City of Fremantle
Coastal Charm
The City of Fremantle Strategic Community Plan 2024-2034 is the City’s most significant guiding document and establishes the community’s long-term aspirations and vision for Fremantle’s future.
The Plan will drive the City’s planning, budgeting, resource allocation and service delivery over the next decade. It was developed following the City’s largest-ever community engagement program, called Let’s Talk, Freo!, conducted in 2023 and adopted by Fremantle Council in 2024.
The plan is subject to periodic reviews to ensure that it stays current.
Delivery of the Strategic Community Plan is achieved through a range of subsidiary strategies, plans, policies and activities. Key strategies include a lot of great ideas. However, they can’t all be funded at once.
Prioritisation, funding and delivery of projects and activities are determined through the Corporate Plan and Annual Budget. The Corporate Plan outlines the City’s four year priorities and planned activities, matched to resources available. These documents are underpinned by the long term financial plan. All of these ‘delivery’ documents are subject to annual review.
The Strategic Community Plan and Corporate Plan collectively comprise the Plan for the Future required under Section 5.56 of the Local Government Act 1995.
Progress on the strategic planning framework is monitored through the Annual Report, and reporting on specific strategies, action plans and the budget.
Individual operational decisions made by the City reference these plans and the policies and local laws adopted by council.
For all local planning policies please see this page.
Local laws currently out for submissions are advertised on the public notices page and My Say Freo.
Dog exercise and prohibited areas Register of determinations
Section 3.16 the Local Government Act 1995 requires that all local laws must be reviewed within a 15-year period after their commencement to determine if they should remain unchanged, be repealed, or amended. The 15-year period is taken to be from either when the local law commenced or when the last review of the local law was completed.
As part of the Local Government reforms and implementation of the Local Government Amendment Act 2024, the City of Fremantle is now required to review all local laws within a two-year period, prior to 7 December 2026, unless a review occurred within the last 8 years.
At the Ordinary Meeting of Council on 12 March 2025, Council approved to review the City of Fremantle’s local laws by a suitable timeframe. This timeframe takes into consideration changes to principle legislation and other matters which will influence any recommended changes to the local laws. Approved Review Schedule:
Public comment:
Reviews completed:
