Housing & planning · City of Wanneroo
Two Rocks telecom site advances; indicative location 120 - 130m from home
Wanneroo Council has authorised further work on a possible Caraway Park facility, but the site remains preliminary. Any lease requires further processes, with final lease decisions delegated to the chief executive officer.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
A possible telecommunications facility at Caraway Park, Two Rocks, has been approved for further investigation, with an indicative location about 120 to 130 metres from 8 Caraway Loop and about 25 metres from the edge of the local bushfire brigade boundary.
The City of Wanneroo's unconfirmed minutes record a 10-5 vote on 27 October to progress potential ground leases at Caraway Park, Ridgewood Park in Ridgewood, Halesworth Park in Alkimos and Heath Park in Eglinton. The recorded resolution does not approve construction or a final lease.
The resolution authorises the chief executive officer, or a nominee, to negotiate indicative lease terms, pursue Crown land approvals, advertise each proposed lease and sign development-application documents so the proposals can be formally assessed.
For Caraway Park, the City told a meeting questioner that the proposal was still preliminary and no final decision had been made on whether it would proceed. The indicative location is about 35 metres from the brigade buildings and about 150 metres or more from other nearby residences. Those measurements use different reference points and are not a confirmed final separation distance.
The four locations remain subject to survey, development approval and Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage approval. Further due diligence is to examine matters including reserve tenure, access, service connections, construction requirements, screening and the interface with nearby residential areas.
Broader public consultation is described as a later part of the process. The report says nearby residents and relevant reserve users would be notified through public lease advertising, statutory planning approvals and Crown land processes where required. Submissions would be considered as part of the process. The adopted motion delegates determination of each proposed lease to the chief executive officer under amended leasing powers, rather than requiring each proposal to return to Council for approval. Council members are to receive an update on each proposed lease, including a summary of submissions received and how they were considered.
The minutes list Mayor Aitken and councillors Bedworth, Coetzee, Figg, Huntley, Miles, Parker, Rowe, Smith and Wright as supporting the motion. Councillors Berry, Moore, H Nguyen, V Nguyen and Seif are listed as voting against it.
What deserves a closer look
The recorded resolution advances administrative and statutory work but does not settle whether any final lease will be approved or construction will proceed.
The Caraway Park distance figures are indicative and use different reference points, so they cannot be presented as one confirmed separation distance.
The report distinguishes earlier internal consultation from later public advertising and consideration of submissions.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What site-specific findings will result from the further survey and due diligence at Caraway Park?
What submissions will be received during public lease advertising, and how will they affect the final lease proposal?
What final lease terms, including the term and rent, will be proposed for each site within the amended delegation's conditions?
When will each proposal be ready for a delegated lease decision after the required approvals and negotiations?
What happens next
Undertake the authorised investigations and negotiations for the four potential sites, including any required Crown land approval processes.
Advertise each proposed disposal by lease under section 3.58 of the Local Government Act 1995.
Progress development-application documentation so the proposals can be formally assessed.
The report envisages notifying nearby residents and relevant reserve users through the relevant processes and considering submissions before final lease determination.
Following the required processes, the chief executive officer is authorised to determine each proposed lease under the amended delegation.
Provide Council members with an update on the outcome of each proposed lease, including submissions received and how they were considered.
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 at 6:00PM 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 report seeks approval to progress investigations, statutory approvals and lease negotiations at Ridgewood Park, Halesworth Park, Heath Park and Caraway Park, rather than final lease approval; lease agreements would be required before construction.
CITY OF WANNEROO MINUTES OF ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING 27 OCTOBER, 2026 286 Issue To seek Council approval to progress investigations, statutory approvals and lease negotiations for proposed telecommunications infrastructure on City-managed Crown land at: • Ridgewood Park, Ridgewood; • Halesworth Park, Alkimos; • Heath Park, Eglinton; and • Caraway Park, Two Rocks. This report does not seek final approval to enter into lease agreements, which would be required before construction of telecommunications infrastructure.
CS03-10/26, Issue
Open original minutes ↗The excerpt contains clauses to approve progressing investigations, negotiations and statutory processes for potential ground leases at Ridgewood Park, Halesworth Park, Heath Park and Caraway Park, and to authorise the Chief Executive Officer or a nominee to negotiate indicative lease terms, progress required Crown land approvals, advertise proposed leases and sign development-application documentation in the City's capacity as land manager.
APPROVES the City progressing investigations, negotiations and statutory processes for potential ground leases for telecommunications infrastructure at the following City-managed Crown land sites: a) Ridgewood Park, Ridgewood – Indara (Optus); b) Halesworth Park, Alkimos – Amplitel (Telstra); c) Heath Park, Eglinton – Amplitel (Telstra); and d) Caraway Park, Two Rocks – Amplitel (Telstra); 2. AUTHORISES the Chief Executive Officer (or a nominee of the Chief Executive Officer) to undertake all actions necessary to progress Item 1, including: a) negotiating indicative lease terms; b) progressing any required Crown land approvals; c) advertising each proposed disposal by lease in accordance with section 3.58 of the Local Government Act 1995 (WA); and d) signing, in the City's capacity as land manager, any development application documentation required to allow the proposals to be formally assessed;
CS03-10/26, substantive motion, parts 1–2
Open original minutes ↗In its response about Caraway Park, the City describes the proposal as preliminary and says no final decision is being made on whether it will proceed.
For Caraway Park, Two Rocks, what is the distance in Attachment 1 from the proposed location to the nearest home and to the volunteer fire brigade station? Response by Director Corporate Strategy & Performance The proposal is currently at a preliminary stage and no final decision is being made on whether it will proceed.
PQ07-10/26, response to question 1
Open original minutes ↗The preliminary Caraway Park location is approximately 25 metres from the bushfire brigade boundary, 35 metres from its buildings, 120–130 metres from 8 Caraway Loop and 150 metres or more from other nearby residential properties. The residential estimates are measured to residences rather than property boundaries.
The site remains subject to detailed design and approvals, which means that the current location is still preliminary. In this context, the current location is approximately 25m from the edge of the Bushfire Brigade boundary, and approximately 35m from the buildings. The location is approximately 120-130m from 8 Caraway Loop, approximately 150m or more from other nearby residential properties (estimate calculated to the residence, rather than the property boundary).
PQ07-10/26, indicative location and distance response
Open original minutes ↗Potential infrastructure locations are indicative only and subject to survey, DA and DPLH approval.
Potential infrastructure locations are indicative only, subject to survey, DA and DPLH approval. Attachment 1 also shows the indicative closest distance to residential properties.
CS03-10/26, Detail
Open original minutes ↗Further site-specific due diligence is to confirm reserve tenure, management order conditions, access, service connections, construction requirements, interfaces with adjoining residential areas and landscaping or screening opportunities.
Further site-specific due diligence will confirm reserve tenure, management order conditions, access arrangements, service connections, construction requirements, interfaces with adjoining residential areas, and opportunities for landscaping or other screening.
CS03-10/26, site-specific due diligence
Open original minutes ↗The report conditionally describes further consultation through public lease advertising, statutory planning approvals, consideration of submissions and Crown land processes where required, with nearby residents and relevant reserve users to be notified.
Should Council support progressing the proposals, further consultation will occur through public lease advertising, statutory planning approvals, consideration of community submissions, and Crown land approval processes where required. Nearby residents and relevant reserve users will also be notified as part of these processes. Any submissions received will be considered before a final lease proposal is presented to Council.
CS03-10/26, Consultation
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reported from the City of Wanneroo's unconfirmed public minutes of the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 27 October 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The unconfirmed minutes record Council approval to progress potential telecommunications ground leases at four City-managed Crown land sites, including Caraway Park, Two Rocks.
- The Caraway Park indicative location is about 120 to 130 metres from 8 Caraway Loop, 25 metres from the bushfire brigade boundary and about 35 metres from brigade buildings.
- The resolution authorises investigations, negotiations, statutory processes and development-application documentation, but does not approve a final lease or construction.
- Any final lease remains subject to required advertising and approvals. The adopted motion delegates determination of each proposed lease to the chief executive officer under amended leasing powers, with updates to Council members.
- The minutes declare the substantive motion carried 10-5, and the voting list contains 10 supporters and five opponents.
Why it matters
- Residents and reserve users near Caraway Park may face a future telecommunications facility, but the current location is only indicative. Public advertising, planning and Crown land processes remain necessary before any final lease can be approved under the delegated powers.