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Preliminary planning reports in Western Australia

A $150 desktop planning assessment for any address in Western Australia. We take the parcel from the state cadastre, sweep the zoning and overlay mapping at the parcel, read the local planning scheme and R-Codes in force and cite it by clause, and set out in writing what was checked and what was not. Prepared and professionally reasoned by our planning team and delivered within three business days.

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What governs a site in Western Australia

In Western Australia a site is governed by the council’s local planning scheme and, for housing, by the Residential Design Codes (State Planning Policy 7.3), which set the density code and the design standards for dwellings.

In the Perth metropolitan area and some regions a region scheme, such as the Metropolitan Region Scheme, sits above the local scheme and can reserve land or set its own zoning. The report reads both where both apply.

PlanWA is the state’s planning map; Landgate holds the cadastre and title information.

The instruments the report reads in Western Australia

  • Local planning scheme · zoning and local provisions
  • Residential Design Codes (SPP 7.3) · density codes and dwelling design standards
  • Region scheme · for example the Metropolitan Region Scheme

Councils in Western Australia

Every local government area in Western Australia, from the ABS local government area list. Each page explains how the report works for a site in that council.

How the report works for a site in Western Australia

The same five steps for every site in Australia, applied to the local planning scheme and R-Codes. Nothing is stated that was not checked, and what was not checked is stated.

  1. Step 1

    Parcel from the state cadastre

    We take the parcel from the state cadastre and project it, so the report is about the lot itself and not a point on a street.

  2. Step 2

    Zoning and overlays swept at the parcel

    The zoning and overlay mapping is swept at the parcel boundary, not at a single point, so a layer that touches one corner of the block is caught.

  3. Step 3

    The instrument in force, cited by clause

    We read the planning instrument in force and cite it by clause, with its version and date, so every statement in the report can be checked at the source.

  4. Step 4

    Nearby applications where a public register exists

    Where the council keeps a public register of applications, we read the nearby ones and cite what we found. We do not hold a database of decisions for the council.

  5. Step 5

    A written statement of what was not checked

    Anything the report did not check is stated in writing, so you know the edges of the answer as well as the answer.

We do not hold a database of council decisions in Western Australia. Where a council publishes a public register of applications, the report reads the nearby ones and cites what it found. Our free block checker covers South East Queensland only, so it is not offered in Western Australia.

Taking a Western Australia project through to lodgement

DA projects are quoted individually. We take a limited number at a time so each gets a director’s attention, and we reply within one business day with availability.

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Other states and territories

For any WA address

Know your site before you commit

A $150 report for any address in Western Australia: the parcel, the zoning and overlays at the parcel, the local planning scheme and R-Codes cited by clause, and a written statement of what was not checked. Prepared and professionally reasoned by our planning team and delivered within three business days.

Get the $150 reportRequest a call