❓ Mr Alban asks about time savings from the new online planning system. The Minister responds positively, citing improvements in subdivision application processing times and referral response times.
AnsweredQoN 982Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING — ONLINE APPROVAL APPLICATIONS
982. Mr F.A. ALBAN to the Minister for
Planning:
Can the minister please update the house on how the
government's new online planning system is saving valuable time in
application processing?
982. Mr F.A. ALBAN to the Minister for
Planning:
Can the minister please update the house on how the
government's new online planning system is saving valuable time in
application processing?
AnswerView source ↗
I am certainly very happy to do so. As I have mentioned
previously, having a planning and development approval system that is timely
and provides decisions that are effective, efficient and well considered has
been something we have been giving a lot of attention to since we have been in
government. Speedy and appropriate determinations of applications, including
applications for approvals to subdivide land, are important for housing
affordability because the longer land has to be held without being developed,
obviously the higher the costs are. I am pleased to say that the Department of
Planning and the Western Australian Planning Commission have progressively been
implementing the ePlan online planning system, making use of digital
technology, which is progressively being introduced. Some of the planning
applications that can now be submitted online include subdivision applications
for both freehold and survey strata land; amended plans and reconsideration
requests for subdivision applications; lodgement and endorsement of deposited
plans and survey strata plans; strata plan applications, including an online
payment process; and also the online submission of local government structure
plans and preliminary advice requests for structure plans.
The additional use of electronic and
digital technology will be rolled out over the next year, including WAPC
development applications. Development assessment panel applications and local
government planning scheme and scheme amendments will also be able to be
submitted online. Given the Department of Planning needs to refer to quite a
number of local governments and other agencies such as Western Power and the
Water Corporation, the referral system is now being undertaken in an online
manner. That has reduced the average referral response time from 35 days to 29
days, which is a saving of six days.
I am very pleased to say that there
has been a very substantial improvement in the timeliness of decisions for the
processing of subdivision applications since we came to government. In 2008–09,
only 59 per cent of subdivision applications were determined within the
designated time. The rate in 2014–15 was 88 per cent. The percentage of
subdivision applications being approved within the designated time of 90 days
increased from 59 to 88. That is a substantial improvement and is reflective of
the very major effort that has been put in by the Department of Planning and
staff within it, the Planning Commission, and also from within the government
more widely to ensure that timely decisions are being made.
previously, having a planning and development approval system that is timely
and provides decisions that are effective, efficient and well considered has
been something we have been giving a lot of attention to since we have been in
government. Speedy and appropriate determinations of applications, including
applications for approvals to subdivide land, are important for housing
affordability because the longer land has to be held without being developed,
obviously the higher the costs are. I am pleased to say that the Department of
Planning and the Western Australian Planning Commission have progressively been
implementing the ePlan online planning system, making use of digital
technology, which is progressively being introduced. Some of the planning
applications that can now be submitted online include subdivision applications
for both freehold and survey strata land; amended plans and reconsideration
requests for subdivision applications; lodgement and endorsement of deposited
plans and survey strata plans; strata plan applications, including an online
payment process; and also the online submission of local government structure
plans and preliminary advice requests for structure plans.
The additional use of electronic and
digital technology will be rolled out over the next year, including WAPC
development applications. Development assessment panel applications and local
government planning scheme and scheme amendments will also be able to be
submitted online. Given the Department of Planning needs to refer to quite a
number of local governments and other agencies such as Western Power and the
Water Corporation, the referral system is now being undertaken in an online
manner. That has reduced the average referral response time from 35 days to 29
days, which is a saving of six days.
I am very pleased to say that there
has been a very substantial improvement in the timeliness of decisions for the
processing of subdivision applications since we came to government. In 2008–09,
only 59 per cent of subdivision applications were determined within the
designated time. The rate in 2014–15 was 88 per cent. The percentage of
subdivision applications being approved within the designated time of 90 days
increased from 59 to 88. That is a substantial improvement and is reflective of
the very major effort that has been put in by the Department of Planning and
staff within it, the Planning Commission, and also from within the government
more widely to ensure that timely decisions are being made.
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