Planning Services

This section contains information of the City's key planning documents including the Local Planning Scheme No. 3, Residential Design Codes and Design Guidelines.

All Development Applications are assessed against the City of Nedlands Town Planning Scheme No.2, the Residential Design Codes of WA and relevant City Policies

The purpose of DAPs is to determine the higher value development applications in place of local governments and their elected members.

The City is responsible for the detailed control of land use, and the design and siting of all buildings proposed to be constructed in the area with the objective of preserving or enhancing existing amenity. The Town Planning Scheme, Planning Policies, Municipal Heritage Inventory and Design Guidelines facilitate the achievement of this objective.

This section contains information sheets on various matters to provide guidance to residents and developers.

Introduction

The Council is responsible for enforcing Local Planning Scheme No.3 (LPS 3) and the Planning and Development Act 2005 (PD Act). 

It is an offence to commence or carry out any works on, or use, land in the Scheme area which is not exempt from requiring development approval in accordance with Schedule 2 Part 7 Clause 61 of the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015.

On 7 December 2015 the Planning and Development (Local Planning Scheme) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LPS Amendment Regulations 2015) established deemed provisions relating to bushfire risk management (deemed provisions). The deemed provisions apply to all local planning schemes prepared under the Planning and Development Act 2005 to ensure that bushfire risk is appropriately managed in new development throughout the State.