❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on the review of the Swan Valley Planning Act 1995, including who is conducting the review, stakeholder consultation, planning approval requirements for planting and removing vines/trees, and how tourist impacts are assessed. The answer provides details on the involved parties, consultation, planning regulations, and data sources for tourism information.
AnsweredQoN 7126Legislative Assembly
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In relation to the review into the
Swan Valley Planning Act 1995
, I ask:
(a) who is conducting the review;
(b) which stakeholders have been consulted;
(c) is planning approval needed to plant new vines or trees in this district covered by the Act;
(d) is planning approval needed to remove vines or trees in this district;
(e) in assessing the impact and benefits of tourist operations in this district, how have figures been arrived at estimating tourist and visitor numbers; and
(f) which tourist operators have been directly invited to comment on the review?
Swan Valley Planning Act 1995
, I ask:
(a) who is conducting the review;
(b) which stakeholders have been consulted;
(c) is planning approval needed to plant new vines or trees in this district covered by the Act;
(d) is planning approval needed to remove vines or trees in this district;
(e) in assessing the impact and benefits of tourist operations in this district, how have figures been arrived at estimating tourist and visitor numbers; and
(f) which tourist operators have been directly invited to comment on the review?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
19 March 2012
Responded by
Minister for Planning
Response time
27 days
(a) The Swan Valley Planning Committee, with the support of the Western Australian Planning Commission, the Department of Planning and the City of Swan are involved in a review.
(b) Stakeholders consulted include the Swan Valley Planning Committee, the City of Swan, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the Department of Planning.
(c) Planning approval would not be required to plant vines or trees if the planting was ancillary to a domestic use of land, i.e. for a residence. When the scale and purpose of such planting is for a commercial use, being a category of land use that requires approval under a town planning scheme, then a planning approval would be required. Where approval already exists and the planting of trees or vines is additional planting to that which lawfully exists, then no further approval is required.
(d) Planning approval is not required under the City of Swan Local Planning Scheme No. 17 to remove vines, but is required to remove native vegetation.
(e) Any tourism information will be sourced from the Tourism Commission and the City of Swan.
(f) No tourist operators have been formally consulted at this stage in the review, however I would welcome tourist operators or anyone with an interest in the Swan Valley to write to me with their views on the operation of the Act.
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(b) Stakeholders consulted include the Swan Valley Planning Committee, the City of Swan, the Western Australian Planning Commission and the Department of Planning.
(c) Planning approval would not be required to plant vines or trees if the planting was ancillary to a domestic use of land, i.e. for a residence. When the scale and purpose of such planting is for a commercial use, being a category of land use that requires approval under a town planning scheme, then a planning approval would be required. Where approval already exists and the planting of trees or vines is additional planting to that which lawfully exists, then no further approval is required.
(d) Planning approval is not required under the City of Swan Local Planning Scheme No. 17 to remove vines, but is required to remove native vegetation.
(e) Any tourism information will be sourced from the Tourism Commission and the City of Swan.
(f) No tourist operators have been formally consulted at this stage in the review, however I would welcome tourist operators or anyone with an interest in the Swan Valley to write to me with their views on the operation of the Act.
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