Housing & planning · City of Wanneroo
Wanneroo committee adopts coastal policy with new rules for asset handovers and temporary works
Local Planning Policy 4.21 was adopted unanimously after five submissions, with changes covering construction materials, engineering studies, monitoring, rehabilitation and play equipment in foreshore reserves.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
The City of Wanneroo Policy Review Committee adopted Local Planning Policy 4.21 with modifications in a recorded 8-0 vote, revising handover, maintenance and technical-information requirements for assets in foreshore reserves.
The policy followed a 21-day consultation period that attracted five submissions. One supported the policy, one objected and three provided comments. Two submissions came from State government agencies and three from developers, according to the City’s unconfirmed minutes.
The revised policy keeps requirements for assets to be durable and suitable for coastal conditions, but allows greater flexibility in how applicants meet them. Structural steel may be used where appropriate corrosion allowances and protective treatments are demonstrated. Alternatives to electropolishing may also be accepted where they provide an equivalent or better corrosion-resistance outcome.
Applicants may rely on an existing site-specific coastal engineering study if the City is satisfied that it remains current, addresses the proposed asset and relevant coastal processes, and is fit for purpose. The City can still require an updated or replacement study where circumstances or assumptions have materially changed. Coastal monitoring information will be required only where a site-specific coastal hazard assessment, approved Foreshore Management Plan or other relevant coastal engineering study identifies a coastal risk or monitoring requirement for the asset.
The handover provisions focus structural-assessment requirements on load-bearing and safety-significant structures, excluding minor non-structural assets unless otherwise required by the City. Environmental offset requirements will apply only where an offset site forms part of the land being handed over, while related asset information is required only where it is relevant and has not already been accepted by the City.
For temporary assets, the revised policy establishes a minimum two-year maintenance period after removal and completion of rehabilitation and revegetation works. Maintenance must continue, up to a maximum total of five years, where the applicable rehabilitation and completion criteria have not been met within that period.
The policy also makes the examples in its play-equipment schedule non-binding. Alternative equipment, nature-play elements and site-responsive designs may be accepted where they provide an equivalent or greater play outcome. An alternative level of provision may also be approved through a Foreshore Management Plan or other site-specific design response that considers accessibility, age diversity, community demand, site constraints, landscape integration and whole-of-life costs.
The committee directed Administration to publish the adoption notice and inform submitters. The minutes state that LPP 4.21 takes effect when that notice is published, but the supplied record does not give a publication date or establish whether publication has occurred. The recorded policy changes apply to coastal assets and foreshore parklands, including their delivery, maintenance and handover to the City.
What deserves a closer look
The policy allows suitable existing engineering information to be reused, while the City retains discretion to require updated or replacement studies when relevant circumstances or assumptions have materially changed.
The submission totals reconcile: one supporting submission, one objection and three comments total five; two State government submissions and three developer submissions also total five.
The voting list contains eight members for the motion and none against, consistent with the recorded 8-0 result.
Questions for follow-up reporting
Has the City published the adoption notice that activates LPP 4.21, and if so, on what date?
Which current foreshore projects will be assessed under the revised policy?
What evidence will the City require before accepting responsibility for rehabilitated land after a temporary asset is removed?
What happens next
The adopted motion requests Administration to publish notice of adoption of LPP 4.21 and inform submitters of the decision; the supplied record does not establish that these actions have been completed.
Under the policy, commencement is on publication of the adoption notice, and the policy must remain publicly available while in operation.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The record is labelled unconfirmed minutes of the Policy Review Committee meeting held on 2 November 2026.
Unconfirmed Minutes Policy Review Committee Meeting Minutes 6:00PM, Monday 02 November, 2026 Council Chamber (Level 1), Civic Centre, 23 Dundebar Road, Wanneroo wanneroo.wa.gov.au UNCONFIRMED MINUTES OF POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON MONDAY 02 NOVEMBER, 2026 CONTENTS ITEM 1 ATTENDANCES 1 ITEM 2 APOLOGIES AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE 1 ITEM 3 PUBLIC QUESTIONS 1 ITEM 4 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES 2 4.1 MINUTES OF POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON 31 AUGUST 2026 2 ITEM 5 REPORTS 2 MINOR REVIEWS 2 5.1 LOCAL PLANNING POLICY 3.3: FAUNA MANAGEMENT 2 5.2 LOCAL PLANNING POLICY 4.19: MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING STANDARDS 16 5.3 LOCAL AREA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Document title and meeting details
Open original minutes ↗LPP 4.21 provides guidance on the type and location of temporary and permanent assets within City of Wanneroo foreshore reserves.
Attachments: 4 Issue To consider the draft revised Local Planning Policy 4.21: Coastal Assets (LPP 4.21), following public advertising. Background LPP 4.21 was first adopted by Council on 16 August 2016 (PS01-08/16) to provide guidance on the type and location of temporary and permanent assets within foreshore reserves in the City of Wanneroo (the City) in accordance with State Planning Policy 2.6: Coastal Planning (SPP 2.6) and the City's Coastal Hazard Risk Management and Adaptation Plan (CHRMAP).
Item 5.8, issue and background
Open original minutes ↗The policy establishes procedures for coastal-node classification, permanent and temporary asset planning and delivery, and ongoing maintenance, management and handover of assets and foreshore parklands from developers to the City.
The policy establishes procedures for the classification of coastal node types, the planning and delivery of permanent and temporary assets, and the ongoing maintenance, management and handover of assets and foreshore parklands from developers to the City.
Item 5.8, background
Open original minutes ↗Draft amended LPP 4.21 was advertised for 21 days, from 10 September to 1 October 2026.
• Introducing Schedule 4 - Play Equipment Items; and • Extending the review date to four years from the date of adoption. Consultation The draft amended LPP 4.21 was advertised for a period of 21 days from 10 September 2026 to 1 October 2026 in accordance with clause 4 of the deemed provisions of the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015 (Regulations), by way of the following: • Notification in the PerthNow Wanneroo newspaper;
Item 5.8, consultation
Open original minutes ↗Five submissions were received: one supporting the policy, one objecting and three providing comments. Two came from State government agencies and three from developers.
During the public consultation period, the City received five public submissions, with one submitter supporting the Policy, one submitter objecting to the Policy and three submitters providing comments. Two of the submissions were received from State government agencies and three submissions were received from developers. A summary of the submissions and Administration's responses to these is provided in Attachment 2.
Item 5.8, consultation results
Open original minutes ↗The policy was modified to allow structural steel where appropriate corrosion allowances and protective treatments are demonstrated, and alternatives to electropolishing where an equivalent or better corrosion-resistance outcome can be achieved. Materials must remain durable and suitable for the coastal environment and the asset's intended design life.
In response, the Policy has been modified to allow structural steel to be used where appropriate corrosion allowances and protective treatments are demonstrated and to permit alternatives to electropolishing where an equivalent or better corrosion-resistance outcome can be achieved. CITY OF WANNEROO MINUTES OF POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING 02 NOVEMBER, 2026 187 The revised provisions retain the requirement for materials to be durable and suitable for the coastal environment and the intended design life of the asset.
Item 5.8, construction materials and stainless steel
Open original minutes ↗An existing site-specific coastal engineering study may be used where the City is satisfied that it remains current, addresses the proposed asset and relevant coastal processes, and is fit for purpose. An updated or replacement study may be required where relevant circumstances or assumptions have materially changed.
The Policy has therefore been modified to allow an existing site-specific coastal engineering study to be relied upon where the City is satisfied that it remains current, addresses the proposed asset and relevant coastal processes, and is fit for purpose. The Policy allows the City to require an updated or replacement study where there has been a material change in the relevant circumstances or assumptions. The revised provisions provide greater flexibility by allowing existing technical information to be used where it remains appropriate, while retaining the City's ability to require an updated or replacement study where circumstances have materially changed.
Item 5.8, coastal engineering studies
Open original minutes ↗Coastal monitoring information is required only where a site-specific coastal hazard assessment, approved Foreshore Management Plan or other relevant coastal engineering study identifies a coastal risk or monitoring requirement for the asset.
The Policy has been modified so that coastal monitoring information is only required where a site- specific coastal hazard assessment, approved Foreshore Management Plan or other relevant coastal engineering study identifies a coastal risk or monitoring requirement for the asset.
Item 5.8, coastal monitoring requirements
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the City of Wanneroo Policy Review Committee’s unconfirmed minutes for 2 November 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The unconfirmed minutes record that the Policy Review Committee adopted Local Planning Policy 4.21: Coastal Assets with modifications on 2 November 2026.
- The resolution was carried unanimously, 8-0, and requests Administration to publish notice of adoption and inform submitters.
- Existing site-specific coastal engineering studies may be used where the City is satisfied that they remain current, address the proposed asset and relevant coastal processes, and are fit for purpose. Updated or replacement studies may be required where circumstances or assumptions have materially changed.
- Post-removal maintenance for temporary assets has a minimum two-year period and must continue, up to a maximum total of five years, if applicable rehabilitation and completion criteria are not met within that period.
- The policy takes effect on publication of the adoption notice, according to the minutes; publication is not established by the supplied record.
Why it matters
- The revised framework will guide how developers and the City design, assess, maintain and hand over assets in Wanneroo foreshore reserves. It reduces some potentially duplicated technical work while retaining requirements intended to protect the City before it accepts responsibility for coastal assets and foreshore land.