PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 14

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 14

14 .         Functions

                The functions of the Commission are —

            (a)         to advise the Minister on —

                  (i)         the coordination and promotion of land use, transport planning and land development in the State in a sustainable manner;

                  (ii)         the administration, revision and reform of legislation relating to land use, transport planning and land development;

                  (iii)         local planning schemes, and amendments to those schemes, made or proposed to be made for any part of the State;

                and

            (b)         to prepare and keep under review —

                  (i)         a planning strategy for the State; and

                  (ii)         planning policies,

                as a basis for coordinating and promoting land use planning, transport planning and land development in a sustainable manner, and for the guidance of public authorities and local governments on those matters; and

            (c)         to plan for the coordinated provision of transport and infrastructure for land development; and

            (d)         to provide advice and assistance to any body or person on land use planning and land development and in particular to local governments in relation to local planning schemes and their planning and development functions; and

            (e)         to undertake research and develop planning methods and models relating to land use planning, land development and associated matters; and

            (f)         to keep under review the strategic planning for the metropolitan region and any other part of the State to which a region planning scheme applies and to make recommendations to the Minister on that strategic planning; and

            (g)         to prepare and amend State planning policies under Part 3; and

            (ga)         to prepare and amend planning codes under Part 3A; and

            (h)         to prepare region planning schemes under Part 4; and

            (ia)         to prepare improvement plans and improvement schemes under Part 8; and

                  (i)         to keep under review each region planning scheme and improvement scheme, to review the scheme completely whenever requested by the Minister to do so and to submit for approval under Part 4 or 8 any amendment considered necessary as a result of a review; and

            (j)         to develop, maintain and manage land held by it that is reserved under a region planning scheme, an improvement scheme or the Swan Valley Planning Scheme and to carry out such works, including the provision of facilities on the land, as may be incidental to development, maintenance or management or to be conducive to the use of the land for any purpose for which it is reserved; and

            (k)         to establish, and exercise powers in relation to, committees under Schedule 2 and the Swan Valley Planning Act 2020 ; and

            (l)         to do all things that are necessary for the purpose of carrying out this Act, region planning schemes, improvement schemes and the Swan Valley Planning Scheme; and

            (m)         to do anything else that it is required or authorised to do by this Act, the Swan Valley Planning Act 2020 or any other written law.

        [Section 14 amended: No. 28 of 2010 s. 7; No. 26 of 2020 s. 60; No. 45 of 2020 s. 59.]