About the Development Application

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 Urbanista Town Planning.  The proposed development has been designed by Pennock Architects.

The development is situated across two properties located at No. 18 and No. 20 Webster Street, Nedlands. The site currently contains two single houses (one per each lot), with a combined total land area of approx. 2,023sqm. The street frontage is 40.24m and overall depth is 50.29m

The proposal is for the construction of 10 x three-storey grouped dwellings (eight three-bedroom dwellings and two four-bedroom dwellings). 

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 North Joint 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 2 years, unless a different period of time of explicitly set. Currently, all planning approvals are valid for 4 years as a response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. This longer period of time will remain until the current State of Emergency is cancelled. 

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 subject site is zoned 'Residential' under the City of Nedlands Local Planning Scheme No.3 and has a density coding of R60.

The proposed land use will be Residential (Grouped Dwellings)

The application will be assessed against the relevant provisions of the City’s Local Planning Policies, as well as the City's Waste Management Local Planning Policy. 

The applicant's report establishes that the building height has been calculated as being 10.65m in lieu of 8.5m — based on the greatest difference in NGL and a point of building directly above that in accordance with figure series 7 of SPP 7.3 Vol. 1. This has been calculated using a NGL of 25.10m AHD, and a top of concealed roof height of 35.75m AHD.

A total of 15 car parking bays are proposed which are broken down as follows: 

• 14 car bays for residential use; and 
• 1 commercial car bay for the office. 

Sewerage and water capacity is controlled by the Water Corporation. The Corporation manages the impacts of new development on its infrastructure in a number of ways, including being a party to the state infrastructure committee, which identifies areas where increased development will occur. This ensures that where new infrastructure is needed, development that triggers the infrastructure upgrade also contributes to its delivery. The Water Corporation generally provides comment at the subdivision and building permit application stage. 

The application includes a Waste Management Plan. All waste bins are located and proposed to be collected from the street.