❓ A parliamentary question addresses the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River's local planning scheme, specifically regarding the removal of special control areas and the WAPC's oversight. The Minister confirms the WAPC did not request the removal and outlines the assessment process.
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SHIRE OF AUGUSTA-MARGARET RIVER — LOCAL PLANNING SCHEME AND LOCAL PLANNING STRATEGY
I refer to the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River’s recently advertised local planning scheme and local planning strategy and the Western Australian Planning Commission’s oversight of the planning. (1) Has the WAPC asked the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River to remove the special control areas from its planning scheme? (2) If yes to (1), could the minister please provide the date, details and reasons for the request and also table any relevant documentation in relation to that request? (3) Is the minister aware that special control areas relating to remnant bushland conservation, national park influence areas, regional environmental corridors and river foreshore protection areas have been removed from the current draft of the AMR local planning scheme? (4) Will the minister ensure that the required modifications from the WAPC schedule of modifications to the Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme are incorporated into the draft Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme before it is finalised to ensure that the scheme is consistent with Western Australian planning law? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY
I refer to the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River’s recently advertised local planning scheme and local planning strategy and the Western Australian Planning Commission’s oversight of the planning. (1) Has the WAPC asked the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River to remove the special control areas from its planning scheme? (2) If yes to (1), could the minister please provide the date, details and reasons for the request and also table any relevant documentation in relation to that request? (3) Is the minister aware that special control areas relating to remnant bushland conservation, national park influence areas, regional environmental corridors and river foreshore protection areas have been removed from the current draft of the AMR local planning scheme? (4) Will the minister ensure that the required modifications from the WAPC schedule of modifications to the Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme are incorporated into the draft Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme before it is finalised to ensure that the scheme is consistent with Western Australian planning law? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(1) Has the WAPC asked the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River to remove the special control areas from its planning scheme? (2) If yes to (1), could the minister please provide the date, details and reasons for the request and also table any relevant documentation in relation to that request? (3) Is the minister aware that special control areas relating to remnant bushland conservation, national park influence areas, regional environmental corridors and river foreshore protection areas have been removed from the current draft of the AMR local planning scheme? (4) Will the minister ensure that the required modifications from the WAPC schedule of modifications to the Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme are incorporated into the draft Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme before it is finalised to ensure that the scheme is consistent with Western Australian planning law? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(2) If yes to (1), could the minister please provide the date, details and reasons for the request and also table any relevant documentation in relation to that request? (3) Is the minister aware that special control areas relating to remnant bushland conservation, national park influence areas, regional environmental corridors and river foreshore protection areas have been removed from the current draft of the AMR local planning scheme? (4) Will the minister ensure that the required modifications from the WAPC schedule of modifications to the Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme are incorporated into the draft Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme before it is finalised to ensure that the scheme is consistent with Western Australian planning law? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(3) Is the minister aware that special control areas relating to remnant bushland conservation, national park influence areas, regional environmental corridors and river foreshore protection areas have been removed from the current draft of the AMR local planning scheme? (4) Will the minister ensure that the required modifications from the WAPC schedule of modifications to the Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme are incorporated into the draft Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme before it is finalised to ensure that the scheme is consistent with Western Australian planning law? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(4) Will the minister ensure that the required modifications from the WAPC schedule of modifications to the Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme are incorporated into the draft Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme before it is finalised to ensure that the scheme is consistent with Western Australian planning law? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(1) Has the WAPC asked the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River to remove the special control areas from its planning scheme? (2) If yes to (1), could the minister please provide the date, details and reasons for the request and also table any relevant documentation in relation to that request? (3) Is the minister aware that special control areas relating to remnant bushland conservation, national park influence areas, regional environmental corridors and river foreshore protection areas have been removed from the current draft of the AMR local planning scheme? (4) Will the minister ensure that the required modifications from the WAPC schedule of modifications to the Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme are incorporated into the draft Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme before it is finalised to ensure that the scheme is consistent with Western Australian planning law? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(2) If yes to (1), could the minister please provide the date, details and reasons for the request and also table any relevant documentation in relation to that request? (3) Is the minister aware that special control areas relating to remnant bushland conservation, national park influence areas, regional environmental corridors and river foreshore protection areas have been removed from the current draft of the AMR local planning scheme? (4) Will the minister ensure that the required modifications from the WAPC schedule of modifications to the Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme are incorporated into the draft Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme before it is finalised to ensure that the scheme is consistent with Western Australian planning law? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(3) Is the minister aware that special control areas relating to remnant bushland conservation, national park influence areas, regional environmental corridors and river foreshore protection areas have been removed from the current draft of the AMR local planning scheme? (4) Will the minister ensure that the required modifications from the WAPC schedule of modifications to the Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme are incorporated into the draft Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme before it is finalised to ensure that the scheme is consistent with Western Australian planning law? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(4) Will the minister ensure that the required modifications from the WAPC schedule of modifications to the Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme are incorporated into the draft Augusta-Margaret River planning scheme before it is finalised to ensure that the scheme is consistent with Western Australian planning law? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following answers. They are not my answers; they are the Minister for Planning’s answers. Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
Hon Ken Travers : They’re your answers once you have been given them. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : No; I represent the Minister for Planning in this house. The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! There might be some members who might be complaining about the fact that we have not had too many questions answered today. The reason we have not had too many questions answered is that some members continue to be disruptive. Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY : Thank you, Mr President. (1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(1) No. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(2) Not applicable. (3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(3) Yes, the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River amended the draft local planning scheme after assessing submissions in 2006 and removed the special control areas but addressed issues through appropriate clauses in the LPS. The previous Minister for Planning and Infrastructure accepted this approach for advertising purposes. (4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
(4) After the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River completes its assessment of submissions and requests final approval, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the minister will carefully assess submissions to ensure that the LPS is consistent with current legislation and that all issues have been comprehensively addressed. Modification to the LPS may be required.
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