not introduce any new or additional requirements and are fully consistent with current policy.
Feedback on the guidelines, or requests for further information, should be directed to:
Gary McCarney
DPI – Spatial Information and Research
469 Wellington Street
Perth WA 6000
gary.mccarney@dpi.wa.gov.au
or phone 9264 7777