❓ Ms Saffioti questions the Minister for Planning regarding a significant discrepancy between the budgeted and actual number of approved land lots in 2011-2012, seeking clarification on the variance.
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I refer to page 548 of the 2012–2013 Budget Papers that show the estimated actual number of lots given preliminary and final approval was estimated to be 39,366 in 2011–2012 and ask: (a) what was the actual amount for 2011–2012; and (b) how does the Minister explain the significant variance between the actual and the budgeted amount of 47,000?
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Answered
6 August 2013
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Minister for Planning
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40 days
(a) 36,133
(b) Optimistic targets were set for 2011-12 due to predictions that the market would respond to improving economic conditions by increasing lot production. The table below depicts that the decrease in the number of lots given preliminary and final approval can be correlated with the decrease in the number of lots in applications lodged with the WAPC.
Number of Lots In Applications Lodged
Number of Lots Given Preliminary and Final Approval
2010-11
29,965
38,041
2011-12
27,752
36,133
(b) Optimistic targets were set for 2011-12 due to predictions that the market would respond to improving economic conditions by increasing lot production. The table below depicts that the decrease in the number of lots given preliminary and final approval can be correlated with the decrease in the number of lots in applications lodged with the WAPC.
Number of Lots In Applications Lodged
Number of Lots Given Preliminary and Final Approval
2010-11
29,965
38,041
2011-12
27,752
36,133
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