The Walkway, Swanbourne (8 Sayer Street)

The consultation being undertaken by the Department of Lands, Planning and Heritage has now been completed. Further advise on the outcomes will be provided following feedback to the City from the Department.

The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage have advertised for comments on the following proposal:

"The City of Nedlands is proposing to transfer conditional freehold land to the State Government for subsequent revestment and inclusion into adjoining Class 'A' Reserve which is currently set aside for the purpose of 'parklands and recreation' and managed by the City. This proposal will see this lot included for this purpose."

Prior to proceeding, the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage is inviting comments on the proposal by 27 September.

Please submit your response to Katherine McKelvie at katherine.mckelvie@dplh.wa.gov.au, or telephone (08) 6552 4427, or post to the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage, Locked Bag 2506, Perth, WA 6001.

Please see the document library to view a copy of the advertisement and a plan of the land in question.

The City has forwarded a letter of request to the Minister for Transport, Planning and Lands (Hon. R. Saffioti MLA) to combine 8 Sayer Street (the walkway) with Allen Park as a Crown A Class Reserve.

The request includes approval for the land to be vested in a management order to the City for the ongoing purpose of recreation and conservation.

Council will be considering a proposal at its meeting on 24 April to request the Minister of Lands to allow the City to join 8 Sayer Street (the Walkway) to Allen Park for the ongoing purpose of recreation and conservation.

To find out more, please read the report presented to the Committee on 13 April on the City's website, under Agendas and Minutes - 2018 CPS Report CSP10.18, page 11).

Thank you to everyone who has participated in this project.

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on this project. The feedback is now being analysed with a report to be prepared for Council consideration. Feedback on the results of the engagement activities will be provided on this engagement page.

The City has given notice, by way of public notice (refer document library) in The Post (3 February) and Western Suburbs Weekly (6 February) to request the Minister acquire as Crown land, Lot 353 on deposited plan 35159, known as 8 Sayer Street, Swanbourne “the Walkway”, currently owned in freehold by the City, to be combined with adjacent Crown A Class Reserve, vested in a Management Order to the City for the ongoing purpose of ‘Recreation and Conservation’.

The purpose and effect of the request is to effectively preserve the land for future recreational uses and environmental conservation, for the benefit of the City of Nedlands community and wider public.

If you wish to lodge an objection against the making of this request or wish to make a submission of support - please do so by 5pm, Friday 9 March 2018.

This proposal marks the first step in bringing the Allen Park Master Plan to life, endorsed by Council in December 2017.

The Allen Park Master Plan, available to view here, identifies the land tenure for 8 Sayer Street, (Lot 353). "The Walkway" is of high community concern to be resolved and be retained as remnant bushland and connection walkway.

"The community acknowledge that they are passionate about the Allen Park Precinct and the community they live and recreate in, and will fight for what they believe is important to retaining the social fabric of their community. The issues of land tenure over a number of blocks and reserves continues be of huge concern.

It is recommended that Council aim to resolve the outstanding land tenure issues within the Allen Park Precinct that continue to be of high community concern, in particular Lots 139 and 353 (“the walkway”). These 2 lots provide a valuable link and connection point within the precinct, and should if possible be retained as remnant bushland and connection walkway. In particular, the walkway provides the link for people that are aged or infirmed to access the precinct from residential areas to the north and north-east. The only alternative routes are either through melon hill or via the street footpath network which would increase distance to travel."

(Endorsed Allen Park Master Plan 2017 page 53)