The City of Wanneroo is undertaking a long-term, strategic revitalisation of the Wanneroo Town Centre (WTC), officially recognised by the Western Australian Planning Commission as a Secondary Activity Centre.
This comprehensive effort is dedicated to transforming the WTC into a vibrant, progressive, and prosperous mixed-use community hub. The goals align with creating a welcoming environment that strengthens community connection and supports local opportunities. The revitalisation aims to:
Core Objectives of the Project:
1: Enhance the Public Realm by improving the streetscape, landscaping, and visual amenity, creating distinctive, accessible places valued by the community.
2: Improve Connectivity and User-Friendliness, focusing on creating pedestrian-first environments and stronger linkages, potentially transitioning areas like Rocca Way toward a pedestrian-oriented space.
3: Increase Safety by ensuring public spaces are comfortable, safe, and supported by effective infrastructure like lighting.
4: Diversify Opportunities by supporting a mix of commercial, residential (including higher density housing), civic, and leisure uses.
While this initiative is a long-term undertaking, significant planning is currently underway, including the preparation of a Precinct Plan to guide future development and redevelopment and drawing on the outcomes of the Wanneroo Town Centre Public Realm Study. The Wanneroo Town Centre Advisory Group is actively involved as a Council-appointed advisory body, continually developing the necessary plans and strategies to shape the future of this central area.
LATEST UPDATES
- The City is preparing the Wanneroo Town Centre Precinct Plan, which will replace the Activity Centre Plan 90 (ACP 90) to meet the new planning framework.
HISTORIC UPDATES
- The Minister for Planning approved Amendment No. 200 to District Planning Scheme No. 2. It was published in the government gazette on 10 February 2023 and took effect from that date. [Feb 2023]
- Council endorsed the draft ACP 90 in July 2019, after which it was forwarded to the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) for its consideration and determination. The WAPC has deferred further consideration of ACP 90 pending the outcome of an environmental assessment for Lot 9000 Wanneroo Road, Sinagra, which is being undertaken by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Information on the progress of the environmental assessment, can be obtained on the EPA’s website via the following link - Urban Development of Lot 9000 Wanneroo Road Sinagra. The City will notify all submitters once the WAPC has finalised its assessment of ACP 90 or if further consultation is required as a consequence of the EPA’s assessment. Unfortunately, the City cannot provide a timeframe in which this will occur given the assessment process is outside the City’s control. [Dec 2021]
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jordan.wright@wanneroo.wa.gov.au
Councillor Jordan Wright acknowledges the traditional owners of the lands on which I carry out my work, the Whadjuk Nyoongar people.
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