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Shire of Chittering

TOWN PLANNING SCHEME NO. 6

LOCAL PLANNING POLICY No. 2

MUCHEA VILLAGE

JANUARY 2005

SHIRE OF CHITTERING

LOCAL PLANNING POLICY NO 2

MUCHEA VILLAGE

ENABLEMENT AUTHORITY TO PREPARE AND ADOPT A PLANNING POLICY The Shire of Chittering, as enabled under Clause 2.1 of the Town Planning Scheme No. 6, hereby makes this Statement of Planning Policy regarding the townsite and appurtenant areas. RELATIONSHIP OF A LOCAL PLANNING POLICY TO THE SCHEME Any Local Planning Policy prepared under this part shall be consistent with the Scheme. A Local Planning Policy is not part of the Scheme and shall not bind the Local Government in any respect of any application for Planning Approval, but the Local Government shall have due regard Scheme to the provisions of any Local Planning Policy and the objectives which a Policy is designed to achieve before making its decision.

Note: Local Planning Policies are guidelines used to assist the Local Government in making decisions under the Scheme. Although Local Planning Policies are not part of the Scheme, they must be consistent with, and cannot vary, the intent of the Scheme Provisions, including the Residential Planning Codes. In exercising powers under the Scheme, the Local Government must have due regard to relevant Local Planning Policies as required under Clause 10.2.”

Introduction

Muchea is an historic rural village, which has undergone a transition from primary horticultural production to a rural living environment of increasing attraction to those seeking a quiet rural lifestyle. Over the past decade, there has been strong growth and investment in the town to make it a presentable rural village of unique character. The impediments to further expansion relate to the high water table and the absence of the essential services of scheme water and deep sewerage reticulation. Closer subdivision and development has led to concerns over the health of the inhabitants because of domestic effluent disposal being too close to the water table and the ground water supplies uses by most households. There is limited scope for residential expansion in the western margins of the townsite and subdivisions but additional development in the remainder of the town is not to be encouraged unless under exceptional circumstances. In the longer term, some more radical changes to the eastern part of the town are foreseen because of the construction of the Perth Darwin highway and the consequential reduction of traffic along the Brand Highway. The land drainage system is incomplete and when undertaken may alleviate some of the more pressing problems of waterlogging seasonal inundation of many properties. Roads have been improved under the Council‟s Road Programme concentrating on the main through road function and leaving others unconstructed. This leaves many opportunities for the conversion of unmade roads to become formal drain lines and riding trails, as horse ownership is a very popular pastime for many residents and only adds to the character of the lifestyle. For the purposes of this Policy, the Muchea Village Area has been divided into specific precincts based on physical characteristics, land uses and the potential for further development. The central precinct is the focus for community and recreational activity and shall remain so for at least the next generation. This Local Planning policy seeks to reflect the desires of the local population in conjunction with the physical and other constraints affecting the area. This Policy provides for the development of the village and surrounds for the next 5-ten years and is to be reviewed in close consultation with the local community. The main changes to development controls lie with the inclusion of the townsite and Peters Road to a single zone – Townsite Zone with the majority of the mechanisms for decision-making included in this policy. The compatibility schedules at the conclusion of this document are a guide for Council to ensure there is minimal disruption to the rural lifestyle of the town. This Local Policy is to read in conjunction with the Town Planning Scheme and other Planning Policies that Council may adopt from time to time.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION ................................................................................. 1

1.1 BACKGROUND AND DISTRICT CONTEXT (FIGURE 1) .................................................................... 1

1.2 LOCAL CONTEXT (FIGURE 2) ....................................................................................................... 1

1.3 POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT ................................................................................................. 4

1.4 TOWN CHARACTER AND LAND USES ........................................................................................... 4

1.5 LAND OWNERSHIP ........................................................................................................................ 5

2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES .................................................................................................. 6

2.1 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION (FIGURE 3) ............................................................................................. 6

2.2 ELLEN BROOK CATCHMENT AREA ............................................................................................... 6

2.3 EBICG – ELLEN BROCKMAN INTEGRATED CATCHMENT GROUP ................................................. 6

2.4 NUTRIENT EXPORT PROBLEMS ..................................................................................................... 8

2.5 HEALTH ISSUES ............................................................................................................................ 8

3.0 ACCESS AND TRAFFIC ......................................................................................................... 9

3.1 RAILWAYS ................................................................................................................................... 9

3.2 MAJOR HIGHWAYS (FIGURE 4)..................................................................................................... 9

3.2.1 Brand Highway............................................................................................................................ 9

3.2.2 Perth-Darwin Highway ................................................................................................................ 9

3.2.3 Regional Roads.......................................................................................................................... 11

3.2.4 Local Roads (Figure 5) .............................................................................................................. 11

3.3 SERVICES ................................................................................................................................... 11

3.3.1 Power ......................................................................................................................................... 11

3.3.2 Water ......................................................................................................................................... 11

3.3.3 Sewerage ................................................................................................................................... 13

3.3.4 Local Land Drainage (Figure 6) ................................................................................................ 13

3.4 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE ........................................................................................................ 15

3.5 SYSTEM 6 AREAS (FIGURE 7) ..................................................................................................... 15

3.6 RESERVED LANDS (FIGURE 7) .................................................................................................... 17

3.7 PLACES OF HERITAGE VALUE (FIGURE 8) .................................................................................. 18

3.8 NATURAL GAS PIPELINE ............................................................................................................ 20

4.0 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS ........................................................................................... 21

4.1 DEVELOPMENT PARAMETERS..................................................................................................... 21

4.2 DEVELOPMENT PRECINCTS (FIGURE 9) ...................................................................................... 21

4.3 PRECINCT 1 - WESTERN MARGIN (FIGURE 10) ........................................................................... 21

4.4 PRECINCT 2 - INNER LOWLANDS (FIGURE 11) ............................................................................ 25

4.5 PRECINCT 3 - CENTRAL PRECINCT (FIGURE 12) ......................................................................... 27

4.6 PRECINCT 4 - CONSERVATION AREA (FIGURE 13) ...................................................................... 29

4.7 PRECINCT 5 - SANDOWN PARK (FIGURE 14) ............................................................................... 29

4.8 PRECINCT 6 - PETERS ROAD (FIGURE 15) ................................................................................... 32

4.9 PRECINCT 7 - COMMERCIAL CENTRE (FIGURE 16) ..................................................................... 32

4.10 STREETSCAPE ........................................................................................................................ 36

5.0 IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................................................................. 38

5.1 ZONING AND LOCAL PLANNING POLICIES (FIGURE 17) .............................................................. 38

5.2 GENERAL PROVISIONS ............................................................................................................... 38

5.2.1 Development for Human Occupation ........................................................................................ 38

5.2.2 Environmental Protection .......................................................................................................... 40

5.2.3 Keeping of Stock ....................................................................................................................... 40

5.2.4 Fire Control ............................................................................................................................... 40

5.2.5 Applications Assessment ........................................................................................................... 40

6.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................... 42

7.0 APPENDIX .............................................................................................................................. 43

7.1 COMPATIBILITY RATINGS .......................................................................................................... 43

7.2 DICTIONARY OF DEFINED WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS ............................................................... 47

7.3 LAND USE DEFINITIONS IN THE SCHEME ................................................................................... 50

7.4 ZONING TABLE ........................................................................................................................... 58

Shire of Chittering Town Planning Scheme No 6 Local Planning Policy No 2 – Muchea Village

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1.0 BACKGROUND and DESCRIPTION

1.1 Background and District Context (Figure 1)

Muchea Townsite is located in the south-western corner of the Shire on the Ellen Brook palusplain between the Gingin Scarp and the Gnangara Park, The latter being a major underground water reserve and Department of Defence weapons testing range.

The origins of Muchea lay in the establishment of market gardens producing fresh vegetables for the metropolitan area. The main attraction at the time was the easily tillable flatter and sandy landform with an abundance of underground water supplies. This also applied to the existence of a dairy in the area. Muchea also had a timber industry and although the mill location is vague, there are still some of the old timber workers‟ cottages in the town as a reminder of the past activities associated with this industry. The railway was the primary means of transport. Later, road transport overtook the railway and the connections to Midland were mainly by means of the Great northern Highway. Neaves Road connection to Wanneroo Road was a later addition to the road transport system when Wanneroo was itself a market garden area and not the urban centre of the north-western corridor of the metropolitan area as it is today. At one time Muchea had a small primary school and a large railway station. Both have since removed. Since the demise of the horticultural and timber industries, Muchea has become an isolated rural village for people seeking a quiet and remote lifestyle, but with easy access to highway routes to Bullsbrook and Midland to the south, and Perth and Wanneroo employment centres to the south west and west, respectively.

1.2 Local Context (Figure 2)

Muchea has been laid out on the traditional grid pattern of streets and regular shaped lots befitting the small rural industries.

The surrounding land uses are all rural in character with the exception of the land on the western boundary being the Gnangara Park Water Mound and Department of Defence Weapons Testing area. Brand Highway, Muchea South Road and the railway are in parallel reserves on the eastern side of the townsite separating it from the Peters Road subdivision. The northern and southern margins comprise open grazing farmlands.

With the exception of the far north-western and south western sides, constructed roads surround the townsite. The general store and fuel supply business is located on the eastern side of the railway and Brand Highway. The Peters Road hobby farms precinct lies further to the east, between the railway line and Ellen Brook, and are included in the Study Area because they are essentially part of the Muchea locality and community.


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Figure 2


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1.3 Population and Employment

Population The exact population of Muchea is unknown. No specific census details are available at this time as to occupancy or work related occupations. An elementary estimate of the population is about 350.

Employment Tiwest, is a significant employer of Muchea residents. The remaining employment of residents is highly varied and ranges from the local sole operating small business to employment in Bullsbrook, Perth and Midland. Plant nurseries and garden supply establishments, for both native and exotic plants, provide employment opportunities and a service to the wider community. The general store and fuel outlet provides a service for both locals and for travellers. The store provides groceries, postal service, and hardware allied to agricultural needs. The mechanical/auto electrical workshops on the Brand Highway, similarly provides an important service and employment. Sand extraction in the north-western corner of the townsite is a minor contributor to employment providing sand for domestic and road construction needs. Milne Feeds, a hay-feed processing plant, also on the Brand Highway commenced activity in late 2000. The population is bound to increase with the establishment of the industrial area approximately 3 kilometres to the east of the town. The Livestock Centre, relocated from Midland, will commence the development of many industries offering employment opportunities and an increase in demand for local housing. (Figure 3)

1.4 Town Character and Land Uses

Muchea is a township with rapidly changing character. It has little resemblance to the original settlement purposes and has evolved into a sedentary village for rural lifestyle and localised small industries. Once the community activity focus was allied to the railway station, the centre of activity of has moved to the recreation ground and community hall. Sandown Park is a local equestrian centre. Previous planning and zoning schemes continued to provides for the main activity centre to be at the junction of the main roads to the west of the railway and Brand Highway, but for reasons of economic viability, development of a shopping centre never occurred. Residential investment has been focussed n the central parts of the townsite where subdivision of varying lot sizes has seen the increase in substantial homes and highly presentable landscaped gardens worthy of more expensive inner metropolitan suburbs. This indicates the attractiveness of the area to people seeking the rural living lifestyle but including some of the benefits of urban living as well as commitment to the town, where land values continue to rise.


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It also indicates a community spirit and an acceptance and tolerance that Muchea is a suitable place to raise children in a safe environment. This is evident by observation of the number children and adults who can cycle, ride horses, or simply walk in the street without fear of personal danger from strangers. There is a noticeable absence of street litter and most private and public places are free of debris and are maintained in a tidy and presentable state. Some of the cleared land is used for grazing for horses, but there little evidence of overgrazing. There is a marked increase in tree planting, which is only to be encouraged for the benefits of both environmental and landscape. Overall, Muchea is increasing its rural village character with an increasingly high level of presentation, but more is needed to complete the development process in essential services provision and guide this development in an environmentally sensitive manner as well as streetscape.

1.5 Land Ownership

Land ownership is predominantly private, but there are substantial areas of public land vested for public and community facilities and for conservation purposes. There are CALM reserves within and on the perimeter of the town. These areas are to be protected for reasons of natural vegetation and protection of rare species and geological significance. Many of the road reserves are and will remain unconstructed. This has been mainly of drainage requirements and the wet nature of some the land which could never be development for urban or rural living purposes. In other cases there is no warrant for road construction from either subdivision or traffic volume demand. All internal roads are the responsibility of the local authority. Brand Highway will remain under the control of Main Roads W.A. as will Muchea South Road. The railway reserve will remain under the management of Westrail. Some of the public reserves inside the townsite are controlled by CALM, other government agencies or vested in the local authority. Undeveloped or redundant Crown reserves have been designated for non-private organisational uses (Church Groups) for the purposes stated on Figure 7 The vesting of some reserves needs to be examined and reallocated to meet modern needs, but remain in the public domain.


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2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

2.1 Physical Description (Figure 3)

The town, and its surrounding agricultural lands, are on the Ellen Brook palusplain. The landform is generally flat with a slight rise from the lowest point near Ellen Brook with a height of 50m AHD (Australian Height Datum). Further to the west of the townsite, higher dunes rise to over 100m AHD. The highest points in the townsite are at 70m AHD, at its western edge with the lowest at 50m AHD immediately to the east of the general store on the eastern side of the railway. At the base of the sharp rise from the flatter areas to the dune and along the dune face, ground water continually seeps from the elevated deeper sands to surface drainage lines and wetlands, leaving much of this minor scarp base subject to waterlogging. Soils comprise deep leachable grey sands of the Bassendean System. This is characterised by a high water table, which at the height of winter, reaches natural surface. The deep sands have poor phosphate and other nutrient holding capacity and where the drainage of the town discharges into the Ellen Book there is a high nutrient reading.

The sandy soils are low in capability for agriculture. Wind erosion occurs if vegetation cover is removed or the pastures overgrazed. Overclearing of deep-rooted perennials has assisted in the rising of the water table and the associated problems for residential development and proper effluent disposal.

2.2 Ellen Brook Catchment Area

The catchment for the town falls within the Ellen Brook system referred to as the SC1 and SC2 Environmental Management Units in the Ellen Brook Catchment Management Plan. (SC as a prefix means Swan Coastal and the unit number the designation given to it in numerical progression. There are only two Swan Coastal units - designated SC1 and Sc2). These descriptions of Landform Units were derived from a detailed study of the whole of the Shire taking into consideration soils types, catchments, environmental problems such as salinity, erosion, vegetation, capability for agriculture and urban purposes. As such, they are descriptive of the environmental capabilities and problems and the possible measures to be taken to reduce the degradation of the land.

2.3 EBICG – Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group

EBICG is a committee established to investigate the problems of the nutrient export from Ellen Brook to the Swan River and the toxic algal blooms, which are having a devastating effect on the health of the river and the biodiversity of the riverine system. EBICG has been in existence since 1995. The committee established in 1995, comprises representatives from relevant government agencies including Agriculture W.A., Waters and Rivers Commission, Swan River Trust, Department of Defence, Department of Environmental Protection and the local authorities of Swan, Chittering and Gingin.


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Representatives also come from the Ellen Brook Catchment Coordinators and community groups, which provide valuable local input, as do the local Land Care Groups.

Figure 3


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EBICG set out to study the whole of the catchment to determines it‟s character, the problems with export of nutrients as well as providing technical information on land management and controlling land degradation. Agriculture W.A. is active in encouraging changes to land management practices and introduction to newer pastures (mainly perennial varieties) to improve the environment as well as increasing agricultural productivity.

EBICG is the primary conduit for the allocation of Natural Heritage Trust and Swan Canning Catchment Clean Up Program funds, for various projects in the catchment to repair and revegetate waterways provide information, assistance, and direction to private landholders on ways to improve land management. The Ellen Brook Brockman Catchment Coordinators are there to provide assistance and advice to all landholders to improve the overall environment and to plan for the reduction in nutrient export.

2.4 Nutrient Export Problems

Surveys have revealed that the transfer or export of nutrients for the leachable soils is a major contributor to the high loadings of phosphates and nitrates into the surface and groundwater systems into Ellen Brook, and from there into the Swan Canning River systems. These high concentrations have led to toxic algal blooms in the Swan River, which both kill fish and make the waters unsafe for human activities.

Although the main source of the nutrients is believed to emanate from agricultural practices, there is also a high concentration of pollutants from unsewered settlement areas like Muchea.

2.5 Health Issues

There is no deep sewerage system in the town and most occupied premises rely on conventional septic disposal systems. Most domiciles in Muchea depend upon shallow bores, which are often located close to the septic system disposal areas, for their domestic water needs. This means that there is a high possibility for contaminants and pathogens to transfer from the leach drains into the drinking water supply, and as a result could pose serious health problems. This problem is exacerbated by the high water table during winter, which can flood the septic systems bringing untreated fluids to the surface water areas. Alternative treatment units are now compulsory for all new developments. They are to be installed under supervision from the Council and located at a minimum distance of 30 metres from any underground water source. Wells and bores are required to be at least 23 metres deep to allow for safer filtering of pathogens and contaminants. The higher the density of development the more the health risks will increase. This is the reason that in the late 1990‟s the Shire Council and various government authorities placed an embargo on subdivisions and development until such time as proper services as scheme water and reticulated sewerage was provided. This Local Planning Policy will support limited subdivision and development where adequate provisions are made to ensure safety for future residents from further health risk.


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3.0 ACCESS AND TRAFFIC

3.1 Railways

Westrail operates the railway line mainly for grain haulage from the northern wheatbelt regions. The trains do not stop at Muchea.

The infrequency of trains means that there is little interruption of road traffic as it crosses the Brand Highway. The proposed Perth Darwin Highway, from the metro area to the Chittering New Town is to include room for a light rail commuter system. The construction of the raised beds for the railway bedding has had the effect of altering natural watercourses leaving some isolated areas unnaturally inundated and stalling the natural discharge of stormwater into Ellen Brook. Low priority for maintenance of the reserved land has seen a marked increase in weed infestation, particularly lovegrass and veldt grass, which not only suffocate native species but also presents an annual fire hazard during summer. Weed infestation interrupts drainage flows meaning poor functioning of the drainage system and backing-up of water collected for disposal.

3.2 Major Highways (Figure 4)

3.2.1 Brand Highway

Brand Highway is a busy commuter and heavy haulage route connecting Great Northern highway at Muchea to the northern agricultural regions and beyond. In 2001, an upgrading of the highway by MRWA occurred from Ellen Brook to the common boundary of the Shire with Gingin.

The intersection of Brand Highway and the main street (Steer Street) is not satisfactory and could accommodate improvement to reduce traffic hazards. Because of the recent road upgrade there are no plans to alter this junction in the near future. The only other local roads connecting to Brand Highway is Chittering Street on the northern boundary of the town. At the junctions the sight distances for motorists are more than adequate for safety. It is fortunate that very few lots have direct frontage to the highway. The deviation of Brand Highway, either north or south of Tiwest, will reduce the character of traffic new the townsite. Heavy haulage vehicles will divert to the Perth Darwin Highway. This would create opportunities for the realignment of road at the railway crossing as well as rationalising the land uses in the town‟s commercial core.

3.2.2 Perth-Darwin Highway

The North-Eastern Corridor Extension Study, undertaken by the Department of Planning and Infrastructure) has concluded that the optimum alignment for the future Perth -Darwin Highway will follow the alignment adjacent to the current Great Northern Highway. More recent t studies (2004-2005) have focussed on defining the highway route The construction of the new highway is not known, but it is unlikely that it will be built within the next 20 years.


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The purpose of the new highway is to replace Great Northern Highway as the primary national highway taking a route more conducive to achieving minimum grades more suited for heavy haulage traffic.

Figure 4


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It is also designed to avoid existing settlements and serve the proposed new village south of Bindoon, and a large industrial area immediately east of Great Northern Highway, as proposed in the North-Eastern Corridor Extension Strategy.

When this highway is constructed, the impacts on Muchea will be mainly felt by a marked reduction in the character of the highway traffic, and a minor decrease in passing trade for the shops and service industries. On the other hand, these functions are more than likely to experience a minor growth due to local trade with higher local population. The opportunity will arise, from the deviation of highway traffic and the potential use of the railway for commuter rail traffic, to make better use of the limited land between Muchea South Road and Peters Road.

3.2.3 Regional Roads

The only other relevant regional road is Muchea South Road, which links Brand Highway to the southern part of the Shire, and on to Neaves Road (heading westwards to Joondalup) and eastwards via Rutland Road to Great Northern Highway and Bullsbrook. Muchea South Road is carrying an increasing traffic load and this is likely to increase with the widening and resealing programme undertaken by Main Roads W.A. via the Shire until the Perth-Darwin Highway is commissioned. The main hazard at this time is the speed management where the 110 kmph drops to 60 kmph within the townsite, north of Humphrey Street and rapidly to 40 kmph, immediately before the sharp deviation preceding the junction with Brand Highway. There is a need for a speed regulatory sign or at least an advisory sign to slow the traffic as it approaches the main part of town from the south. Like the Brand Highway frontage, there are few lots with direct access to Muchea South Road.

3.2.4 Local Roads (Figure 5)

The local roads are on the traditional grid pattern and provide an effective and efficient network. There remains some room for improvement in both the system and the standard of the road surfaces. Figure 5 illustrates the road pattern and status of local roads. Over the past seven years, the Shire has undertaken a sealing programme of the more trafficked roads. Other roads have remained in a gravel formation, with some road reserves being only an informal track or with no surfacing at all. Some roads and are destined never to be constructed due to drainage problems and the absence of any warrant for their existence. In the overall plan for the next decade, some road reserve closures are likely for the purpose of amalgamation with abutting lands to create conservation and recreation areas more appropriate to the town.

3.3 Services

3.3.1 Power

Electricity is provided to the town through the state grid system.

3.3.2 Water

The plentiful supply of groundwater from shallow domestic bores is the fresh water source for nearly all developments.


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There are no plans to provide a reticulated water scheme in the immediate future.

Figure 5


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The shallow aquifers are constantly being replenished by the underground flows in the Gnangara Mound to the west as it seeps towards Ellen Brook. Newer bores have to penetrate deeper into the plentiful aquifers to maintain a constant supply of suitable water. The noticeable decline in annual rainfall with increased draw down from bores may have a strong impact on the decision to provide reticulated water through out the town. The use of water has increased with the build up of rural living developments not only for domestic uses but also for extensive gardens, water for stock (mainly horses) and irrigation of some lots for horticultural production and nurseries. Nevertheless, the probability of the underground supplies becoming exhausted is low due to the large qualities of water contained in the elevated dues systems to the west, and the tendency for underground discharge to move towards the east towards Ellen Book.

3.3.3 Sewerage

There is no deep sewerage reticulation system in Muchea. In 2000, the Council conducted a household survey in the town to gauge the attitude towards the installation of a limited effluent sewerage system. The result was a convincing “No” vote. This can be attributed to the high costs to be borne by the landowner in both connection from their existing septic systems and the on-going annual rates to operate the system. Combined government agencies, in 1999, presented a report placing Muchea as a high priority town for a deep sewerage scheme on both environmental and health grounds. However, no funding was forthcoming and the issue has faded. It is highly unlikely that a deep sewerage system will be installed in the coming decade without substantial financial assistance from the government. Because of this, all developments for human occupancy shall be required to install high performance alternate treatment units for septic disposal purposes.

3.3.4 Local Land Drainage (Figure 6)

The high water table together with the nature of the poor soils results in a poor drainage environment. Waterlogging is common, although the town‟s drainage system is assisting in the reduction of surface and shallow sub-surface inundation events. Properly constructed drains that allow access for regular maintenance could substantially improve drainage. Ellen Brook is the focus for storm water and subsurface discharge. Natural surface flowlines have been altered by the build-up of the landform for the roads and railway line as well as the development in the town.

Figure 6 illustrates the natural and proposed constructed drainage system. Although the drains are operating to keep some of the road and private properties better drained there is a need for a more comprehensive programme to achieve better discharge and nutrient stripping. Some of the drains have been poorly constructed leaving large quantities of spoil and with steep slopes constituting a hazard for people, particularly small children. The unkempt and unfinished drainage works are more often left overgrown with


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weeds also present a fire hazard and haven for feral and unwanted fauna in a townsite setting.

Figure 6


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The townsite drainage system discharges towards Ellen Brook over private landholdings via the conservation reserves on Muchea South Road.

Drainage line deviations have interrupted some of the natural flow lines improving some private lots. However, the concentration at discharge points has adversely affected other lots downstream by channelling flows in a different direction.

There are opportunities to improve both the drainage system and reduce nutrient loadings into Ellen Brook by using Crown Reserves. Sandown Park could accommodate a small retention basin if stormwater could be diverted along Ellen Street. Within the townsite, other road reserves could be converted to linear drains and similarly along the railway reserve further to the east. This applies to Davern Street (south) Dear Street, and parts of Carl Street. Diversion of the natural watercourses through the Peters Road subdivision would improve the land in the private holdings and markedly reduce the quantity of water in that area and alleviate waterlogging. Inevitably, some drains will have to traverse private property. In such cases, a reserve is preferred, but an easement on title would also be adequate to achieve a satisfactory protection of the drain. Nutrient stripping wetlands are required to assist in the arrest of phosphate and nitrate discharge into the Ellen Brook. Without serious land resumption of land on the eastern side of the railway line for the construction of an artificial wetland system the only alternative is to install linear wetlands alongside the major transport corridors.

3.4 Department of Defence

The RAAF airbase at Pearce, to the southeast of Muchea has a minor impact on residential occupancy by virtue of the noise emissions from training aircraft in the vicinity. Modern building laws require mandatory roof insulation for energy savings but this can also mitigate the noise intrusion from low flying aircraft. All new residences are also required to have roofing of a non-reflecting material to minimise the “flash” of bright sunlight reflection from the roofs that may affect the vision of trainee pilots.

3.5 System 6 Areas (Figure 7)

There are three areas nominated in the System 6 Conservation Reserves –System 6 Recommendations.

On the northern and southern perimeter of the townsite, two areas have been nominated for future conservation or protection.

a) Lot 2929 - Corner Chittering Street and Brand Highway;

b) Lot 2667 – Corner Muchea South Road and Humphreys Street;

The land is dominated by introduced grasses and has been continuously grazed.


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CALM has yet to purchase these nominations to conserve the flora deemed important . The importance is described as mound springs and associated flora including sundew, bog clubmoss and an unusual liverwort.

Figure 7


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Lots 118 and 145 bounded by Muchea South Road, Arbuckle Street, Carl Street and Porter Street (Reserve No 2336), within the townsite, is also included in System 6 as an area for Conservation of Flora.

This land remains in it natural state. It is reasonable to include the six small lots to its north, in the same form of protection. The land is low lying and subject to inundation.

CALM has purchased five acre lot in Faull Street to preserve the mound springs which continually issue rare fossils from the ancient seabed.

3.6 Reserved Lands (Figure 7)

There are eight lots within the town reserved for specific public purposes but not all have achieved the original intent a) Main Roads W.A previously established Lot 142 in Faull Street for sand

extraction. This use is no longer appropriate as the surrounding land is included in a Structure Plan for residential development and development is progressing.

Recommendation: That the area be included in the rural residential development of the sandy uplands and that sand extraction be deleted as a permitted use.

b) Lot 75 (Reserve 11260) is reserved for Agricultural Hallsite and Public

Recreation and contains 2.7518 ha. The land is developed as a community hall and sports field. The disposition of the land uses has led the sports oval to be constrained. A slight realignment of the oval and the inclusion of part of the Dear Street Road reserve could alleviate this problem.

Recommendation: That the public recreation purpose be retained and expanded by the inclusion of part of the Dear Street road reserve to allow for a minor realignment of the sports field.

c) Lot 20 (Reserve 9213), containing 1.5882 ha, is the site of the old school. The

School has gone leaving some remnant vegetation and a generally unimproved presentation. The site is listed in the Municipal Directory as a place of Heritage Value.

Recommendation: That this land be amalgamated with the enclosed reserve (item d) below, to form an enlarged area for public purposes. In addition, if Lot 138, on the corner of Archibald and Carl Streets, becomes available, it should be purchased to complete a public precinct.

d) Lot 127 (Reserve 27213), containing 2752m2, was designated for a Church

(Methodist). This site also remains undeveloped.

Recommendation: See above (item c). e) A smaller site, Lot 21 (Reserve 17109) containing 1733m2, is located opposite

the recreation reserve, on the southern corner of Archibald Street and Carl Street. The site is vacant.

Recommendation: That this lot be retained in public proprietorship by vesting it in the Council and retained as a park.

f) Lot 144 (Reserve 39007), containing 8170m2, and Reserve 10561, containing

3225m2, are vested in the Shire for Park and Drainage. They are located along the frontage of Muchea South Road between Porter and Dear Streets.


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Recommendation: That these lots be retained in their natural state as an integral part of the townsite drainage system, nutrient stripping capabilities and screening of the nearby land from Muchea South Road.

g) Lot 143 (Reserve 24724) Sandown Park contains 13.1864 ha and is located

along Brand Highway between Steer and Chittering Streets. The main purpose for this land is equestrian sports. The Muchea Bush Fire Brigade is placed on the Brand Highway frontage.

This reserve could be enlarged to cater for additional recreation uses by the purchase of the underutilised portions of Lots 115,116 and 117.

Recommendation: That the Council, in consultation with the affected land holders and the Muchea Community, consider the purchase of the unused portions of Lots 115,116 and 117 for extension to the equestrian area.

h) Part Lot 145 (Reserve 2336) contains about 10.8606 ha, and fronts Muchea

South Road (See System 6 above). This land is seasonally inundated and should remain in its natural state as a compensating and nutrient stripping area.

Recommendation: That the land remain in its natural state and managed as an integral part of the townsite drainage system and nutrient stripping function.

3.7 Places of Heritage Value (Figure 8)

Muchea has a long history and some of the remnants of the earlier days of settlement and the reasons for it remain as a reminder of the past.

These reminders are important and although many of the structures have disappeared, those that remain have been well preserved.

The Council has had a Municipal Inventory undertaken and the relevant places and buildings have been listed for the purposes of both history and for consideration in any development proposals.

a) Old Cemetery: corner of Archibald and Payne Streets. It is not known how the

old burial site was converted into a private lot for its current use of a private dwelling and protea farmlet. There are no remnants indicating its former use.

b) Railway Precinct: This area was the site for early subdivisions in the area as

because of the railway being established in the later part of the 19th century.

The station was used for both commuters, to the Pearce Air Force Base, and for transport of horticultural produce and timber from the mill. Its insignificance lies in the early association with the foundation of Muchea.

c) Muchea Store and Dwelling: The original store was built in 1920 but was burnt

down in 1959. The store was rebuilt and still operates as a general store and horticultural needs, post office, fuel station.

d) Timber Mill Houses: 137 Dear Street, Lot 51, corner of Dear Street and

Muchea South Road and Lot 32 Archibald Street. The small dwellings were for timber workers operating the mill around 1947.

e) Stonyburn Lodge – Peters Road: Old dwelling of the 1920‟s. and residence of

timber frame and weatherboard construction. f) Former school and schoolhouse: corner of Carl and Archibald Streets. The

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g) Muchea Hall and oval: Archibald Street. The original hall was opened in 1922. The second hall was constructed in 1961, through community labour. The significance of the site lies in its centre of community activities since the 1920‟s.

h) Dwelling Lot 32 Archibald Street – built in 1946. Post War dwelling –1946.

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i) Dwelling Lot 67 Carl Street- built 1936-7 from home made cement bricks.

Original home of Mr Steer who established a substantial dairy in Muchea. j) Sandown Park. Original sports ground for ponies. Established in 1971.

k) Air Raid Shelters. Recreation area on Muchea South Road. Significance for

association with life in Muchea in WW2.

3.8 Natural Gas Pipeline

A high-pressure natural gas pipeline runs from north to south in the private lots on the eastern side of Davern Street. The pipe is protected by an easement. It is critical that all development be kept at a safe distance form this pipeline and that any development of any kind should be referred to the Council and WANG. A new natural gas line is proposed on the far western boundary. The land has been protected in an easement.


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4.0 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS

4.1 Development Parameters

The inhibiting factors to full urban development revolve around the provision of the essential services of scheme water and reticulated sewerage. Even if full services became available, the people of Muchea are still more inclined to protect the rural village lifestyle. The landforms and their constraints together with the social desires lead to the conclusion that even if the services were made available the town should retain its character and the majority of the land uses should be allowed to continue. Therefore, to make the most opportunistic approach, each of the localised areas or precincts, based on landform, location, and capability need to be examined to determine the best outcome.

4.2 Development Precincts (Figure 9)

The study area can be divided or defined into seven planning precincts, each with its own opportunities and constraints and attracting specific directions for development and accompanying policies

4.3 Precinct 1 - Western Margin (Figure 10)

Description This precinct lies on the western and south-western sides of the town. The land form comprises some moderate slopes and, in parts, some remnant scrubland The area is accommodates a high-tension power lines on Lot 75, the northern, southern-western and southern boundaries of the townsite. This entire precinct lies above the 65-metre contour line inside the townsite boundaries. Some of the land within this precinct has already been developed for rural living lots based on a minimum average lot area of 4000m

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It is recommended that this type of development be continued, excluding Lot 142 – Reserve 31127 (Reserve for Sand Extraction) and Lot 12 Faull Street. Sand extraction on Reserve 31127 would be inappropriate and incompatible with the neighbouring land uses. Lot 142 has been set aside for conservation purposes due to its unique character and geological features.

Objectives and Policies Objectives The objective is to continue to allow rural-residential development on the higher land (above the 65 metre contour line) where there is no threat of inundation.

Policies To support subdivision and development in accordance with the Structure Plan for the southern section shown in Figure 10;

To ensure that all development of this type is served by sealed roads;


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To encourage the residents to control wind erosion by the planting of trees and middle storey shrubs to provide windbreaks; To allow for subdivision in the northern section in accordance with the Structure Plan shown in Figure 10; The keeping of any grazing animal is not permitted; No lot shall be les than 4000m

2 in area;

No other uses other than a single dwelling, may be permitted on any lot; Council may grant Planning Approval for the establishment of a cottage or home office within the confines of the residence.


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4.4 Precinct 2 - Inner Lowlands (Figure 11)

Description This is the largest of the precincts and lies between the base of the steeper slopes (65m contour) and contains most of the lowlands of the town. The lot sizes are varied - between the smaller residential lots (of about 4000m2) in Popple Place to about 4 hectares in the majority of the remainder. Much of the land is very flat, low lying and large parts are subject to inundation during winter. There are varied land uses ranging from nurseries to simple agistment for horses or no clearing or improvement at all. Road construction ranges from fully sealed to unmade. Some lots do not have a constructed road frontage. (Davern Street –south, and Philmore Street –south) The relatively large reserves along Brand Highway and Muchea South Road provide an open and rural presentation to the town as seen from the major roads, as well as providing some separation to mitigate the adverse impacts of road noise. Despite the number of horses and other grazing animals, there is little evidence of overgrazing or erosion. In some cases, however, wetlands have been open to stock to the detriment of native vegetation. Horse riding and children cycling or playing in the road reserves is common and only add to the rural living ambience. The problem of speeding vehicles is the only threat to the public domain and they need to be contained by speed restrictions. If driver behaviour is not voluntarily managed some traffic calming devices may have to be installed. Public access to the unmade road reserves (riding and walking) reflects the desire and recreational needs of the community. Clearing of vegetation in the road reserves by creation of trails as informal pathways are not detrimental to the environment and only add to the effectiveness of firebreaks.

Objectives and Policies Objective To retain the rural character of the precinct as a rural living environment. Policies To continue the land drainage programme for land improvement with the emphasis on linear drainage lines to act as nutrient stripping wetlands; To permit residential development on any lot to a single dwelling only; To improve selected roads to provide the optimum service to the lots; To retain parts of Davern, Philmore, Arbuckle, and Ellen Streets as combined drainage lines and walking trails in the stead of constructed roads;


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To convert road reserves, where they are not required, and convert them to drainage and walk trails; To support subdivision of land of lots no les than 2 hectares in areas where land is deemed suitably drained and free from inundation; Where subdivision occurs, any land that is subject to waterlogging or a drainage line (natural or man-made) shall be required to be fenced and/or rehabilitated by additional planting of vegetation with species and density as advised by the Ellen Brook Landcare Coordinator or the Shire Council; To retain and enhance wetland preservation linkages as part of the overall land drainage system;

To allow land uses which are compatible to the objectives of the Ellen Brook Catchment Management Plan to reduce nutrient export; To encourage/enforce landowners to tidy up sites used for the storage of derelict vehicles or building debris;

To improve the usage and aesthetic quality and alternative uses of the unmade road reserve;

4.5 Precinct 3 - Central Precinct (Figure 12)

Description This is the most densely developed part of the townsite. Residences occupy most of smaller lots from the earlier subdivisions. In the vast majority of cases, the residential development is well maintained creating attractive open streetscapes. The recreation centre, with community hall on Archibald Street, is the focal point for sporting activities for the local population. This lot is fully developed but needs additional land to expand its activities. There is a high level of presentation of the buildings and sporting facilities reflecting the community spirit and pride of place. There is very little evidence of litter in any of the streets or public places. Other land uses include home based industries and plant nurseries, none of which are causing any known detriment to the living or natural environment, or the presentation of the area. Objective To retain the village atmosphere of this core part of the village with the concentration of community and recreational activities in Archibald Street. Policies To not support any additional subdivision of the land until such time as full servicing can be provided; To improve the central recreation complex by the use of Dear Street Road Reserve as recreational land to allow for the expansion of he sports field and car parking;

To promote the recognition and protection of the places of heritage value as included in the Municipal Directory; To maintain the residential character of the precinct by the prohibition of incompatible land uses.


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4.6 Precinct 4 - Conservation Area (Figure 13)

Description This small precinct contains the CALM Estate Reserves, Crown land vested in the Shire, and former residential lots and unmade road reserves (Porter and Arbuckle Streets This area is particularly low lying and subject to inundation. Dense natural vegetation dominates the land and provides a bushland setting and screening along Muchea South Road. The conservation and nutrient stripping functions for this land are essential to the cleansing process of surface stormwater runoff from the higher land to the west. Objectives To retain the land in its natural state as an important part of the bio system of the land drainage system.

Policies To prohibit any clearing or access to the CALM and Shire reserves excepting for fire control measures; To amalgamate the six unrequired residential sized lots into a single reserve vested in the Shire for conservation purposes.

4.7 Precinct 5 - Sandown Park (Figure 14)

Description This area contains just over 13 ha which is mainly used for equestrian purposes. The Muchea Fire Brigade has its depot fronting Brand Highway. Sandown Park is an important alternative to the organised sporting facilities in Archibald Street and is an integral part of the horse events and activities of the local residents as well as outsiders. Equestrian activities need a relatively extensive area to function properly and accommodate a range of events. There is little opportunity to have a lager site outside of the townsite due to the System 6 nomination of lands on the northern and southern boundaries of the town. There is, however, an opportunity to enlarge and improve the existing recreation area by the purchase of underutilised lots fronting Carl Street. There is little chance that these larger lots will be subdivided for future development of residential use due to servicing constraints.

If lots 115-117 were subdivided an additional three hectares could be added to the equestrian land allowing a greater range of sporting facilities to Sandown Park Reserve.

Objective To retain Sandown Park as an equestrian centre for the town, Policies To pursue the opportunities to purchase the unrequired portions of Lots 115-117 to allow for expanded equestrian activities in consultation with the landowners and the lessees of Sandown Park;


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To enhance the Brand Highway and Chittering Road frontages will additional tree planting to amplify the secluded living environment of the town.

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4.8 Precinct 6 - Peters Road (Figure 15)

Description The Peters Road subdivision has 22 lots ranging in size from just under two hectares to over 11 ha. This includes the land fronting the unmade Amelia Street. Nearly all of the lots are fully developed and occupied with rural living being the primary land use. The land is predominantly cleared and flat with a bisected streamline running from the Muchea Townsite to Ellen Brook. Overall the land is well maintained with a few lots suffering from overgrazing and therefore, susceptible to wind erosion. The streamlines are not well protected with free access by grazing animals to the banks for the well-defined watercourses. Past clearing leaves this area overly exposed. Parts of the lower properties are subject to inundation in winter. If these streamlines were diverted into a constructed drain, much of the land in the rural living lots could be improved from waterlogging and seasonal inundation. The close proximity to Ellen Brook is of concern when considering surface and sub-surface discharge of water into the brook and the carriage of excessive nutrients and organic matter. It would be preferred if the easternmost parts of the properties fronting Ellen Brook reservation were more intensely planted with perennial pastures and trees to minimise contaminants from reaching the watercourse. Two of the lots have been subdivided into battle-axe lots of about two hectares. Poultry farms occupy land to the south and their buffer will prevent any further development for rural living. Objective To retain the subdivision pattern in its present form as a rural living node. Policies To not support any additional subdivision or any extension of subdivision; To investigate the feasibility of diverting the natural flow lines into constructed drains and compensating/nutrient stripping basins to alleviate waterlogging. To encourage the rehabilitation of the watercourses and wetlands. To apply a buffer setback of 100 metres to any further development from Ellen Brook and encourage the reafforestation of this buffer area for nutrient stripping purposes. To apply the Council’s Local Planning Policy-Keeping of Horses to sustain vegetation cover and reduce land degradation.

4.9 Precinct 7 - Commercial Centre (Figure 16)

Description The shop/general store and fuel supply centre is the only retail service for Muchea and provides a valuable social focal point to the town.


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Its location on elevated land makes it safe from inundation but is poorly located on the inside of a curve of Brand Highway and access to it from the highway is relatively blind and potentially dangerous to traffic.

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On the western side of the railway and at the junction of Brand Highway and Muchea South Road is a mechanical and auto electrical workshop. There is little prospect that these two enterprises will be expanded upon in terms of additional commercial or service industry components. In the longer term, if the residential nodes were fully developed, as planned in the North East Corridor Extension Strategy, there may be an opportunity to include Muchea as a commuter rail service to the city by light rail along the proposed Perth Darwin Highway Route. Commuters from Chittering and Maryville would use it as well.

The current Muchea South Road deviation to meet Brand Highway is a curious solution to a traffic management problem. The roadway splits a usable open area into two. The eastern part serves no practical purpose other than to open up sight lines for motorists to the approach to the Brand Highway intersection. The roadside guarding is testimony to the precarious approach along Muchea South Road. When the construction of the Perth-Darwin Highway proceeds, there is the opportunity to realign Brand Highway and simplify the rail crossing as illustrated in Figure 4. This would improve traffic management and allow for a better use of the land currently dissected by roads.

Objectives To retain the status of the road layout and building disposition until Brand Highway is downgraded by the construction of the Perth-Darwin Highway.

Policies To consider a comprehensive redevelopment plan utilising the possible future of the railway land as a commuter station and realignment of Brand Highway; To retain Dear Street as a main drain and walkway route;

To unify and landscape the open spaces at the terminus of Muchea South Road into a park for passive recreation and as an attractive introduction to the town; Limit the access to Muchea South Roads to the existing roads to minimise traffic conflict points; Allow expansion of the commercial and service industrial uses in the longer term after a rationalisation of unneeded road reserves is known; To improve the drainage of the western side of the railway by construction of diversion and trunk waterways.


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4.10 STREETSCAPE

For a rural village Muchea has no definable streetscape character delineating either its various precincts or to identify it from the surrounding open farmland. The presentation from the main road (Brand Highway and Muchea South Road) is also uncoordinated and random in its vegetation and land uses. The conservation reserves are unkempt and generally unattractive as well as being a fire hazard. Similarly, the presentation of the town as seen from these roads at a distance is also uninspiring. Many householders have taken significant action in landscaping their verges and improved the streetscape to a very high standard of presentation and care. Others have attempted to follow but are inhibited by poor roadside care with heaped soils from road and drainage works, dead trees, and otherwise uneven terrain not accessible to domestic ride on mowers. Invasive weeds such as lovegrass and veldt grass have taken over from native species leaving unsightly road edges. Noticeable is the absence of street trees, except where caring householders have taken individual action and planted their own. Street trees are mainly natives growing randomly and are seldom managed. If the local community desires to create the image of a small, neat and unique rural village, there is a need for a streetscape plan, which can be implemented in stages. To encourage the householders and community the Council needs to prepare the groundwork in the verge preparation in accordance with a community acceptable plan. The standard road reserve is of 20 metres with a 7.5-8.0 carriageway. This leaves adequate room to distance of the motor traffic from the horse rider. Street trees alongside the drainage swales, provides shade for the road and the trail. The foot pavement should be alongside the kerb line to eliminate the small linear places between the kerb and the pavement if the latter was set back. „Nature strips‟ of this type can become unkempt with weed infestation and spillage of earth and gravel onto both the carriageway and footway. Any drainage swale is located away from the road and closer to the lot boundaries. Alternatively, if the pavement was set back the remaining verge street trees should be planted in the narrow strip alongside the roadway. The unmade road reserves could be converted into drainage lines and riding trails. Tree planting alongside the swales will permit a riding trail of about 3 metres wide using the spoil from the drainage construction to elevate the trail above ground level. This will also allow access for fire trucks. All streets could benefit from additional tree planting to provide shade and colour as well as identity for streets as well as assisting in the water take-up. Community consultation is critical in selection of tree species and the streets to be programmed for total streetscape enhancement. Important features for the trees should be: a) shady perennials with high undercut foliage to allow for open visibility for

motorists and riders; b) distinctive characteristics from the indigenous species in foliage, blossom and

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c) limitations on vegetation beneath power line to allow for maintenance of the service corridors.


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5.0 IMPLEMENTATION

5.1 Zoning and Local Planning Policies (Figure 17)

The primary consideration is to maintain Muchea as a contained village fostering a rural community lifestyle in a healthy environment. All developments and other considerations are to be measured to this objective. The Scheme Reserve status for the Railway Reserve and Major Highway Reserve will cover those lands under the Scheme. These are under the management of the respective government agencies.

To both maintain the limitations and provide for the creation of opportunities it is proposed to place the whole of the townsite into a single Townsite Zone. The Peters Road Precinct should also come under realm of the Townsite Zone.

This will allow for certain developments that are compatible with the desired outcomes to be considered by Council without unnecessary and costly rezonings. Council, under Local Planning Policies specific to Muchea, can manage development without further rezoning.

5.2 General Provisions

5.2.1 Development for Human Occupation

a) For all development for human occupation within the Study Area, effluent disposal systems shall be of high performance units generically described as alternative treatment units with amended soils with bacterial and nutrient stripping capabilities to the satisfaction of the Council and Heath Department of Western Australia;

b) The Environmental, Health and Building Officer of the Shire shall determine the

position of the disposal system; c) No effluent disposal area shall be located within 50 metres of any drain or

wetland or land subject to seasonal inundation or waterlogging, without the prior approval of Council

d) Bores for water extraction for domestic use and consumption shall be set back

a minimum of 30 metres from any irrigation to waste water disposal areas;

e) Council shall apply its Bore Water Treatment Policy to any new building licence;

f) All structures shall have roofing of a non-reflecting material;

g) All dwellings shall be constructed with a floor level to be set by the Council;

h) All structures shall have roofing of a non-reflective material or surface; i) Any subdivisions shall subject to a memorial on title to advise prospective

purchasers that: (i) the area is within the training area of RAAF Pearce and that low flying

aircraft can be expected to pass over the land; (ii) all of the requirements in this section.


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Figure 17


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5.2.2 Environmental Protection

a) No clearing of indigenous vegetation may be cleared or removed unless such vegetation is dead, dying or presents a threat to any structure or service line;

b) Council may require the fencing and planting of areas subject to inundation in

any new subdivision in any new subdivisions; c) Where land drainage is applied to any lot it shall be protected by an easement

and shall be fenced to prevent access to grazing stock; d) Any landowner or occupier shall not alter, infill, or otherwise interfere with the

function of any drainage swale, channel, culvert, or compensating basin without the express approval of Council.

5.2.3 Keeping of Stock

a) The keeping of grazing animals shall be in accordance with the recommendations of the stocking Rate Guidelines for Rural Small Holdings (Agriculture W.A.);

b) No grazing animals shall be kept in the Western Margin Precinct where lots are

created of less than one hectare;

Advisory Notes Stocking Rates: Stocking rates are measured by DSE (dry sheep equivalents). In Muchea, the carrying capacity on the deep and dry sands is 20 DSE/ha. Ten DSE relate to one light horse (450kg) or 2 by 250 kg ponies. In additional to the specific Local Planning Policies, can shall determine other Local Planning Polices which are relevant to the objectives, and may include those applicable to the Ellen Brook Catchment Management Plan, and other government agency initiatives towards providing the essential services such as scheme water and deep sewerage reticulation.

5.2.4 Fire Control

All landowners/occupiers shall be responsible for taking measures for the prevention and control of fire, including: (a) the installation and maintenance of fire breaks on properties of 4000m² or

more in area; (b) the removal of any combustible material deemed by the Council to cause a

potential fire risk, and may include dead trees and other vegetation.

5.2.5 Applications Assessment

For all applications for subdivision and development, Council will apply the provisions of Town Planning Scheme No 6. Schedules One and Two of the Scheme are included in this Policy as Appendices One and Two for convenience. Appendix One includes the definitions for the various land uses. Appendix Two includes the application of permissibility or otherwise of each land use in the respective Zone. As Muchea Village has only two Zones, only the Townsite Zone and Rural Residential Zones are shown.


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Scheme Provisions Permissible or Prohibited Uses are designated by the appropriate symbol in the column against the particular zone by letter symbols as defined below.

‘P’ means the use is permitted in the Scheme providing the use complies with the

relevant development standards and requirements of the Scheme.

‘D’ means the use is not permitted unless the Local Government has exercised its discretion by granting Planning Approval.

‘A’ means that the use is not permitted unless the Local Government has exercised its discretion by granting Planning Approval after giving special notice in accordance with clause 9.4.

‘X’ means that a use is not permitted by the Scheme.

All proposed developments or change of land uses proposals are subject to Planning Approval. Where discretion is to be exercised by the Council in assessing the suitability of a particular use the Compatibility Ratings Tables shall be applied to determine the suitability of that use in each of the designated Planning Precincts. The Compatibility Ratings have four categories

Zero Compatibility marked O

Low Compatibility marked L

Moderate Compatibility marked M

High Compatibility marked H

Council shall not approve any proposed development that has a Zero Compatibility Rating against any of the Planning Precincts. Low Compatibility means Council may consider approval of a proposal after considering all aspects of that proposal as to its likely impact on adjoining properties and the Planning Precinct in general. Council may also seek comment from the Community Groups and government agencies. Significant modifications and development conditions may apply to raise the rating from a Low Rating to a higher rating. Moderate Compatibility Ratings mean that Council may consider granting approval taking into consideration the social and environmental impacts in the land and other developments in the vicinity. High Compatibility Ratings mean that Council may approve a development proposal with or without conditions.


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6.0 Bibliography

Ellen Brook Catchment Management Plan – December 2000 Main Roads western Australia – Perth-Darwin Highway Alignment Selection Study Report Final- December 2000 Shire of Chittering – Municipal Inventory of Heritage Places August 1999 Laura Gray Heritage Consultant Gnangara Land Use and Water Management Study Part 2 Technical Background May 1999 Western Australian Planing Commission Waters and rivers Commission Shire of Chittering :and Capability and Management Plan Part 2 The Plan Land Assessment Pty Ltd December 1998 Suitable Land Management in the Ellen Brook Catchment Stocking Rate Guidelines for Small Rural Holdings – Swan Coastal Plain and Darling Scarp and Surrounds, Western Australia Agriculture W.A. May 2000 Draft Agricultural and Rural Land Use Planning Policy –Statement of Planning Policy No 11 Western Australian Planing Commission and Agriculture W.A. October 1999. The Darling System Western Australia – Proposed Parks and Reserves The System 6 Study Report for the Environmental Protection Authority – Department of Conservation and Land Management - April 1981 Avon arc Sub Regional Strategy Western Australian Planning Commission December 2000 Draft North Eastern Corridor Extension Strategy Ministry for Planning - 2000


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7.0 Appendix

7.1 Compatibility Ratings

Table 7.1: Land uses and Precincts

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Aged Persons Accommodation O O M O O O O

Agriculture - Extensive O O O O O O O

Agriculture - Intensive O O O O O O O

Ancillary Accommodation M L L O O L L

Animal Establishment O O O O O O O

Animal Husbandry/Intensive O O O O O O O

Aquaculture 0 O L O O O O

Arts & Crafts Centre O L H O O O M

Bed and Breakfast H M M O O M O

Builders Storage Yard O O O O O O O

Camping Area O O O O O O O

Caravan Park O O O O O O O

Caretaker‟s Dwelling O O O O O O M

Cemetery O O O O O O O

Child Care M O M O O O O

Civic Use L O H O O O L

Community Purpose L L H O M L L

Consulting Rooms O O M O O O O

Convenience Store O O L O O O H

Educational Establishment O O M O O O O

Equestrian Centre O M O O H L O

Factory Unit Building O O O O O O M


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Family Care L O M O O O O

Farm Supply Centre O O O O O O M

Fast Food Outlet O O O O O O M

Agriculture - Intensive O O O O O O O

Fuel Depot O O O O O O L

Garden Centre O M M O O O H

Grouped Dwelling O O L O O O O

Hobby Farm O M O O O M O

Home Business M M M O O M H

Industry - Cottage M M M O O M H

Industry - Extractive O O O O O O O

Industry - General O O O O O O O

Industry - Hazardous O O O O O O O

Industry - Light O O O O O O O

Industry - Mining O O O O O O O

Industry - Noxious O O O O O O O

Industry - Rural O O O O O O M

Industry - Service O O O O O O M

Landscape Supplies O M M O O O H

Liquor Store O O O O O O M

Lodging House O O O O O O O

Market O O M O M O H

Medical Centre O O L O O O M

Motor Vehicle Repair O O O O O O M

Motor Vehicle Wrecking O O O O O O O


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Motor Vehicle, Boat and Caravan - Sales and Hire

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Nursing Home O O O O O O O

Office M L M O O O H

Open Air Display O L O O O O M

Park Home Park O O O O O O O

Piggery O O O O O O O

Place of Assembly O L H O L O M

Plant Nursery O M M O O M H

Poultry Farm O O O O O O O

Public Utility M M M L M M M

Recreation – Private O M M O M O L

Recreation - Public O M M O M O L

Residential Building O O O O O O O

Restaurant O O O O O O L

Restricted Premises O O O O O O O

Roadhouse O O O O O O M

Salvage Yard O O O O O O O

Service Station O O O O O O M

Shop O O L O O O H

Single House H M M O O O H

Stable O M O O M M O

Stock Yards O O O O O O O

Tavern O O L O O O M

Telecommunications Infrastructure

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Transport Depot O O O O O O O


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Turf Farm O O O O O O O

Veterinary Centre O L O O O O L

Warehouse O O O O O O M

Wayside Stall O M M O O O M

Winery/Brewery O O O O O O O

Zoological Gardens O O O O O O O


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7.2 Dictionary of Defined Words And Expressions

GENERAL DEFINITIONS Absolute majority shall have the same meaning as is given to the term in the

Local Government Act l995. Advertisement means any word, letter, model, sign, placard, board, notice,

device or representation, whether illuminated or not, in the nature of, and employed wholly or partly for the purpose of, advertisement, announcement or direction, and includes any hoarding or similar structure used, or adapted for use, for the display of advertisements. The term also includes any airborne device anchored to any land or building and any vehicle or trailer or other similar object placed or located so as to serve the purpose of advertising.

Amenity means all of those factors, which combine to form the

character of an area and shall include the present and likely future amenity.

Building Clearing Area means the area within a defined building envelope that may

be cleared for the purposes of erecting a dwelling, outbuildings and management of vegetation for gardens, car parking, driveways and fire hazard reduction.

Building Envelope means an area of land within a lot marked on a plan

approved by the responsible authority within which all buildings and effluent disposal facilities on the lot must be contained.

Conservation has the same meaning given to the term in the Heritage of

Western Australia Act 1990 . Cultural Heritage Significance has the same meaning as the Heritage of Western Australia

Act 1900.

Development shall have the same meaning given to it in and for the Town

Planning and Development Act 1928 (As Amended). Floor Area shall have the same meaning given to it in and for the

purposes of the Building Code of Australia 1996 published by the Australian Building Codes Board.

Frontage when used in relation to a building that is used for: -

(a) residential purposes has the same meaning given to the term in the Residential Planning Codes; or

(b) purposes other than residential purposes, means the road alignment at the front of the lot and, if a lot abuts two or more roads, the one which the building or proposed building faces.

Gazettal Date in relation to a Scheme, means the date on which the

Scheme is published in the Government Gazette Height when used in relation to a building that is used for:

(a) residential purposes, has the same meaning given to it and for the purpose of the Residential Planning Codes: or

(b) purposes other than residential purposes, means the maximum vertical distance between the ground level and the finished roof height directly above.


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Incidental Use means a use of premises which is ancillary and subordinate

to the predominant use. Local Government means the Shire of Chittering.

Local Planning Strategy means the Local Planning Strategy in respect of the Scheme,

as endorsed by the Commission under Regulation 12B of the Town Planning Regulations 1967 and amended from time to time.

Lot shall have the same meaning as in the Town Planing Act but

does not include a strata title lot. Minerals shall have the same meaning as in the Mining Act.

Net Lettable Area (nla) means the area of all floors within the internal finished

surfaces of permanent walls but excludes the following areas: (a) all stairs, cleaners‟ cupboards, lift shafts and motor

rooms, escalators, tea rooms and plant rooms, and other surface areas;

(b) lobbies between lifts facing other lifts serving the same floor;

(c) areas set aside for the provisions of facilities or services to the floor or buildings; and

(d) areas set aside for the provision of facilities or services to the floor or building where such facilities are not for the exclusive use of occupiers of the floor or building.

Non - Conforming Use has the same meaning as it has in section 12(2) of the Town

Planning and Development Act 1928 (As Amended). Owner in relation to any land includes the Crown and every person

who jointly or severally whether at law or in equity: (a) is entitled to the land for an estate in fee simple in

possession; (b) is a person to whom the Crown has lawfully

contracted to grant the fee simple of the land, (c) is a lessor or licensee from the Crown, or (d) is entitled to receive or is in receipt of, or if the land

were let to a tenant, would be entitled to receive the rents and profits thereof, whether as a beneficial owner, trustee, mortgagee in possession, or otherwise.

Place in Part 7 (Heritage Protection ) has the same meaning as it

has in the Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990.

Plot Ratio in the case of residential dwellings has the same meaning as

in the term in the Residential Planning Codes. Precinct means a definable area where particular planning policies,

guidelines or standards apply. Predominant Use means the primary use of premises to which all other uses

carried out on the premises are subordinate, incidental or ancillary.

Premises means land or buildings.

Residential Planning Codes means the Residential Planning Codes, in Appendix 2 to the

Western Australian Planning Commission Statement of Planning Policy No 1, as amended from time to time.

Retail means the sale or hire of goods or services to the public.


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Substantially Commenced means that work or development the subject of a planning

approval has been begun by the performance of some substantial part of that work or development.

Wholesale means the sale of goods or materials to be sold by others.

Zone means a portion of the Scheme area shown on the map by

distinctive colouring, patterns, symbols, hatching, or edging for the purpose of indicating the restrictions imposed by the Scheme on the use and development of land, but does not include a reserve or special control area.


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7.3 Land Use Definitions in The Scheme

Abattoir means premises used for the slaughter of animals for human

consumption and the treatment of carcasses, offal and by-products.

Aged Persons Accommodation accommodation means a dwelling or dwellings designed for

aged or dependent persons which incorporate appropriate provision for the special needs of their respective occupants and includes retirement villages and hostels.

Agriculture - Extensive means premises used for the raising of stock or crops but

does not include agriculture intensive and animal husbandry-intensive.

Agriculture - Intensive means premises used for trade or commercial purposes,

including outbuildings and earthworks, associated with the following- (a) the production of grapes, vegetables, flowers, exotic

and native plants, fruits and nuts; (b) the development of land for irrigated fodder production

and irrigated pasture but does not include turf farms or feed lotting.

Agro-Forestry means land used commercially for tree production and

agriculture where trees are planted in blocks of more than one hectare.

Airfield means premise used in connection with the operation of

aircraft, including occasional and seasonal use of temporary facilities for the purposes associated with agriculture.

Amusement Facility means premises open to the public, where the predominant

use is for amusement by means of amusement machines and where there are more than five amusement machines operating within the premises.

Animal Establishment means premises used for breeding, boarding, training or

caring for animals for commercial purposes but does not include animal husbandry - intensive or veterinary centre.

Animal Husbandry - Intensive means premises used for keeping, rearing or fattening of

livestock in feedlots, but does not include poultry. Aquaculture means any fish farming-operation for which a fish farm

licence issued pursuant of the provisions of Part V of the Fisheries Act 1905 (as amended) and the Fisheries Regulations 1938 (as amended) is required.

Arts and Crafts Centre means premises used for the manufacture, display and

selling of works of art or craft. Bed and Breakfast means a dwelling in which the resident of the dwelling,

provides accommodation for persons away from their normal place of residence on a short term and includes the provisions of breakfast and/or meals for the guests.

Builders Storage Yard means premises used for the storage of building material,

pipes or similar items related to any trade, and may include the manufacture, assembly and dismantling processes incidental to the predominant use.

Camping Area means premises used for the lodging of persons in tents.

Caravan Park has the same meaning as the Caravan Parks and Camping

Grounds Act 1995.


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Caretaker’s Dwelling means a dwelling on the same site as building, operation, or

plant and occupied by a supervisor of that building, operation, or plant.

Car park means premises used primarily for parking vehicles whether

open to the public or not but does not include any part of a public road used for parking or for a taxi rank or premises in which vehicles are displayed for sale.

Cemetery has the same meaning as the Cemeteries Act 1986.

Chalet is development designed for short term detached tourism

accommodation units, which may be fully self contained or not, and which are generally of single storey or split level construction and a character not dissimilar to farm dwellings or cabins.

Child Care has the same meaning as in the Community Services (Child

Care) Regulations 1988.

Cinema/Theatre means any premises where the public may view a motion

picture or theatrical production. Civic Use means any premises used by a government department,

instrumentality of the Crown, or the local government, for administrative, recreational or other purpose.

Commercial Vehicle means a vehicle whether licensed or not which is used or

designed for use for business, trade or commercial purposes or in conjunction with a business, trade or profession and without limiting the generality of the foregoing includes any utility, van, truck, trailer, tractor and any attachment to any of them or any article designed to be attached to any of them, and any bus or any earthmoving machine whether self propelled or not. The term shall not include a vehicle designed for the use as a passenger car or any trailer or other thing most commonly used as an attachment to a passenger car, or a van, utility or light truck which is rated by the manufacturer as being suitable to car loads of not more that 1.5 tonnes.

Community Purpose means the use of premises designed or adapted primarily for

the provision of educational, social and recreational facilities and services by organisations involved in activities for community benefit.

Consulting Rooms means premises used by no more than five health

consultants for the investigation or treatment of human injuries or ailments and for general outpatient care.

Convenience Store means premises;

(a) used for retail sale of convenience goods commonly sold in supermarkets, delicatessens and newsagents and may include the retail sale of petrol and those convenience goods;

(b) operated during hours which include, but may extend beyond, normal trading hours and providing associated parking;

(c) the floor area of which does not exceed 300 square metres net lettable area;

(d) which provide associated parking.

The floor area shall not exceed 300m² net lettable area. Educational Establishment means premises used for the purpose of education and

includes a school, tertiary institution, business college, academy or other education centre.


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Exhibition Centre means premises used for the display, or display and sale, of

materials of an artistic, cultural or historical nature, and includes a museum or art gallery.

Equestrian Centre means a premises used for the showing, competition or

training of horses and includes a riding school. Factory Unit Building means premises, or group of buildings or structures on one

lot, in which are carried out two or more separate industries or storage areas.

Family Care means premises used to provide family day care within the

meaning of the Community Services (Child Care) Regulations 1988.

Farm Supply Centre means a premises used for the sale of farm supplies

including vegetable seed, fertilisers, agricultural chemicals, stock foods, tractors, equipment, implements or components, or irrigation equipment.

Fast Food Outlet means premises used for the preparation, sale and serving of

food to customers in a form ready to be eaten without further preparation, primarily off the premises, but does not include a lunch bar.

Fuel Depot means premises used for the storage and sale in bulk of

solid, or liquid or gaseous fuel, but does not include a service station, and specifically excludes the sale by retail into the final users vehicles of such fuel from the premises.

Funeral Parlour means a premises used to prepare and store bodies for

burial or cremation. Garden Centre means a premises used for the sale and display of garden

products, including garden ornaments, plants seeds, domestic garden implements and motorised implements and the display but not including the manufacture of prefabricated garden buildings.

Hobby Farm means the use of land for the agistment of livestock

(excluding pigs), the growing of vegetables, fruit and flowers and the keeping of domestic poultry and shall include any buildings normally associated therewith.

Home Business means a business, service or profession carried out in a

dwelling, and/or in buildings around the dwellings by an occupier of the dwelling which- (a) does not employ more than two full time or equivalent

ratio of people on average per year, who are not members of the occupiers household;

(b) will not cause injury to or adversely affect the amenity of the neighbourhood;

(c) does not occupy an area of more than 50m² in the Townsite or Rural Residential zone;

(d) does not occupy an area of more than 100m² in the Agricultural Resource, Rural Retreat and Small Rural Holding Zones;

(e) does not entail the retail sale, display or hire of goods of any nature and does not include provision for refuelling, repair or maintenance of motor vehicles;

(f) in relation to vehicles and parking, will not result in traffic difficulties as a result of inadequacy of parking or an increase in traffic volumes in the neighbourhood, and does not involve the presence, use or calling of a vehicle of more than 3.5 tonnes tare weight, and


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(g) does not involve the use of an essential service of

greater capacity than normally required in the zone.

(h) does not display a sign of more than 1.0m²; Hospital means premises in which persons are admitted and lodged

for medical treatment or care and includes a maternity hospital.

Hotel means premises providing accommodation the subject of a

hotel licence granted under the provisions of the Liquor Licensing Act 1988 and may include a betting agency

operated on those premises, but does not include a tavern the subject of a tavern licence or a motel.

Industry - Cottage means an activity producing goods which cannot be carried

out under the provisions relating to a home business and which- (a) will not cause injury to or adversely affect the amenity

of the neighbourhood; (b) where operated in the Townsite zone, does not

employ any person other than a member of the occupier‟s household;

(c) is conducted in an out-building which is compatible with the principal uses to which the land in the zone in which it is located may be put;

(d) does not occupy an area of more than 50m² in the Townsite or Rural Residential zone;

(e) does not occupy an area of more than 100m² in the Agricultural Resource, Rural Retreat and Small Rural Holding Zones;

(f) does not display a sign exceeding 1.0m² in area; Industry - Extractive means an industry which involves the extraction, quarrying or

removal of sand, gravel, clay, hard rock, stone or similar materials from the land and includes the treatment and storage of those materials, or the manufacture of products from those materials on, or adjacent to, the land from which the materials are extracted, but does not include industry-mining.

Industry - General means premises used for manufacture, dismantling,

processing, assembly, treating, testing, servicing, maintenance or repairing of goods, products, articles, materials or substances and includes premises, on the same land used for- (a) the storage of goods; (b) the work of administering or accounting; (c) the selling of goods by wholesale or retail; or (d) the provision of amenities of employees,

incidental to any of those industrial operations. Industry - Hazardous means an Industry which, when in operation and when all

measures proposed to minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including measures to isolate the industry from existing or likely future development on other land in-the locality), would pose a significant risk in relation to the locality, to human health, life or property, or to the biophysical environment. Examples of such industry include oil refineries and chemical plants but would generally exclude light, rural or service industries.

Industry - Light means an industry:

(a) in which the processes carried on, the machinery used, and the goods and commodities carried to and from the premises, will not cause injury to, or will not


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adversely affect the amenity of the locality; (b) the establishment or conduct of which will not, impose

an undue load on any existing or proposed service for the supply or provision of essential services.

Industry - Mining means land used commercially to extract minerals from the

land. Industry - Noxious means an industry which is subject to licensing as

"Prescribed Premises" under the -Environmental Protection Act 1986 (as amended).

Industry - Rural means-

(a) an industry handling, treating, processing or packing rural products; and does not display a sign exceeding

2.0m2 in area; or

(b) a workshop servicing plant or equipment used for rural purposes;

Industry - Noxious means an industry in which the processes involved

constitutes an offensive trade within the meaning of the Health Act 1911 but does not include a Poultry Farm or piggery.

Industry - Service means-

(a) an industry - light carried out from premises which may have a retail shop front and from which goods manufactured on the premises may be sold; or

(b) premises having a shop front and used as a depot for receiving goods to be serviced.

Landfill/Refuse Centre means premises used in the disposal, storage and recycling

of waste material. Landscape Supplies means premises used for the storage and sale of items such

as wood chips, logs, rocks, sand, stone and other such materials.

Lodging House shall have the same meaning as is given to the term in and

for the purposes of the Health Act 1911. Liquor Store means any premises the subject of or intended to be the

subject of a store licence granted under the provisions of the Liquor Licensing Act 1988.

Lunch Bar means premises or part of premises used for the sale of take

away food (in a form ready to be consumed without further preparation) within an industrial or commercial zone.

Market means premises used for the display and sale of goods from

stalls by independent vendors. Medical Centre means premises other than a hospital used by five or more

health consultant(s) for the investigation or treatment of human injuries or ailments and for general outpatient care (including preventative care, diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment and counselling).

Motel means premises used to accommodate patrons in a manner

similar to a hotel but in which specific provisions is made for the accommodation of patrons with motor vehicles and may comprise premises licensed under the Liquor Licensing Act 1988.

Motor Vehicle, Boat or Caravan - Sales & Hire means premises used to sell or hire motor vehicles, boats,

caravans or trailers.


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Motor Vehicle Repair means premises used for or in connection with-

(a) the electrical and mechanical repairs and overhauls to motor vehicles;

(b) repairs to tyres,

but does not include premises for recapping or retreading of tyres, panel beating, spray painting or chassis reshaping.

Motor Vehicle Wrecking means premises used for the storage, breaking up or

dismantling of motor vehicles and includes the sale of second-hand motor vehicle accessories and spare parts.

Multiple Occupancy means the use and occupation of a rural lot at a residential

density higher than normally associated with traditional rural living and which may be characterised by the following: (a) an approved agreement for management of and

responsibility of the holding; (b) more than one separate dwelling unit for use by

families; or (c) unrelated groups of persons occupied in the district as

a temporary or seasonal workforce; (d) a defined area for separate occupation for residential

and ancillary uses. Nursing Home means a hospital in which patients reside.

Office means premises used for the administration, clerical ,

technical, professional or other like business activities. Open Air Display means the use of land for the display, sale or hire of goods or

equipment in the open air. Park Home means a movable dwelling, not being a vehicle as defined

under the Road Traffic Act 1974 (as amended), but

constructed and maintained on its own chassis and wheels and capable of mobility at all times although stabilised by jacks and provided with skirtings and being so designed and constructed as to permit independent occupancy for dwelling purposes.

Park Home Park has the same meaning as in the Caravan Parks and

Camping Grounds Regulations 1997. Piggery shall have the same meaning given to the term in the Health

Act 1911. Place of Assembly means premises where people assemble for a public,

religious or cultural activity and may include a hall, mosque, church, temple or synagogue.

Plant Nursery means any land or buildings used for the propagation, rearing

and sale of plants. Potable Water means water in which levels of physical, chemical and

microbiological constituents do not exceed the guideline values set out in the National Health and Medical Research Council publication Australian Drinking Water Guidelines 1996.

Poultry Farm means premises used for hatching, rearing or keeping of

poultry for either breeder, egg or meat production and which does not constitute an offensive trade within the meaning of the Health Act 1911.

Public Authority shall have the same meaning given to it in and for the

purpose of the Act.


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Public Utility means any work or undertaking constructed or maintained by

a public authority or the Council as may be required to provide water, sewerage, electricity, gas, drainage, communications or other similar services.

Reception Centre means premises used for functions on formal or ceremonial

occasions, but not for un-hosted use for general entertainment purposes.

Recreation - Private means premises used for indoor and outdoor leisure,

recreation and sport which are not usually open to the public without charge.

Recreation - Public means premises used for a public park, public gardens,

foreshore reserve, playground or other grounds for recreation which are normally open to the public without charge.

Residential Building has the same meaning given to the term in the Residential

Planning Codes. Resort means any premises used for the overnight or holiday

accommodation of patrons in self contained units or apartments and may include incidental on-site recreational facilities such as golf, swimming, bike riding, tennis, bowls, fishing, and may also include restaurants, shops, and amusement facilities.

Restaurant means a premises where the predominant use is the sale

and consumption of food and drink on the premises and where seating is provided for patrons, and the term includes a restaurant licensed under the Liquor Licensing Act 1988.

Restricted Premises means premises used for the sale by retail or wholesale, or

the offer for hire, loan or exchange, or the exhibition, display or delivery of- (a) publications that are classified as restricted under the

Censorship Act 1996; (b) materials, compounds, preparations or articles which

are or in connection with any form of sexual behaviour or activity.

Roadhouse means premises used for the predominant purpose of a

service station but incidentally may include a cafe, restaurant and/or shop.

Salvage Yard means premises used for the storage and sale of materials

salvaged from the erection, demolition, dismantling or renovating of, fire or flood damage to structures including buildings, machinery, vehicles and boats.

Service Station means premises used for –

(a) the retail sale of petroleum products and motor vehicle accessories and goods of an incidental nature, and

(b) the carrying out of greasing, tyre repairs and minor mechanical repairs to motor vehicles,

but does not include premises used for transport depot, panel beating, spray painting, major repairs or wrecking.

Shop means premises used to sell goods by retail, hire goods, or

provide services of a personal nature (including a hairdresser and beauty therapist) but does not include a showroom or fast food outlet.


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Showroom means premises used for displaying or offering for sale by

wholesale or retail, automotive parts and accessories, camping equipment, electric light fittings, equestrian supplies, floor covering, furniture, household appliances, party supplies, swimming pools or goods of a bulky nature.

Sign means a notice, message or display by means of a

freestanding or fixed sign or hoarding. Stable means any land or buildings used for the stabling, agistment

and training of horses, ponies, asses and mules and associated incidental uses.

Stock Yards means any premises primarily used for holding, sale,

movement or treatment of stock animals. Storage means premises used for the storage of goods, equipment,

plant or materials. Tavern means premises licensed as a tavern under the Liquor

Licensing Act 1988 and used to sell liquor for consumption on the premises.

Telecommunications infrastructure means any part of the infrastructure of a telecommunications

network and includes any line, equipment, apparatus, tower, antennae, tunnel, duct, hole, pit or other structure used, or for use, in or in connection with a telecommunications network.

Transport Depot means premises used for the garaging of two (2) or more

motor vehicles, used or intended to be used for carrying of goods or persons for hire or reward, or for the transfer of goods or persons, and includes maintenance and repair of the vehicles, used but not for other vehicles.

Turf Farm means premises used for the commercial cultivation of grass,

lawn or turf for removal and transplanting to another location. Veterinary Centre means premises used to diagnose animal diseases or

disorders, to surgically or medically treat animals, or for the prevention of animal diseases or disorders.

Warehouse means a building or place used for the storage of goods,

merchandise or materials pending their sale and distribution to persons engaged in the retail trade.

Wayside Stall means a place, stand, vehicle or other thing which offers for

sale to the general public, produce or commodity which is grown or produced on the land or in the locality.

Winery/Brewery means premises used for the production and/or sale to the

public of fermented viticultural and/or horticultural produce. Zoological Garden means premises used for the keeping, breeding or display of

animals and the term includes a Zoo, but does not include a dog kennel or a cattery or animal husbandry.


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7.4 Zoning Table

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1 Abattoir X X 48 Land Refuse Centre X X

2 Aged Persons Accommodation P X 49 Landscape Supplies A X

3 Agriculture - Extensive X X 50 Liquor Store A X

4 Agriculture - Intensive D A 51 Lodging House A X

5 Agro Forestry X X 52 Lunch Bar P X

6 Amusement Facility D X 53 Market D X

7 Ancillary Accommodation D D 54 Medical Centre P X

8 Animal Establishment A X 55 Motor Vehicle Repair D X

9 Animal Husbandry/Intensive X X 56 Motor Vehicle Wrecking X X

10 Aquaculture A A 57 Motor Vehicle, Boat and Caravan - Sales and Hire

D X

11 Arts & Crafts Centre P D 58 Multiple Occupancy D X

12 Bed and Breakfast D D 59 Nursing Home D X

13 Builders Storage Yard X X 60 Office P X

14 Camping Area D X 61 Open Air Display D X

15 Car Park P X 62 Park Home Park A X

16 Caravan Park D A 63 Piggery X X

17 Caretaker‟s Dwelling D X 64 Place of Assembly D D

18 Cemetery X X 65 Plant Nursery D D

19 Chalets X X 66 Poultry Farm X X

20 Child Care D A 67 Public Utility D D

22 Community Purpose D D 68 Reception Centre D A

23 Consulting Rooms P X 69 Recreation – Private D X

24 Convenience Store D A 70 Recreation - Public P P

25 Educational Establishment P X 71 Residential Building A A


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26 Equestrian Centre X X 72 Resort A X

27 Exhibition Centre P X 73 Restaurant P X

28 Factory Unit Building X X 74 Restricted Premises A X

29 Family Care P D 75 Roadhouse A X

30 Farm Supply Centre D X 76 Salvage Yard X X

31 Fast Food Outlet A X 77 Service Station D X

32 Fuel Depot X X 78 Shop P X

33 Funeral Parlour A X 79 Showroom P X

34 Garden Centre D X 80 Single House P P

35 Grouped Dwelling P X 81 Stable D D

36 Hobby Farm A D 82 Stock Yards X X

37 Home Business A D 83 Storage X X

38 Hotel/Motel A X 84 Tavern A X

39 Industry - Cottage A A 85 Telecommunications Infrastructure

A A

40 Industry - Extractive X X 86 Transport Depot X X

41 Industry - General X X 87 Turf Farm X X

42 Industry - Hazardous X X 88 Veterinary Centre A X

43 Industry - Light X X 89 Warehouse A X

44 Industry - Mining X X 90 Wayside Stall D D

45 Industry - Noxious X X 91 Winery/Brewery A A

46 Industry - Rural X X 92 Zoological Gardens X X

47 Industry - Service A X

„P‟ means the use is permitted in the Scheme providing the use complies

with the relevant development standards and requirements of the Scheme.

„D‟ means the use is not permitted unless the Local Government has

exercised its discretion by granting Planning Approval. „A‟ means that the use is not permitted unless the Local Government has


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exercised its discretion by granting Planning Approval after giving special notice in accordance with clause 9.4.

„X‟ means that a use is not permitted by the Scheme.


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ADOPTION Adopted by resolution of the Council of the SHIRE OF CHITTERING at the meeting of the Council held on the ………………………………………………………………………….2005 and the Seal of the Municipality was pursuant to that resolution hereunto affixed in the presence of: PRESIDENT – __________________________ CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER – __________________________ FINAL APPROVAL Adopted by resolution of the Council of the SHIRE OF CHITTERING at the meeting of the Council held on the ……………………………………………………………………………….2005 and the Seal of the Municipality was pursuant to that resolution hereunto affixed in the presence of: PRESIDENT – __________________________ DATE:______________ CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER – __________________________ DATE:______________

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