❓ The WA parliamentary question seeks data on residential housing block approvals over the past five years and specifically between April 2010 and April 2011, including conditional vs. final approvals. The answer provides some data and refers to publicly available reports.
AnsweredQoN 5066Legislative Assembly
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(1) Could the Minister advise how many residential housing blocks have been approved for creation per year for the past five financial years?
(2) Could the Minister advise how many residential housing blocks have been approved for creation between 1 April 2010 and 1 April 2011?
(3) Of the conditionally approved lots in (1) and (2) above, how many have gone on to meet the conditions of title creation and received final approval?
(2) Could the Minister advise how many residential housing blocks have been approved for creation between 1 April 2010 and 1 April 2011?
(3) Of the conditionally approved lots in (1) and (2) above, how many have gone on to meet the conditions of title creation and received final approval?
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Answered
17 May 2011
Responded by
Minister for Planning
Response time
41 days
· include lots in applications which were not fully captured in Department of Planning administrative systems at the time of prior publication, and · correctly reflect applications which were rightly residential uses, but had been misclassified to other uses. Conditional approvals reflect: (1) what developers anticipate the future demand will be for residential land within a 3-4 year timeframe; and (2) throughput of determinations by the Western Australian Planning Commission. Final approvals reflect what developers expect to be able to sell within a 0-12 month timeframe. The statistics to June 2010 therefore reflect a fall in confidence by the developers and financiers and a fall in demand from end purchasers. Approvals statistics along with other key data such as the developers stock of lots with a current conditional approval for subdivision, are published quarterly in the State Lot Activity publication. The annual Urban Growth Monitor (UGM) publication discusses the significance of, and trends behind, these statistics (refer to chapter 6: Subdivision approvals in the 2010 UGM). Clarification of table ? Conditional approval = housing blocks released by Government for development (on meeting established subdivision conditions). ? Final approval = housing blocks developed and released by developers after meeting the subdivision conditions. (2) 26,024 (3) 83,590 Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
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