Western Australian Current Acts

SWAN VALLEY PLANNING ACT 2020 - SECT 5

5 .         Objects of Act

        (1)         The objects of this Act are —

            (a)         to protect the Swan Valley as a productive agricultural area within the Perth metropolitan region; and

            (b)         to maintain the rural character and conserve the heritage of the Swan Valley; and

            (c)         to ensure that horticulture, viticulture, hobby farming and equestrian activities remain the principal land uses in the Swan Valley; and

            (d)         to discourage land uses in the Swan Valley that are incompatible with its rural character and the principal land uses referred to in paragraph (c); and

            (e)         to ensure that tourism and hospitality in the Swan Valley are consistent with the objects in paragraphs (a) to (d); and

            (f)         other than in the Herne Hill townsite, to prevent new residential development in the Swan Valley except for single houses on single lots in keeping with the rural character of the Swan Valley; and

            (g)         to avoid overstocking, clearing of natural vegetation, activities causing pollution or degradation of the environment, or any other land management practices detrimental to the Swan Valley; and

            (h)         to protect the natural environment of the Swan Valley, including by reducing nutrient levels in the Swan River; and

                  (i)         to ensure that, for all development in the Swan Valley, appropriate consideration is given to building setbacks, retention of vegetation, suitable building materials and boundary fencing; and

            (j)         to ensure that new non-rural development of Swan Valley rural land is designed and located so as to reduce any nuisance or other detrimental impacts that could arise from existing or future uses of other Swan Valley rural land for horticulture or viticulture; and

            (k)         to ensure that development and subdivision in the Swan Valley are only permitted if this does not prevent the objects in paragraphs (a) to (j) from being satisfied.

        (2)         A person exercising a power or performing a function under this Act, or under the Planning and Development Act 2005 in relation to the Swan Valley Planning Scheme, must have regard to the objects of this Act.