Planning Policies are the adopted position of the Council on various planning matters which either expands on the requirements in the Town Planning Scheme or provides direction on those matters where the Scheme enables the Council to exercise discretion.
All Planning Applications will be assessed against the relevant criteria contained within the Scheme and Policies.
The following policies are available for your perusal. If you would like to download a PDF file to your hard drive to refer back to at a different time
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- Table of Contents
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- 1.1 Delegated Authority to Manager, Statutory Planning
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- 1.2 Scale of Fees for Planning Services
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- 1.3 Community Consultation
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- 1.4 Development Assessment Unit
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- 1.5 Closure of Pedestrian Access Ways
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- 2.2 Applications for Approval to Commence Development
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- 2.3 Development Considerations for Disabled Persons
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- 3.2 Fencing Requirements
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- 3.3 Planning for Community Facilities in new suburbs
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- 3.3.1 Control of Advertisements
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- 3.3.1 Control of Advertisements - Appendix 1
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- 3.3.1 Control of Advertisements - Appendix 2
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- 3.3.1 Control of Advertisements - Appendix 3
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- 3.3.2 Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
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- 3.3.2 Bed and Breakfast Accommodation - Appendix 1
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- 3.3.2 Bed and Breakfast Accommodation - Appendix 2
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- 3.3.2 Bed and Breakfast Accommodation - Appendix 3
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- 3.3.3 Caravan Parks
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- 3.3.3 Caravan Parks - Appendix 1
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- 3.3.4 Cash-in-Lieu of Carparking
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- 3.3.5 Child Care Premises
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- 3.3.5 Child Care Premises - Appendix 1
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- 3.3.6 Development Guidelines for Special Residential Zones
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- 3.3.7 Display Home Centres
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- 3.3.8 East Rockingham Development Guidelines
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- 3.3.8 East Rockingham Development Guidelines - Appendix 1
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- 3.3.8 East Rockingham Development Guidelines - Appendix 2
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- 3.3.8 East Rockingham Development Guidelines - Appendix 3
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- 3.3.9 Fast Food Outlets
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- 3.3.10 Home Occupations and Home Businesses
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- 3.3.11 Motor Vehicle Wrecking Premises
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- 3.3.12 Open Air Display
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- 3.3.13 Parking of Commercial Vehicles in Residential Zones
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- 3.3.14 Restricted Premises
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- 3.3.15 Standard Conditions for Development Applications
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- 3.3.15 Standard Conditions for Development Applications - Appendix 1
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- 3.3.16 Telecommunications Infrastructure
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- 3.3.17 Variations to Building Envelopes
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- 3.3.18 Salvage Yards
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- 3.4 Public Open Space Provision in Residential Areas
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- 3.5 Standard conditions for Subdivision Applications
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- 3.6 Street Name Themes
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- 3.8 Drainage Functions and Mosquito Breeding Control
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- 3.10 Applications for approval of comprehensive development plans
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- 3.11 Landscaping requirements for new Subdivisions
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- 3.1.7 - Heritage Conservation and Development Policy
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- 3.1.7 - Heritage Conservation and Development Policy - Appendix 1
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- 3.1.7 - Heritage Conservation and Development Policy - Appendix 2
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- 5.2 Rural Land Strategy
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- 6.3 Local Commercial Strategy
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- 6.8 Verandahs Along Public Streets in the Rockingham Beach Townscape Area
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- 6.11 Secret Harbour Town Centre
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- 6.12 Baldivis Town Centre
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- 7.1 East Rockingham Industrial Park: Environmental Planning Policy
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- 7.2 Local Bushland Stratgy
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- 7.3 Cockburn Sound Catchment
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- 8.1 Rockingham City Centre Development Policy Plan
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- 8.2 Rockingham Waterfront Village Policy
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