Housing & planning · City of Wanneroo
Jindalee petitioners will not get a Council recommendation on 91-home DAP proposal
Wanneroo Council voted 14-1 to route petitions about Development Assessment Panel applications to the panel process, while asking the Planning Minister to address cumulative development and traffic impacts.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
Residents opposing a proposed 91-dwelling development at 90 Jindalee Boulevard will not receive a Council recommendation on the application after Wanneroo councillors voted 14-1 to change how Development Assessment Panel petitions are handled, according to unconfirmed minutes of the 27 October 2026 meeting.
The Metro Outer DAP, rather than Wanneroo Council, is the determining authority for the Lot 1493 proposal. The City received 119 submissions during the application’s advertising period, as well as a petition opposing the seven-storey development.
Under the resolution, where Council receives a petition about a DAP application and refers it to the CEO under clause 3.12(3) of its Standing Orders, the petition is to be included in the City’s responsible authority report, or forwarded to the DAP Secretariat if the report has already been submitted. Petition organisers are to be told that the City is not the decision maker and how to make a submission or request to address the panel, without a further report to Council.
The resolution also says DAP applications are not to be presented to Council for comment, consideration or recommendation. The City will still assess the proposal and prepare a responsible authority report, but the elected Council will not provide a separate position on the application.
As part of the same resolution, councillors asked Chief Executive Officer Bill Parker to write to the Planning Minister and the Western Australian Planning Commission chair about the cumulative effects of successive developments, including impacts on existing residents and local roads. They also requested changes to transport assessment guidelines and the DAP framework.
The report says the application had not been determined when it was prepared, but declarations of interest elsewhere in the minutes record councillors having voted in support of the development at the DAP. The supplied record does not establish a final determination date or formal outcome. The final resolution authorises the CEO to advise the lead petitioner of the DAP’s decision; the Council vote established a process for the petition rather than approving or refusing the development.
What deserves a closer look
The resolution separates the Council's petition-handling role from the City's administrative role in assessing a DAP application and preparing a responsible authority report.
The report's statement that the application was undetermined at the time of writing does not establish that it remained pending at the Council meeting. Declarations of interest refer to councillors having voted in support of the development, but the supplied passages do not establish a final DAP determination date or formal outcome.
The final substantive motion authorises notification of the DAP decision without retaining the preliminary motion's wording that notification would occur once the application was determined.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What formal decision did the Metro Outer DAP make on the 90 Jindalee Boulevard application, and on what date?
What assessment and recommendation did the City's final responsible authority report contain?
Has the requested letter been sent, and what response, if any, have the Planning Minister and Western Australian Planning Commission chair provided?
What happens next
For DAP-related petitions Council receives and refers to the CEO under clause 3.12(3) of its Standing Orders, the CEO is instructed to arrange inclusion in the responsible authority report, or forwarding to the DAP Secretariat if that report has already been submitted.
Petition organisers are to be advised that the City is not the decision maker and how to make a submission or deputation to the DAP, without a further Council report.
The CEO is requested to write to the Planning Minister and the Western Australian Planning Commission chair about cumulative development impacts and the requested transport-assessment and DAP-framework changes.
The CEO is authorised to advise the lead petitioner of the DAP's decision; the supplied record does not establish whether that notification has occurred.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The source is labelled unconfirmed minutes of the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 27 October 2026.
COUNCIL MINUTES Unconfirmed Minutes Ordinary Council Meeting 6:00PM 27 October 2026 Council Chamber (Level 1), Civic Centre, 23 Dundebar Road, Wanneroo wanneroo.wa.gov.au RECORDING AND ACCESS TO RECORDINGS OF COUNCIL MEETINGS POLICY 1.
Document title
Open original minutes ↗The Metro Outer DAP, rather than Council, is responsible for determining the application. The report describes DA2026/867 as proposing 91 multiple dwellings at Lot 1493 (90) Jindalee Boulevard, Jindalee, and says it had not been determined at the time of writing.
The development application is being assessed by the City as a Development Assessment Panel (DAP) application. The Metro Outer DAP, rather than Council, is responsible for determining the application. Detail Development Application DA2026/867 proposes 91 multiple dwellings at Lot 1493 (90) Jindalee Boulevard, Jindalee. CITY OF WANNEROO MINUTES OF ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING 27 OCTOBER, 2026 81 At the time of writing this report, the application remains live and has not been determined.
PS03-10/26, Background and Detail, pages 80–81
Open original minutes ↗A petition objected to the proposed seven-storey multiple dwelling development.
Background A petition was received at the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 25 August 2026 objecting to the proposed seven-storey multiple dwelling development. The petition contained 64 signatories and raised concerns relating to the height, scale and potential amenity impacts of the proposal.
PS03-10/26, Background, page 80
Open original minutes ↗The City received 119 submissions and a petition subsequently presented to Council on 25 August 2026.
During this period, the City received 119 submissions and the petition subsequently presented to Council on 25 August 2026. The submissions and petition have been considered as part of Administration's assessment and will be addressed in the Responsible Authority Report submitted to the DAP.
PS03-10/26, Consultation, page 81
Open original minutes ↗The quoted text calls for authorising the CEO to advise the lead petitioner of the DAP decision, accepting that the City's responsible-authority functions for DAP applications must be performed by the CEO or an authorised employee rather than Council and are not subject to Council direction, and adopting a position that DAP applications are not to be presented to Council for comment, consideration or recommendation.
AUTHORISES the Chief Executive Officer to advise the lead petitioner of the Development Assessment Panel's decision on the development application that is the subject of petition PT01-08/26; 2. ACCEPTS that under regulations 5(1) and 5(3) of the Local Government (Development Assessment Panels) Regulations 2025, the City's functions as responsible authority for development applications to be determined by a Development Assessment Panel, including the preparation of the responsible authority report, must be performed by the Chief Executive Officer or an authorised employee, cannot be performed by the Council, and are not subject to the direction of the Council; 3. ADOPTS the position that development applications to be determined by a Development Assessment Panel are not to be presented to Council for comment, consideration or recommendation, with Administration's assessment to be provided directly to the Development Assessment Panel through the responsible authority report;
PS03-10/26, Substantive as Amended, parts 1–3, page 84
Open original minutes ↗The quoted text calls for petitions relating to DAP applications that Council refers to the CEO under clause 3.12(3) of its Standing Orders to be included in the responsible authority report or forwarded to the DAP Secretariat if that report has already been submitted. It also calls for writing to the petition organiser about the City's non-decision-making role and how to make a submission or deputation to the DAP, without a further Council report.
CITY OF WANNEROO MINUTES OF ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING 27 OCTOBER, 2026 85 4. INSTRUCTS the Chief Executive Officer that, where Council receives a petition relating to a development application to be determined by a Development Assessment Panel and refers it to the Chief Executive Officer for action under clause 3.12(3) of the Standing Orders Local Law 2021, the petition is to be dealt with by: a) including it in the responsible authority report or, where that report has already been submitted, forwarding it to the Development Assessment Panel Secretariat for the Panel's consideration; and b) writing to the petition organiser, advising that the City is not the decision maker and how to make a submission or deputation to the Development Assessment Panel, without a further report being presented to Council;
PS03-10/26, Substantive as Amended, part 4, page 85
Open original minutes ↗The quoted text requests that the CEO write to the Minister for Planning and the WAPC chair about cumulative development impacts on community amenity and local roads, seek a review of the WAPC Transport Impact Assessment Guidelines, and seek changes to the DAP framework requiring Council views to be sought and given due regard on applications attracting significant community objection.
and 5. REQUESTS the Chief Executive Officer to write to the Minister for Planning and the Chairperson of the Western Australian Planning Commission: a) expressing Council's concern that the current planning framework may not adequately account for the cumulative impacts of successive development proposals on the amenity of existing communities and the function, capacity and safety of local road networks, the longer term consequences of which are managed by local governments and their ratepayers; that Development Assessment Panels are determining significant development proposals within the City of Wanneroo without sufficient regard to their cumulative impact on the amenity of existing residents and on the local road network, the long-term cost of which falls on the City and its ratepayers; b) requesting that the WAPC Transport Impact Assessment Guidelines be reviewed to require, as a minimum, current traffic count data, trip distribution and assignment, an assessment of existing and forecast volumes against the functional classification and capacity of each road affected, and an assessment of the cumulative impact of approved and proposed development in the locality; and c) requesting that the Development Assessment Panel framework be amended to require that the views of the local government Council be sought, and given due regard, on applications that attract significant community objection.
PS03-10/26, Substantive as Amended, part 5, page 85
Open original minutes ↗The minutes declare the substantive motion carried 14-1, and the accompanying voting list contains 14 supporters and one opponent.
The substantive motion was put as amended and CARRIED 14/1 For the motion: Mayor Aitken, Cr Bedworth, Cr Berry, Cr Coetzee, Cr Figg, Cr Huntley, Cr Miles, Cr Moore, Cr H Nguyen, Cr Parker, Cr Rowe, Cr Seif, Cr Smith and Cr Wright Against the motion: Cr V Nguyen Attachments: 1⇩.
PS03-10/26, substantive vote, page 85
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the City of Wanneroo's unconfirmed public minutes for the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 27 October 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The application proposes 91 multiple dwellings at Lot 1493, 90 Jindalee Boulevard, Jindalee.
- The Metro Outer DAP, rather than Wanneroo Council, is the determining authority for the application.
- The unconfirmed minutes record the Council's substantive motion as carried 14-1 on 27 October 2026; the voting list contains 14 supporters and one opponent.
- For DAP-related petitions Council receives and refers to the CEO under clause 3.12(3) of its Standing Orders, the resolution directs inclusion in the responsible authority report or forwarding to the DAP Secretariat if that report has already been submitted, without a further Council report.
- The Council also requested advocacy about cumulative development impacts, traffic and local-road capacity.
Why it matters
- People who petition about the Jindalee proposal can still make submissions or seek to address the Metro Outer DAP, but the elected Council will not provide a further report or recommendation on the application.