Central area plans proceed

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A PLAN to revitalise Maddington moved a step closer with the Central Maddington Outline Development Plan and an associated town planning scheme amendment being approved by the City of Gosnells.

The approvals came after public consultation through which 129 submissions were made regarding the plan to subdivide and develop about 150ha of land near Maddington railway station.

Matters raised in the submissions related to proposed increased residential density, new roads and areas of public parkland.

Mayor Olwen Searle said the approved plan reflected a series of modifications to the plan that was advertised for public comment, with many of the changes made in response to landowner submissions.

“Approval of the proposals has paved the way for further work to be undertaken to establish detailed design guidelines for the area,” she said.

“The City will now prepare a development contribution plan, which is needed to fund infrastructure works such as new roads and land acquisition for new parkland to facilitate the proposed redevelopment.

“This will be a challenging aspect of the planning for the Central Maddington area given there are approximately 550 individual properties and 470 landowners affected.”

Cr Searle said the proposals would now go to the WA Planning Commission for consideration and adoption.

Landowners could comment on the changes made to the plan adopted by the council. Such comments would be forwarded to the commission.

“While the approval by council is an important milestone there are still several steps to be taken before approval of applications for subdivision and development in the area can occur,” Cr Searle said.

“A positive decision of the commission as well as the required development contribution plan are critical requirements to allow this to occur.”


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