FAQs

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 development comprises of Lot 52 (No. 11) and Lot 51 (No. 13) Webster Street, Nedlands

The proposal seeks approval for 12x Grouped 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 Joint 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 ‘Urban’ by the Metropolitan Region Scheme and ‘Residential’ by the City of Nedlands Local Planning Scheme No.3 and has a density coding of R60.

The proposed land use is ‘Residential’ which is a permitted use under the City of Nedlands Local Planning Scheme No.3

Each dwelling is three-storey.

According to the applicant's report, 47.6% shadow will be cast over the southern adjoining site at No. 15 Webster Street, Nedlands.

Each unit is provided with 2x car parking bays in a double garage. There are also 2x visitor bays provided on site for the development.

Sewerage and water capacity is controlled by Water Corporation. The Corporation manages impacts of new development on its infrastructure in a number of ways. This includes being a party to the state infrastructure committee, which identifies areas where increased development will take place. This allows for new development to be planned for, with any new infrastructure required identified and contributed to by the developer(s) that trigger the upgrade. Water Corporation are also required to make comment on developments of this type.

The application will be assessed against the provisions of State Planning Policy Residential Design Codes Volume 1, the ten principles of design contained in State Planning Policy 7.0 – Design of the Built Environment which places considerable weight on amenity impacts, as does the City’s Local Planning Scheme No.3

The development will be serviced by the City’s Waste trucks. For further information, please refer to the Waste Management Plan report provided by the applicant.