METRONET East Redevelopment Area

The State Government is committed to creating vibrant places for the future with more transport, housing, leisure and employment opportunities. In the Bayswater and Forrestfield areas, the State Government has heavily invested in transformative infrastructure to act as a catalyst for this future growth. To capitalise on this investment, maximise development potential in these areas and provide market certainty, Bayswater and Forrestfield will be established as Project Areas within the METRONET East Redevelopment Area.

The boundary of the redevelopment areas are shown in the Bayswater and Forrestfield plans.

It is intended to expand the existing Midland Redevelopment Area to incorporate both the Bayswater and Forrestfield project areas, creating a METRONET East Redevelopment Area. This will enable an integrated approach to the redevelopment of the stations and the adjacent areas to create connected communities centres that are universally accessible and provide a range of housing, jobs and services.

The level of state intervention and planning authority:

Planning control areas are development control focused and are intended to consolidate the development approvals process under the existing planning documents, with the WA Planning Commission as the approval authority for any development applications.

Redevelopment Areas provide for a broader range of development and place making to plan and deliver place based outcomes, but does not in itself change the planning authority.

Redevelopment Schemes are prepared and gazetted following a Redevelopment Area being established that will maintain MRA’s role within the Redevelopment Area but also transfer the planning authority for the area to the with the MRA.

No. The planning control areas are smaller than the redevelopment areas as they are specifically intended to manage and control infrastructure works associated with the new stations. The Redevelopment Area will take a broader scope to the planning, development and place based outcomes for the train station precinct.

A Planning Control Area has been declared for the area including and immediately around the Bayswater Train station. This declaration was published in the Government Gazette on 7 May 2019. A planning control area is being considered for the Forrestfield train station area for a similar purpose.

The Planning Control Area can remain in place for 5 years. However, it is intended that it will be removed when the Redevelopment Scheme is gazetted in mid 2020 and planning authority for the designated areas are transferred to the MRA.

The process to establish the Redevelopment Area is expected to be completed by September 2019.

Applications within the planning control area will be assessed by the WAPC. Development applications outside of the areas will continue to be assessed by the City of Bayswater and City of Kalamunda until the Amended Redevelopment Area and Amended Redevelopment Scheme are in place, which is expected to be mid 2020.

The MRA will consider the structure planning work undertaken to date in Bayswater and Forrestfield and will work with the Department of Planning Lands and Heritage, the respective local governments and the local communities to prepare planning framework documents for the project areas.

The MRA’s role will be to determine the intended place and development outcomes, establish a planning framework, including an amended redevelopment scheme and once this in place, assess development applications.

In late 2019 the public will have the opportunity to comment on a draft amended redevelopment scheme and associated statutory planning framework documents.

Building heights and zoning of the area will be determined throughout 2019 after consultation with stakeholders and community.

Expert traffic consultants will be engaged to determine traffic scenarios in the areas as part of planning works to ensure ongoing functioning of the road network.

No. Only where deemed appropriate.

Any existing business with an approval issued by the City of Kalamunda can continue to operate in accordance with that approval.  

The MRA will develop the future planning framework for the area, including land uses in consultation with the City of Kalamunda and the local community.

Lots identified within the METRONET East Redevelopment Scheme will not transfer land ownership to the MRA. It will simply transfer the planning authority to the MRA such that any planned development will require approval from the MRA as opposed to your local council or the WAPC.