Frequently asked questions

A local planning scheme amendment is a change to part of a local planning scheme, in this case, the City's Local Planning Scheme No. 7 (LPS 7). 

When a change is made to the scheme it is known as a scheme amendment, which can be proposed by landowners, the City, or the State Government of Western Australia.

The City will advertise a complex scheme amendment for a 60 day period.

The applicant for the scheme amendment is Planning Solutions who are acting on behalf of the owner, Amana Living. More information on the history and ownership of the Collier Park Village site can be found on the City’s website here (external link).

The applicant’s Scheme Amendment seeks to amend the land use permissions for the Collier Park Village site to enable potential for future development of a Medical centre, Hospital, Recreation – private, and/or Office. This has been pursued by the owner of the site (Amana Living) as part of a possible future redevelopment of the site to create an ‘Integrated Care Community’. See the applicant's draft Scheme Amendment Report, section 1.4 for more information.

All land uses are provided with a definition under Local Planning Scheme No. 7. The relevant land use definitions are provided below.

‘X’ means that that the land use is not permitted by Local Planning Scheme No. 7 (LPS 7). The City would not usually accept or support a Development Application proposing an ‘X’ land use.

‘A’ means that the land use is not permitted unless the local government has exercised its discretion by granting development approval after advertising the application in accordance with clause 64 of the deemed provisions (external link).

For example, a site may be approved as a Hospital land use which will form the ‘predominant’ use of the site, whilst an Office land use may be permitted on site as an ‘Incidental’ use where it is attached to, integrated with, and of a low scale to support the predominant Hospital use.

The Medical centre, Hospital, Recreation – private, and/or Office uses are ‘X’ uses within the Residential zone and therefore under the current framework (LPS 7), the City cannot consider the proposed uses at the Collier Park Village site. The proposal seeks to amend this to enable the four noted uses to be considered on site.

The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (DPLH) modified the draft Scheme Amendment when it was sent to them for approval to advertise, to read as follows:

This involved deleting: ‘2. Office ‘I’ use’ and replacing it with: ‘2. The predominant use of the site is to be for ‘Independent Living Complex’ and ‘Residential Aged Care Facility'.

A density code (also known as an R-Code) determines the density, form and scale of development that can occur on a property. Almost every property/lot/block of land in the City has an R-Code in LPS 7. For example, the density code for the Collier Park Village site is R50, which permits development up to three (3) storeys in height and is subject to the provisions of the R-Codes Volume 1 Part C.

The applicant’s draft Scheme Amendment Report from Planning Solutions (acting on behalf of the owner, Amana Living) does not propose changes to the density coding or any other built form provisions for the Collier Park Village site.

A residential zone is an area of land that has been zoned as residential under LPS 7.

The objectives of the Residential zone are defined within LPS 7 as follows:

• To provide for a range of housing and a choice of residential densities to meet the needs of the community.
• To facilitate and encourage high quality design, built form and streetscapes throughout residential areas.
• To provide for a range of non-residential uses, which are compatible with and complementary to residential development.

‘Integrated Care Community’ is not a defined term under any planning regulation.

The applicant’s draft Scheme Amendment Report from Planning Solutions (acting on behalf of the owner, Amana Living), describes the ‘Integrated Care Community’ in the applicant’s draft Scheme Amendment Report, section 1.4.

As discussed above, the draft Scheme Amendment enables the noted land uses to be considered by the City of South Perth as part of any future Development Application for the Collier Park Village site. The proposal seeks to enable the consideration of land uses which are not ordinarily found in a residential zone, namely a Medical centre, Hospital, Recreation – private use, and Office.

The draft Scheme Amendment may affect nearby residents and business by enabling the noted land uses to be considered within the site, which may impact nearby residents and businesses, depending on the scale and operation of any potential future Development Application. 

Additionally, any new development proposal within the Residential zone will be assessed against the objectives of the Residential zone (see above ‘What is a residential zone?’). This ensures that even if non-residential land uses are proposed, the scale, operation and design are to be broadly compatible with and complementary to neighbouring residential areas.

The scale and design of any future development of non-residential land uses within the Residential zone will primarily be guided by the City’s Local Planning Policy 2.1 – Non-Residential Development in the Residential Zone (external link). The Policy states that buildings shall generally be designed in accordance with the Residential Design Codes (R-Codes) with regard to the assigned density code. In this case the site has an R50 density code which permits development up to three (3) storeys in height and is subject to the provisions of the R-Codes Volume 1 Part C.