FAQs

A Development Application (DA) is an application made to Council seeking consent to carry out development including construction, demolition, change of use, display of advertising, subdivision, or making alterations or additions to a property or premises. A DA is required so that Council can assess the likely impacts of the proposal.

The applicant for this project is Element Advisory Pty Ltd. The proposed development has been designed by Hassell.

The development is located on 87-89 Broadway, Nedlands.  Each site is currently occupied by a single house.

An amendment to a Mixed Use Development comprising of 60 Multiple Dwellings and an Office Tenancy.

The City cannot refuse to accept an application for assessment. The City must follow the correct assessment process and will access the application according to the planning process, make a recommendation with the final decision made by the Metro Inner-North Development Assessment Panel. 

The City follows a process for each Development Application received. The application must be assessed according to the provisions of the City's Local Planning Scheme, advice will be sought on design quality  and the consultation submissions will be considered prior to the City forming a view on this application.   

A recommendation is then presented to the Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel (DAP), who is the final decision maker. The Council have the opportunity to consider the recommendation made to the DAP, but not alter it.

If approved, a planning approval is valid for 4 years from the date of the original approval, unless a different period of time of explicitly set. Currently, all planning approvals prior to March 2022 are valid for an additional 2 years as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

If refused, the applicant has a right of appeal by the State Administrative Tribunal in accordance with Part 14 of the Planning and Development Act 2005. 

Submissions can be made via the submission form on this page.  

Should you make a submission on the application, you will be notified of the relevant Development Assessment Panel (DAP) meeting and how to apply to make a deputation at the meeting. 

The sites are zoned Residential R-AC3 under the City of Nedlands Local Planning Scheme No.3. They are located in the Melvista Ward.

The application will be assessed against the relevant provisions of the City’s Local Planning Policies which can be found here.

The application will be assessed against all elements of the Residential Design Codes Volume 2 – Apartments and the ten principles of good design contained in State Planning Policy 7.0 – Design of the Built Environment as well as Clause 67 (n) 'the amenity of the locality' of the Planning and Development Local Planning Schemes Regulations 2015, as a matter to be considered in. These documents place considerable weight on amenity impacts, as does the City’s Local Planning Scheme No.3.

A total of 71 car parking bays are proposed, which are broken down as follows:

•    55 resident car parking bays;

•    7 resident visitor parking bays;

•    2 commercial parking bays.