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The City of Nedlands Council resolved at its Council Meeting on 25 February 2020 to propose this amendment to change the current density codes for these properties to:

• Numbers 2 to 36 Kingsway and 42 to 96 Kingsway from R60 to R40;
• Numbers 7 to 23 Hillway from R60 to R40;
• Numbers 1 to 5 Hillway from R-AC3 to R-AC4;
• Numbers 69 to 139 Broadway from R-AC3 to R-AC4; 
• Numbers 2 Edward Street from R-AC3 to R-AC4; and
• Numbers 1, 1A and 1B Elizabeth Street from R-AC3 to R-AC4.

Administration recommended that the proposed Scheme Amendment be treated as a Complex Scheme Amendment, in accordance with Regulation 34 of the Planning and Development (Local Planning Scheme) Regulations 2015.

At its meeting in April 2020, Council was advised by Administration that the scheme amendment no.7 was complex in nature with the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015 (the Regulations).

Council resolved to regard the Scheme Amendment as a standard scheme amendment, and adopted the amendment to advertised accordingly, in line with the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015 (the Regulations).  

The Scheme Amendment No.7 was advertised for a period of 42 days.

When presented to Council at the 3 September OCM post advertising, Administration recommended that Council resolve not to support the amendment as it was not based on sound town planning principles and was premature.

Council did not endorse Administration’s recommendation, and instead resolved to support the scheme amendment. 

the Commission provided a letter to the City, advising that it is considered to be a complex amendment for the following reasons:

1. That it is not consistent with a local planning strategy for the scheme that has been endorsed by the WAPC;
2. That it is not addressed by any local planning strategy; and
3. That it relates to development of a scale or will have an impact that is significant relative to development in the locality.

The Commission directed the City to treat the amendment as a complex amendment in accordance with section 54 of the Regulations. In addition to this, the Commission has directed the City to readvertise the amendment as complex and progress the amendment accordingly thereafter.