Urban Growth Monitor Reveals Slowing Infill Rate

Slowing infill points to need for strata reform

 

The latest monitor of demand and supply for development land in Perth reveals a slowing in infill development.

 

The fifth edition of the WA Planning Commission’s Urban Growth Monitor found the net infill rate, i.e. the proportion of infill versus development in greenfield areas for the Perth metropolitan and Peel region was approximately 32 per cent in 2011 and 28 per cent in 2012.

In 2011 and 2012, developments yielding one dwelling per lot accounted for approximately 60 per cent of all new infill dwellings. This indicates that the shift to larger scale infill projects has yet to occur, while access to finance and market conditions has constrained the appetite for investment in these types of projects. Over time, as large scale infill projects are introduced and structure planning progressed, it is anticipated that projects with higher dwelling yields per lot will make up an increasing proportion of all infill developments.

The slowing infill rate also points to the urgent need for regulatory reform to support infill development, including strata titles reform and the introduction of community titles.

The Urban Growth Monitor reports on several key stages of the land supply process, however, its primary focus is the availability of land zoned for urban development. The GIS-based tiered land supply assessment model has been employed to provide a detailed analysis of the stock of land zoned urban or urban deferred within the Perth Metropolitan, Peel and Greater Bunbury region schemes.

The Urban Growth Monitor is prepared as a component of the Department of Planning’s Urban Development Program.

To read the Urban Growth Monitor Reports, click here.