Greater Bunbury Region Scheme

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.