Planning

The City of Albany is advertising the draft Local Planning Scheme No. 1 (LPS1) for public comment and feedback. 

The Local Planning Scheme sets out how land in the City of Albany can be used and developed. It is a statutory document, which means it gives the City legal authority to control land use and development. 

The scheme includes:

• A scheme text, which is a document containing land use and development rules.
• Scheme Maps that show zones and reserves.

The City of Albany is creating one new planning scheme to replace the five different schemes* inherited when the Town and Shire amalgamated in 1998. 

* LPS1 replaces these town planning schemes: Town - No. 1A (Gazetted December 30, 1983); Shire - No. 2 (October 26, 1976), No. 3 (15 February 15, 1980), No. 3.2B (April 10, 1980), No. 7 (November 7, 1978). 

The draft LPS1 will be open for public comment for four months until 3 August, 2012, to give you an opportunity to give us feedback on how you think the Albany region should develop in the next few years. 

Hard copies are available for viewing at: 

• City of Albany, 102 North Road YAKAMIA WA 6330 
• Albany Public Library, 221 York Street ALBANY WA 6330
• Department of Planning, 178 Stirling Terrace ALBANY WA 6330 

Submission forms (Form No. 4) are available from the City’s offices at 102 North Road, Yakamia, or click below to download:

If you are not responding electronically, provide your submission to: Chief Executive Officer, Re: LPS1, City of Albany, PO Box 484, ALBANY WA 6331.

Please click on the links below to view the scheme text or scheme maps described above.

The City of Albany is responsible for providing a vision for the future development of Albany, as well as for assessing the planning merit of individual projects on private lots.

The Albany Local Planning Strategy draws together all of the strategies prepared in the past and provides the blueprint for the City’s growth over the next two decades.

City Planners are available to assist residents, investors and landowners with any planning inquiry and they encourage proponents to discuss their projects with staff at a preliminary stage, well before formal lodgement, to expedite the approval process.

The City’s Town Planning Schemes provide the legal framework against which individual development proposals will be considered.

The Town Planning Schemes may be supported by Council policies and guidelines to further explain the development requirements. More information on the Town Planning Schemes is available by following the link.

The City of Albany Municipal Heritage Inventory provides the Planning Department with information relating to places of heritage value and is a record of the history of the City and the places that reflect the story of the district.

A set of management categories are in place, with different management recommendations for each.  These categories will not all have the same implications for owners, as places in the highest category will need more careful management and assessment than will those places in the lower categories.

Planning scheme consent is required for most developments affecting a property/building/place recorded on the Municipal Heritage Inventory, depending on the management category recorded.

For your information, the following files can be downloaded, however, be advised that they are large files and delays may be experienced, depending on your internet service.  The documents are available for viewing at the City of Albany Administration building at 102 North Road, Albany during office hours.

Planning Officers can be contacted between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, on 9841 9383.