❓ Question regarding the basis for the Department of Parks and Wildlife and the Department of Environment Regulation's decision not to require further assessment of a proposed subdivision and development of wetlands in Bayswater, and the date of the last wetland mapping.
AnsweredQoN 769Legislative Council
Asked
23 August 2016
Member
Portfolio
minister representing the Minister for Environment
QuestionView source ↗
BAYSWATER WETLANDS — PROPOSED SUBDIVISION
769. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister
representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the WA Planning
Commission's approval for the subdivision and development of wetlands
at lot 6–10 and lot 14 Skippers Row, Bayswater.
(1) On what basis
did the Department of Parks and Wildlife and the Department of Environment
Regulation decide that no further assessment of the site was required when the
WAPC approached them for advice about the development?
(2) What date were these wetlands
last mapped and categorised?
769. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister
representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the WA Planning
Commission's approval for the subdivision and development of wetlands
at lot 6–10 and lot 14 Skippers Row, Bayswater.
(1) On what basis
did the Department of Parks and Wildlife and the Department of Environment
Regulation decide that no further assessment of the site was required when the
WAPC approached them for advice about the development?
(2) What date were these wetlands
last mapped and categorised?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some
notice of the question. The Minister for Environment has provided the following
response.
(1) The following
factors were considered when the Department of Parks and Wildlife assessed the
proposed subdivision and provided advice to the Western Australian Planning
Commission that it did not object to the proposal —
(a) the land
proposed for subdivision was private property zoned for residential
development;
(b) the proposed
subdivision was not within, or abutting the Swan–Canning development
control area; and
(c) the wetland
mapped as occurring over part of the site was classed as a multiple-use wetland
which does not preclude development of this nature.
In November 2015, the Department of
Environment Regulation provided technical advice on WAPC application 152768,
indicating parts of the subject area were mapped as having high risk of acid
sulphate soils within three metres of natural soil surface. In this instance,
the Department of Environment Regulation recommended application of an acid
sulphate soil condition on the planning approval. The Department of Environment
Regulation understands that the WAPC applied the condition as recommended.
(2) The wetland
area within the Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary and the lots along Skippers Row
were last mapped in the report that was published in 1996 ''A 1996
Wetlands of the Swan Coastal Plain Volume 2B: Wetland Mapping, Classification
and Evaluation: Wetland Atlas''.
notice of the question. The Minister for Environment has provided the following
response.
(1) The following
factors were considered when the Department of Parks and Wildlife assessed the
proposed subdivision and provided advice to the Western Australian Planning
Commission that it did not object to the proposal —
(a) the land
proposed for subdivision was private property zoned for residential
development;
(b) the proposed
subdivision was not within, or abutting the Swan–Canning development
control area; and
(c) the wetland
mapped as occurring over part of the site was classed as a multiple-use wetland
which does not preclude development of this nature.
In November 2015, the Department of
Environment Regulation provided technical advice on WAPC application 152768,
indicating parts of the subject area were mapped as having high risk of acid
sulphate soils within three metres of natural soil surface. In this instance,
the Department of Environment Regulation recommended application of an acid
sulphate soil condition on the planning approval. The Department of Environment
Regulation understands that the WAPC applied the condition as recommended.
(2) The wetland
area within the Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary and the lots along Skippers Row
were last mapped in the report that was published in 1996 ''A 1996
Wetlands of the Swan Coastal Plain Volume 2B: Wetland Mapping, Classification
and Evaluation: Wetland Atlas''.
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