❓ A parliamentary question seeks information regarding the approval process for filling part of the Swan River for the South of Perth Yacht Club redevelopment, including community consultation, environmental assessments, and conditions attached to the approval. The answer reveals the EPA did not assess the proposal and no conditions were attached to the approval.
AnsweredQoN 1449Legislative Assembly
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(1) When was permission granted to the South of Perth Yacht Club to fill some 6000 square metres of the Swan River on the north western corner of their site?
(2) What community consultation was undertaken to determine if the project had public support?
(3) What assessments were undertaken to determine the environmental impacts of the filling?
(4) Did the EPA assess the proposal and, if so, what recommendations did it make to you as Minister?
(5) In granting approval for the proposal to proceed, what conditions requiring vegetation establishment and aesthetic improvement of the site were attached to the development approval?
(6) What was the advice to you from the Swan River trust on the acceptability or otherwise of this reclamation proposal?
(2) What community consultation was undertaken to determine if the project had public support?
(3) What assessments were undertaken to determine the environmental impacts of the filling?
(4) Did the EPA assess the proposal and, if so, what recommendations did it make to you as Minister?
(5) In granting approval for the proposal to proceed, what conditions requiring vegetation establishment and aesthetic improvement of the site were attached to the development approval?
(6) What was the advice to you from the Swan River trust on the acceptability or otherwise of this reclamation proposal?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
9 April 2002
Responded by
Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Response time
49 days
(2) The South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment Proposal, that included this work, was advertised for public comment in the West Australian (27 and 30 January 1996), the Community Southern Gazette (30 January 1996), and the Canning Melville Times (30 January 1996). (3) An assessment of the potential environmental impact accompanied the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application. (4) The applications were not assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) advised the Swan River Trust that it believed the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment Proposal would be adequately dealt with under Part 5 of the Swan River Trust Act 1988 . (5) No conditions were attached to the development approval. (6) The Swan River Trust recommended approval of the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application and inclusion of a condition that the applicant ensure that the work did not cause pollution or other adverse impacts on the river environment.
(3) An assessment of the potential environmental impact accompanied the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application. (4) The applications were not assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) advised the Swan River Trust that it believed the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment Proposal would be adequately dealt with under Part 5 of the Swan River Trust Act 1988 . (5) No conditions were attached to the development approval. (6) The Swan River Trust recommended approval of the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application and inclusion of a condition that the applicant ensure that the work did not cause pollution or other adverse impacts on the river environment.
(4) The applications were not assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) advised the Swan River Trust that it believed the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment Proposal would be adequately dealt with under Part 5 of the Swan River Trust Act 1988 . (5) No conditions were attached to the development approval. (6) The Swan River Trust recommended approval of the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application and inclusion of a condition that the applicant ensure that the work did not cause pollution or other adverse impacts on the river environment.
(5) No conditions were attached to the development approval. (6) The Swan River Trust recommended approval of the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application and inclusion of a condition that the applicant ensure that the work did not cause pollution or other adverse impacts on the river environment.
(6) The Swan River Trust recommended approval of the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application and inclusion of a condition that the applicant ensure that the work did not cause pollution or other adverse impacts on the river environment.
(3) An assessment of the potential environmental impact accompanied the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application. (4) The applications were not assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) advised the Swan River Trust that it believed the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment Proposal would be adequately dealt with under Part 5 of the Swan River Trust Act 1988 . (5) No conditions were attached to the development approval. (6) The Swan River Trust recommended approval of the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application and inclusion of a condition that the applicant ensure that the work did not cause pollution or other adverse impacts on the river environment.
(4) The applications were not assessed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) advised the Swan River Trust that it believed the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment Proposal would be adequately dealt with under Part 5 of the Swan River Trust Act 1988 . (5) No conditions were attached to the development approval. (6) The Swan River Trust recommended approval of the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application and inclusion of a condition that the applicant ensure that the work did not cause pollution or other adverse impacts on the river environment.
(5) No conditions were attached to the development approval. (6) The Swan River Trust recommended approval of the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application and inclusion of a condition that the applicant ensure that the work did not cause pollution or other adverse impacts on the river environment.
(6) The Swan River Trust recommended approval of the South of Perth Yacht Club Redevelopment - Stage 2 application and inclusion of a condition that the applicant ensure that the work did not cause pollution or other adverse impacts on the river environment.
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