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This is the Greater Bunbury Region Scheme.
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Subject to subclause (2), words and expressions used in the Scheme have the same meaning as they have in the Planning and Development Act 2005.
In this Scheme —
artificial waterway means an artificial channel, lake, harbour or embayment, for navigational, ornamental or recreational purposes, or for any of those purposes, and includes any addition to, or alteration of, an artificial waterway as so defined;
EP department mean the department principally assisting in the administration of the Environmental Protection Act 1986;
local government means a local government of a district in the region;
region means the Greater Bunbury Region described in clause 3;
reserved land means land reserved under the Scheme for a public purpose;
reserved land owned by or vested in a public authority includes reserved land in relation to which a public authority has an easement, right of way, right of occupation, or any other interest, right, privilege or concession;
SCA No. 1 means the Water Catchments — Special Control Area shown on the Scheme Map;
SCA No. 2 means the Kemerton Industrial Zone Buffer Area — Special Control Area shown on the Scheme Map;
SCA No. 3 means the Glen Iris Corridor Buffer Area — Special Control Area shown on the Scheme Map;
SCA No. 4 means the Wastewater Treatment Plant Odour Buffer Areas — Special Control Areas shown on the Scheme Map;
Scheme means the Greater Bunbury Region Scheme;
State forest has the same meaning as it has in the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984;
State Planning Framework means the State planning policy of that title.
[Clause 2 amended: Gazette 7 Jun 2013 p. 2152.]
The Scheme applies to the Greater Bunbury Region which comprises all of the districts of the City of Bunbury, the Shire of Capel, the Shire of Dardanup, and the Shire of Harvey, as shown on the Scheme Map.
The Scheme comprises —
the Scheme Text; and
the Scheme Map (sheets 1‑23).
The purposes of the Scheme are to —
provide for the reservation and protection of land for regional transport, infrastructure, conservation, recreation and public purposes;
provide for the zoning of land for living, working and rural land uses;
provide a mechanism for landowners to be compensated in a fair and equitable manner where land is reserved for a public purpose;
provide an opportunity for the formal environmental assessment of regional planning proposals and provide increased certainty to such proposals;
provide a mechanism for certain development of regional significance, and development in areas of regional significance, to be considered and approved by the Commission; and
identify and protect land having strategic importance for industrial and future urban use.
The aims of the Scheme are to —
promote the sustainable development of land taking into account relevant environmental, social and economic factors;
provide for regional transportation, community services and infrastructure in a way that is efficient, equitable and timely;
protect as regional open space the region’s coastal foreshores, the foreshores of the Harvey, Brunswick, Collie, Preston and Capel Rivers, and the Leschenault Estuary and Inlet, as well as other areas of regional conservation significance and areas for regional recreational facilities;
protect surface water catchments and groundwater areas for future water supplies;
provide for industrial development in planned estates where land use conflicts and environmental impacts will be minimised and efficient production facilitated;
provide for future urban purposes and prevent development which could prejudice the future development of urban land;
protect strategic agricultural land considered to be of State or regional importance; and
protect strategic minerals and basic raw materials of State and regional importance and provide for the efficient and timely extraction of minerals and raw materials and subsequent rehabilitation of affected land.
If the Scheme is inconsistent with a local planning scheme, the Scheme prevails over the local planning scheme to the extent of the inconsistency.
Except to the extent that those provisions are inconsistent with the Scheme, determinations of the Commission under the Scheme are to be consistent with the provisions of the State Planning Framework that the Commission considers are relevant to the region.
The lands shown as Reserved Lands on the Scheme Map are reserved under the Scheme for the public purposes shown on the Scheme Map.
Land is reserved under the Scheme for the following public purposes —
Regional Open Space — to protect the natural environment, provide recreational opportunities, safeguard important landscapes and provide for public access;
Primary Regional Roads — to provide a regional road network to accommodate current and future transport needs on roads declared under the Main Roads Act 1930;
Other Regional Roads — to provide a regional road network to accommodate current and future transport needs on roads for which the planning responsibilities are shared between the Commission and local government;
Railways — to provide for the passage of trains, the marshalling, maintenance and storage of rolling stock, and the conveying of the public and freight by rail;
Port Installations — to provide for the current and future expansion needs of the Port of Bunbury;
Waterways — to recognise permanently inundated inland and coastal lands below the high water mark, and existing and proposed water canals;
State Forests — to recognise State forests;
Public Purposes — to provide for other public purposes as denoted on the Scheme Map.
The region is classified into the zones shown on the Scheme Map.
The zones are delineated and depicted on the Scheme Map according to the legend on the Scheme Map.
Land is classified into zones under the Scheme for the following purposes —
Urban — to provide for residential development and associated local employment, recreation and open space, shopping, schools and other community facilities;
Urban Deferred — land suitable for future urban development but where there are various planning, servicing and environmental requirements which need to be addressed before urban development can take place;
Regional Centre — The Bunbury central business district where commercial, civic, cultural, residential, service and administration serving the region are located;
Industrial — to provide for manufacturing industry, the storage and distribution of goods and associated uses;
Industrial Deferred — land suitable for future industrial development but where there are various planning, servicing and environmental requirements which need to be addressed before industrial development can take place;
Rural — to provide for the sustainable use of land for agriculture, assist in the conservation and wise use of natural resources including water, flora, fauna and minerals, provide a distinctive rural landscape setting for the urban areas and accommodate carefully planned rural living developments;
Private Recreation — to accommodate regionally significant open space and recreational activities in private use.
[Clause 12 amended: Gazette 9 Apr 2010 p. 1363; 9 May 2014 p. 1429.]
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