Planning

Town Planning is about people and the community, and aims to maintain and improve our quality of life. Council takes a great deal of care in planning our community with the aim of creating a high quality urban and rural environment.

Shire of Jerramungup Planning Services

Council has a Planning Officer available at the Shire offices Monday to Wednesday to help with any planning or development enquiries. You are encouraged to contact the Shire’s Planning Officer early in the development of your proposal to ensure that you are aware of the Shire’s requirements when planning your new development. Early advice can save you considerable time and money when preparing your plans and applications.

Role of Planning

Planning aims to guide the proper and orderly use and development of land within the Shire in a way that serves private needs without compromising the public good. Town planning coordinates land use and development by balancing economic, social and environment issues. Planning policies, schemes and other statutory processes guide decisions that shape and focus on a satisfactory quality of life for people living in communities. There are two key components of town planning:

• Strategic Planning focuses on the big picture or long-term planning throughout Western Australia. It integrates a wide range of economic, social, environmental and infrastructure issues.
• Statutory Planning or Development Control is the legal and approval arm of planning. Legislation and regulations ensure appropriate land use and development controls exist to effectively manage the process of land use, land supply and development.

An overview of the Western Australian planning system can be found on the WAPC website to help people find their way around what can be a complex system. This overview is useful to people who are interested in how the Western Australian planning system works - it describes the various roles, responsibilities and functions of the key players actively involved in the planning system.

Heritage

The Shire of Jerramungup Municipal Inventory of Heritage Places provides information relating to places of heritage value and is a record of the history of the Shire and the places that reflect the story of the district. In particular this register identifies the places of local heritage value throughout the Shire.

The state government body, the Heritage Council of WA, has identified two places within the Shire as being of State significance:

• Quaalup Homestead Group in the Fitzgerald River National Park; and
• Wellsteads’ Homestead Group on Wellstead Road, Point Henry Peninsular.

Details of these places can be found on the State Heritage register at http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/.

Any development of, or adjacent to, an identified heritage place - of either State or Local significance - may require planning approval, and you are encouraged to contact the Shire Planning Officer to discuss your proposal.