The Use and Application of Discretion for Development Applications

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The Property Council of Australia – WA Division welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on considered reforms pertaining to the use and application of discretion for development applications. 

The Property Council supports the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage’s ambition to achieve greater transparency and clarity in the context of discretionary planning decision-making processes. 

Notably it was recommended in Planning to Deliver, that using discretion as a principal tool for achieving planning ambitions, such as greater urban density, can have unintended consequences and undermine trust in the planning system. 

 The opportunity to manage or limit discretion is intrinsically reliant on growing community understanding on what constitutes allowable discretion and ensuring planning frameworks are drafted to reflect the intensity of development contemplated by “increasing as-of-right heights, and managing the capacity for discretion.

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