Planning Policies

Local planning policies relating to procedures, uses and local areas Local planning policies (LPPs) relate to procedures, uses, and local areas. Local Planning policies can be made to provide design guides for an area, outline an administration procedure or provide guidance for a land use.

All adopted planning and development policies and guidelines are provided below. For all other council policies please see council policies.

To see if a policy applies to the development of your property please see the planning module in the City's online mapping.

Local planning policies

Title	Policy reference
Amendment and Extension to the Term of Planning Approval	LPP1.1
Refunding and Waving/Reducing of Planning Fees and Building Fees	LPP1.2
Public Notification of Planning Proposals	LPP1.3
Application for Review of Town Planning Decisions and Written Directions	LPP1.4
Planning Compliance	LPP1.5
Heritage Assessment	LPP1.6
Neighbour Mediation	LPP1.8
Design Advisory Committee and Principles of Design	LPP1.9
Construction Sites	LPP1.10
External Storage Areas For Grouped And Multiple Dwellings	LPP2.1
Split Density Codes and Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Schedule	LPP2.2
Fremantle Port Buffer Area Development Guidelines	LPP2.3
Boundary Walls In Residential Development	LPP2.4
External Treatment of Buildings	LPP2.5
Procedure for Amending the Municipal Heritage Inventory (MHI) and Heritage List	LPP2.6
Archaeological Investigation as a Condition of Planning Approval	LPP2.7
Fences Policy	LPP2.8
Residential Streetscape Policy	LPP2.9
Landscaping Of Development And Existing Vegetation On Development Sites	LPP2.10
Planning Applications Impacting On Verge Infrastructure And Verge Trees	LPP2.12
Sustainable Buildings Design Requirements	LPP2.13
Advertisement policy	LPP2.14
New Residential Developments in the City Centre Zone - Noise from an Existing Source	LPP2.18
Contributions for Public Art and/or Heritage Works	LPP2.19
Discretion to vary local planning scheme site or development requirements for heritage purposes	LPP2.20
Precinct 3	LPP3.1.3
Precinct 5	LPP3.1.5
Local Planning Area 5 - Beaconsfield	LPP3.5
Local Planning Policy 3.7 - "Hilton Garden Suburb Precinct" Heritage Area Local Planning Policy	LPP3.7
Local Planning Area 8 - O'Connor	LPP3.8
Local Planning Area 9 - Samson	LPP3.9
Thompson Road	LPP3.10
McCabe Street Area - Height of New Buildings	LPP3.11
Minim Cove, North Fremantle	LPP3.13
Wray Avenue Precinct	LPP3.14
Former Kim Beazley school site - White Gum Valley	LPP3.15
Burt Street	LPP3.16
Beaconsfield and White Gum Valley Local Centre Areas	LPP3.18
Clontarf Road Area	LPP3.19

Uses

Title	Policy reference
Late Night Entertainment Venues Serving Alcohol	D.B.U6
Issue of Section 39 and 40 Certificates Under The Liquor Licensing Act	D.B.U7
Outdoor Eating Policy (Tables and Chairs) (Interim Policy)	D.B.U8

Administration and procedural policies

Title	Policy reference
Procedures for the Recording & Assessment of Places of Heritage Value	D.B.H9
Energy Efficient Building Design	D.B.H12
Policy and Procedures For the Dedication, Upgrade or Closure of Rights of Way	D.A15
Telecommunications Policy	D.B.M9

Design guidelines - City centre

Title	Policy reference
Landscaping Policy for Central Fremantle & Main Approaches to the City	D.E1
Security Doors to Shopfronts in the Retail Core	D.E3
Paving Policy for Central Fremantle	D.E4
Cash-in-lieu of Carparking for the City of Fremantle	D.B.M7

Design guidelines – Beaconsfield

Title	Policy reference
Lefroy Road, Livingstone, Hale and Beard Streets Local Area	D.G.B1
Livingstone, Hale, Beard and Milbourne Streets Local Area	D.G.B2
Moran, Beard and Livingstone Streets Local Area	D.G.B3
Mardie Street including the East of Edmund Street	D.G.B4

Design guidelines – Fremantle

Title	Policy reference
Marmion, Forrest, Wood and Amherst Streets Local Area	D.G.F2
Marmion, Forrest, Wood and Montreal Streets Local Area	D.G.F3
Tuckfield, Finnerty and Skinner Streets Local Area	D.G.F4
Arthur Head Reserve Strategy Plan	D.G.F5
Arthur Head (west end of High Street)	D.G.F6
Beach Street Ferry Terminal	D.G.F7
Douglas Street Local Area	D.G.F8
Foreshores within the City of Fremantle	D.G.F9
Fremantle Boat Harbours -Development Policy	D.G.F10
Fremantle Hospital - Corner of Alma Street & South Terrace, Fremantle	D.G.F12
Railway Station Weather Shelters, Elder Place, Fremantle	D.G.F13
Fremantle West End Conservation Area Policy	D.G.F14
High Street Conservation Area (west of Fremantle Town Hall) -Shopfronts of Historical and Heritage Interest	D.G.F15
Marine Terrace Policy (including South Fremantle)	D.G.F16
Paddy Troy Mall - Block Bounded by Henderson, William, High and Market Streets and South Terrace	D.G.F18
Pioneer Park - 1 Short Street and 7 Market Street, Fremantle	D.G.F19
Sadliers Building - 36 Henry Street, Fremantle	D.G.F22
Solomon Street	D.G.F24
Planning Policy for the West End of Victoria Quay	D.G.F26
John Curtin College of the Arts and Fremantle Arts Centre Precinct	D.G.F27
Suffolk to South Street Local Area	D.G.F29
Fremantle Artillery Barracks and Cantonment Hill Reserve	D.G.F30

Design guidelines – North Fremantle

Title	Policy reference
Harvest Road, Corkhill and John Streets & The Swan River Local Area	D.G.N1
Stirling Highway, John and Johannah Streets Local Area	D.G.N2
Stirling Highway, Thompson Road, Coventry Parade and Craig Street Local Area	D.G.N3
Stirling Highway, Tydeman Road, Jackson & Pearse Streets Local Area	D.G.N4
Eucla Court including lots facing Rule Street and Thompson Road, North Fremantle	D.G.N5
Northbank Development Guidelines	D.G.N6
North Fremantle Foreshore Plan	D.G.N7
Passmore Avenue (previously Lots 47 & 48 John Street)	D.G.N8
Rocky Bay Estate (formerly State Engineering Works Site)	D.G.N9
Rous Head Industrial Park/Harbour	D.G.N10
Cypress Hill - Harvest Road, Corkhill Street and Alfred Road, Swan River	D.G.N11
Leighton Marshalling Yards Land Use and Development Policy	D.G.N12
Leighton Design Guidelines	D.G.N14
Thompson, Alfred, Rule and Harvest Road Local Area	D.G.N13

Design guidelines – South Fremantle

Title	Policy reference
Seaview Tavern - 282 South Terrace, South Fremantle	D.G.S1
South Terrace, South and Attfield Streets and Lefroy Road Local Area	D.G.S2
South and Attfield Streets, Hampton and Lefroy Roads Local Area	D.G.S3
South Terrace, Douro & Ocean Roads and Hickory Street Local Area	D.G.S4
Wills Transport Site - 122 Marine Terrace & 3 South Street, South Fremantle	D.G.S5
South Beach Village	D.G.S6

Design guidelines – White Gum Valley

Title	Policy reference
Samson and Watkins Streets, Nannine & Wiluna Avenues Local Area	D.G.W1
Watkins and Hope Streets, Nannine and Yalgoo Avenues Local Area	D.G.W2
South Street Local Centre Local Area	D.G.W3
Carrington, Hope and Watkins Street and Minilya Avenue Local Area	D.G.W4
Watkins and Samson Streets, Minilya and Wongan Avenues Local Area	D.G.W5

Environmental health policies

Title	Policy reference
Environmental Health Management Objectives	D.F1
Use of Dangerous Chemicals	D.F2
Alcohol in the Community	D.F3
Extended Trading Permits (Liquor Act)	D.F4

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