Canning Highway
For the most up to date information on the Canning Highway project, visit the Canning Highway page on the City of South Perth website.
Canning Highway is a key transport and urban corridor which plays an important role in the City of South Perth. The area adjacent to the highway is very diverse, with a range of housing types and non-residential land uses.
The Canning Highway #ShapeOurPlace project is an ongoing series of studies to understand the area and plan for the future. The City’s draft Local Housing Strategy (2011) first identified challenges for the City between managing high density development along Canning Highway and the adjacent low density residential areas.
The purpose of the Canning Highway #ShapeOurPlace project is to articulate a desirable future character for Canning Highway and adjacent areas, reflecting an appropriate scale and intensity for the strategic context of the place.
The review will recommend changes to the City’s Town Planning Scheme No. 6 to:
- Encourage high quality development that meets community expectations;
- Protect existing amenity;
- Create a harmonious built form transition from the highway to the lower density residential areas.
- Stage One - Whole of highway
- Stage Two - Berwick Street to Douglas Avenue