❓ Question regarding the government's decision to establish disability justice centres, specifically concerning resident notification, planning approvals, community consultation, and land use. The Minister provides detailed answers, including commitment to public consultation.
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DISABILITY
JUSTICE CENTRES
175. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the Minister for Disability Services:
I refer to the minister's media statement of 12 June
in relation to two disability justice centres.
(1) How many
residents were sent letters notifying them of the decisions, and in what
geographic areas were those residents?
(2) For each of
the Lord Street and Altone Road sites, what planning approvals does the
government believe it needs to proceed with the project, and what is the
current zoning of that land?
(3) Will the
minister address a public meeting of local residents to explain the government's
decision; and, if not, why not?
(4) Have the
existing Disability Services Commission residents and their families at the
Lord Street site been consulted about the decision to place a disability
justice centre on that site; and, if so, when?
(5) If the
project goes ahead on the Altone Road site, what does the government plan to do
with the rest of the land currently leased to Lockridge Senior High School?
JUSTICE CENTRES
175. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the Minister for Disability Services:
I refer to the minister's media statement of 12 June
in relation to two disability justice centres.
(1) How many
residents were sent letters notifying them of the decisions, and in what
geographic areas were those residents?
(2) For each of
the Lord Street and Altone Road sites, what planning approvals does the
government believe it needs to proceed with the project, and what is the
current zoning of that land?
(3) Will the
minister address a public meeting of local residents to explain the government's
decision; and, if not, why not?
(4) Have the
existing Disability Services Commission residents and their families at the
Lord Street site been consulted about the decision to place a disability
justice centre on that site; and, if so, when?
(5) If the
project goes ahead on the Altone Road site, what does the government plan to do
with the rest of the land currently leased to Lockridge Senior High School?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of the question.
(1) There were
2 200 letters distributed within the suburbs of Kiara and Lockridge, using the
boundaries provided to the Disability Services Commission by Australia Post.
The letter was also available from Disability Services Commission staff at the
Alice Daveron Centre last night—Wednesday, 12 June—between 6.00
pm and 9.00 pm. A local communication information session is being held on
Saturday, 15 June, and more will be held if needed.
(2) In advice
from the Western Australian Planning Commission, the Altone Road site has a
parks and recreation zoning within the City of Swan; for those people who know
that particular land, it is very degraded. The Lord Street site has a rural
zoning within the City of Swan; again, for those people who know that site, it
currently has buildings all over it. After those buildings are partly
demolished, that will be the site at which it is going to take place. The
government has endorsed the declaration of a planning control area over both
sites. Proposed developments within planning control areas require planning
approval from WAPC.
(3) Yes. I will be at the meeting on Saturday.
(4) There are
currently five residents living at the Bennett Brook facility located at the
Lord Street site. This facility was opened in the 1980s and for some time has
been targeted for redevelopment. Planning involving families to transition the
five people with disability to more appropriate accommodation has been underway
for some months, with the transition scheduled to occur within six months.
(5) The
Lockridge Senior High School lease on the Altone Road site expired in 2008. In
July 2012, the principal of the school was advised by the Minister for Planning
that a 3.6-hectare portion of the site adjacent to the school would be retained
for farm school use in a structure plan prepared by WAPC. The rest of the site
will be used for urban development, with the disability justice centre being
the first project for construction.
(1) There were
2 200 letters distributed within the suburbs of Kiara and Lockridge, using the
boundaries provided to the Disability Services Commission by Australia Post.
The letter was also available from Disability Services Commission staff at the
Alice Daveron Centre last night—Wednesday, 12 June—between 6.00
pm and 9.00 pm. A local communication information session is being held on
Saturday, 15 June, and more will be held if needed.
(2) In advice
from the Western Australian Planning Commission, the Altone Road site has a
parks and recreation zoning within the City of Swan; for those people who know
that particular land, it is very degraded. The Lord Street site has a rural
zoning within the City of Swan; again, for those people who know that site, it
currently has buildings all over it. After those buildings are partly
demolished, that will be the site at which it is going to take place. The
government has endorsed the declaration of a planning control area over both
sites. Proposed developments within planning control areas require planning
approval from WAPC.
(3) Yes. I will be at the meeting on Saturday.
(4) There are
currently five residents living at the Bennett Brook facility located at the
Lord Street site. This facility was opened in the 1980s and for some time has
been targeted for redevelopment. Planning involving families to transition the
five people with disability to more appropriate accommodation has been underway
for some months, with the transition scheduled to occur within six months.
(5) The
Lockridge Senior High School lease on the Altone Road site expired in 2008. In
July 2012, the principal of the school was advised by the Minister for Planning
that a 3.6-hectare portion of the site adjacent to the school would be retained
for farm school use in a structure plan prepared by WAPC. The rest of the site
will be used for urban development, with the disability justice centre being
the first project for construction.
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