Proposed Modification to Outline Development Plan 139 - Lot 4 (285) Railway Parade, Upper Swan

Hazelmere Enterprise Area

Hazelmere needs a plan that provides landowners with greater certainty. The City of Swan and Department of Planning have therefore partnered to establish a structure plan for Hazelmere to:

-          Seek solutions to land use interface issues to safe guard the quality of life for landowners and surrounding residents

-          Create a vibrant, dynamic business focused location

-          Facilitate and legitimise business growth in Hazelmere.

A lot of technical work has been completed and a land use response can now start to be formalised which reflects community and landowner views. Finalisation of a draft plan is anticipated in 2010, but we need your input.

Information sheets are available to download below. These information sheets present a story of the development issues, identifies what is fixed and what can change.

Site Details (5.5 Mb)

What Can CHange (3 Mb)

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Hot Topics

Lloyd Street – Lloyd Street is planned to be a district link extending Abernethy Road, through Hazelmere and into Midland Town Centre. Investigations to date identified the Lloyd Street extension as critical to reduce congestion and help distribute traffic away from residential areas. Lloyd Street will be progressed by Department of Planning initiating an Metropolitan Region Scheme amendment, progressing land acquisition. Funding is not yet secured and therefore timing of construction is unknown.

Rail Re-alignment – There has been talk of a new alignment for freight rail through the location. Further studies are being considered, but no State commitment has been given. Any consideration of a new alignment is some time away and falls outside the influence of the structure plan.

Infrastructure – Currently there is very little sewer infrastructure and historically septic tanks and private water pumps have been used. This poses a number of environmental and health risks, especially if the volume and type of wastewater increases.

Requiring the blanket installation of reticulated sewer is likely to be too onerous on landowners, especially on freight and logistics operators who have a very low employee/ha ratio and low waste water operations.

No mechanism exists to coordinate sewer or drainage where landownership is fragmented without considerable prefunding of infrastructure by local and/or state government. Prefunding infrastructure will only benefit a few owners and may not be in the wider public interest.

More intensive land uses such as manufacturing industries, residential and office uses would require additional sewer and drainage infrastructure. Without State support, alternative land use options in Hazelmere are likely to be limited and employment density will remain low.

Meetings and workshops are being undertaken throughout November and early December seeking input to the land use outcomes of the Structure Plan. An invitation to attend one the public workshop will be extended to affected landowners in the near future.

Queries in regards to this project should be directed to Mr Kelly Norris, Strategic Planner- Infrastructure via email to:

Kelly.Norris@swan.wa.gov.au