❓ Hon Dee Margetts questions the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure regarding the applicability of the State Coastal Planning Policy to the Moore River estuary, given its potentially riverine character. The Minister clarifies that the policy applies to specific areas within the draft Gingin coast structure plan.
AnsweredQoN 26Legislative Council
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In a media statement on 24 December 2003 on the release of the draft Gingin coast structure plan the minister said - The structure plan identifies current zonings for Moore River and highlights the need for this and other development in the area to comply with Statement of Planning Policy No. 2.6 State Coastal Planning Policy. Is the minister aware that Statement Of Planning Policy No 2.6 - State Coastal Planning Policy specifically excludes the Moore River estuary from this policy, given that clause 3 on page 2064 of Government Gazette No 91 of 10 June 2003 reads “This Policy does not apply to estuaries that are predominantly riverine in character”? Hon KEN TRAVERS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. An earlier version of this answer attached a copy of clause 3 of Statement of Planning Policy No 2.6. If the member would like a copy of that, I am happy to get it for her. The Moore River is not specifically excluded from the policy. In addition, the policy applies to those portions of the land identified within the draft Gingin coast structure plan as “Future urban with a mix of uses - 2” that fall within the area of inclusion as defined. Therefore, the statement “This Policy does not apply to estuaries that are predominantly riverine in character” should be balanced against the whole of clause 3, since it notes that the statement of planning policy applies to coastal seabed, reef, rocky outcrops and headlands, beaches, foreshores, dunal systems, mangroves, wetlands and flats subject to sea action and coastal processes, near shore marine waters, all islands within the State lying seaward of the mainland, and land use and development abutting the coast.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. An earlier version of this answer attached a copy of clause 3 of Statement of Planning Policy No 2.6. If the member would like a copy of that, I am happy to get it for her. The Moore River is not specifically excluded from the policy. In addition, the policy applies to those portions of the land identified within the draft Gingin coast structure plan as “Future urban with a mix of uses - 2” that fall within the area of inclusion as defined. Therefore, the statement “This Policy does not apply to estuaries that are predominantly riverine in character” should be balanced against the whole of clause 3, since it notes that the statement of planning policy applies to coastal seabed, reef, rocky outcrops and headlands, beaches, foreshores, dunal systems, mangroves, wetlands and flats subject to sea action and coastal processes, near shore marine waters, all islands within the State lying seaward of the mainland, and land use and development abutting the coast.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. An earlier version of this answer attached a copy of clause 3 of Statement of Planning Policy No 2.6. If the member would like a copy of that, I am happy to get it for her. The Moore River is not specifically excluded from the policy. In addition, the policy applies to those portions of the land identified within the draft Gingin coast structure plan as “Future urban with a mix of uses - 2” that fall within the area of inclusion as defined. Therefore, the statement “This Policy does not apply to estuaries that are predominantly riverine in character” should be balanced against the whole of clause 3, since it notes that the statement of planning policy applies to coastal seabed, reef, rocky outcrops and headlands, beaches, foreshores, dunal systems, mangroves, wetlands and flats subject to sea action and coastal processes, near shore marine waters, all islands within the State lying seaward of the mainland, and land use and development abutting the coast.
An earlier version of this answer attached a copy of clause 3 of Statement of Planning Policy No 2.6. If the member would like a copy of that, I am happy to get it for her. The Moore River is not specifically excluded from the policy. In addition, the policy applies to those portions of the land identified within the draft Gingin coast structure plan as “Future urban with a mix of uses - 2” that fall within the area of inclusion as defined. Therefore, the statement “This Policy does not apply to estuaries that are predominantly riverine in character” should be balanced against the whole of clause 3, since it notes that the statement of planning policy applies to coastal seabed, reef, rocky outcrops and headlands, beaches, foreshores, dunal systems, mangroves, wetlands and flats subject to sea action and coastal processes, near shore marine waters, all islands within the State lying seaward of the mainland, and land use and development abutting the coast.
Hon KEN TRAVERS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. An earlier version of this answer attached a copy of clause 3 of Statement of Planning Policy No 2.6. If the member would like a copy of that, I am happy to get it for her. The Moore River is not specifically excluded from the policy. In addition, the policy applies to those portions of the land identified within the draft Gingin coast structure plan as “Future urban with a mix of uses - 2” that fall within the area of inclusion as defined. Therefore, the statement “This Policy does not apply to estuaries that are predominantly riverine in character” should be balanced against the whole of clause 3, since it notes that the statement of planning policy applies to coastal seabed, reef, rocky outcrops and headlands, beaches, foreshores, dunal systems, mangroves, wetlands and flats subject to sea action and coastal processes, near shore marine waters, all islands within the State lying seaward of the mainland, and land use and development abutting the coast.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. An earlier version of this answer attached a copy of clause 3 of Statement of Planning Policy No 2.6. If the member would like a copy of that, I am happy to get it for her. The Moore River is not specifically excluded from the policy. In addition, the policy applies to those portions of the land identified within the draft Gingin coast structure plan as “Future urban with a mix of uses - 2” that fall within the area of inclusion as defined. Therefore, the statement “This Policy does not apply to estuaries that are predominantly riverine in character” should be balanced against the whole of clause 3, since it notes that the statement of planning policy applies to coastal seabed, reef, rocky outcrops and headlands, beaches, foreshores, dunal systems, mangroves, wetlands and flats subject to sea action and coastal processes, near shore marine waters, all islands within the State lying seaward of the mainland, and land use and development abutting the coast.
An earlier version of this answer attached a copy of clause 3 of Statement of Planning Policy No 2.6. If the member would like a copy of that, I am happy to get it for her. The Moore River is not specifically excluded from the policy. In addition, the policy applies to those portions of the land identified within the draft Gingin coast structure plan as “Future urban with a mix of uses - 2” that fall within the area of inclusion as defined. Therefore, the statement “This Policy does not apply to estuaries that are predominantly riverine in character” should be balanced against the whole of clause 3, since it notes that the statement of planning policy applies to coastal seabed, reef, rocky outcrops and headlands, beaches, foreshores, dunal systems, mangroves, wetlands and flats subject to sea action and coastal processes, near shore marine waters, all islands within the State lying seaward of the mainland, and land use and development abutting the coast.
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