Hon Lynn MacLaren asks about the Coastal Planning and Coordination Council's membership, meeting frequency, and updates on the government's response to the 2003 Coastal Taskforce Report. The Minister responds that the council is largely inactive, with only one member who now sits on the WAPC.

AnsweredQoN 85Legislative Council
Asked
24 February 2015
Portfolio
Planning

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COASTAL
PLANNING AND COORDINATION COUNCIL
85. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
minister representing the Minister for Planning:
(1) Who are the current members on the Coastal Planning and
Coordination Council?
(2) How often do they meet?
(3) Will the minister
inform the council of the progress made on the actions committed to in the
Western Australian government's response to the then Coastal Taskforce
Report in April 2003?

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I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1)–(3) As
an advisory committee, members only meet at the request of the Western
Australian Planning Commission. The last official meeting was 5 May 2010. Dr Garry
Middle is the only current member of the committee. On 6 August 2013, in
accordance with the Planning and Development Act 2005, Dr Middle was appointed
to the Western Australian Planning Commission as the coastal planning and
management representative. The government response to coastal planning matters
is ongoing. Core to this framework was gazettal of ''State Planning
Policy No. 2.6: State Coastal Planning Policy'' and its review and
revision as gazetted in July 2013. This policy provides the government's
overarching approach to and requirements for coastal planning and management.
The Perth coastal planning strategy was completed in January 2011 and has been
progressively implemented through Directions 2031

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