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Local planning policies (LPPs) are adopted by Council under the City's Local Planning Scheme. They can relate to a number of town planning matters within the City including procedures, land uses, and local area design guidelines.

All adopted local planning policies and guidelines are provided below. For structure plans and local development plans, please see structure and local development plans. 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
Community Consultation on Planning Proposals	LPP1.3
Application for Review of Town Planning Decisions and Written Directions	LPP1.4
Planning Compliance	LPP1.5
Heritage Assessment	LPP1.6
Development Exempt from Approval Under Local Planning Scheme No. 4 Planning and Development Regulations 2015 - Exemptions In addition to the City's Local Planning Policy 1.7, certain types of development are exempt from requiring development (planning) approval under State Government regulation. Please refer to the following extract from the Planning & Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015 for a list of the exempted works and uses which come into effect on Monday 15 February 2021: Clause 61 Exemptions - Deemed Provisions - Planning & Development Regulations 2015 Special State Government Exemptions During State of Emergency In response to the State of Emergency due to COVID-19, the State Government has issued a Notice of Exemption covering a range of temporary exemptions for certain approvals and requirements under Local Planning Scheme No. 4. The exemptions are designed to provide flexible responses to a changing crisis environment, support businesses, as well as guarantee the provision of essential community services during this times. These exemptions are temporary and will only remain in effect until 90 days after the end of the State of Emergency. You may need planning approval to continue an exempted land use after this period is over. The Notice of Exemption provides detail of each exemption, including a requirement to notify the City in writing should you wish to undertake one of the exempted uses. Please note the City of Fremantle contains a large number of heritage protected places, which includes heritage areas, for which many of the exemptions do not apply. You can contact the City’s Duty Planner on 1300 MY FREO or planning@fremantle.wa.gov.au if you need to confirm the heritage status of your property, or to confirm whether you will need to apply for planning approval.	LPP 1.7
Neighbour Mediation	LPP1.8
Design Advisory Committee and Principles of Design	LPP1.9
Construction Sites	LPP1.10
Planning and Development Act 2005, Part 17 Development Application Submissions	LPP1.11
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
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
Register of Significant Trees and Vegetation Areas (Refer 'Appendix B' of policy for the current Register)	LPP2.23
Precinct 3	LPP3.1.3
7-15 Quarry Street, Fremantle	LPP3.1.3.1
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 Hilton Heritage Area - Fences Brochure	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
Hilton Local Centre (South Street, Hilton)	LPP3.17
Beaconsfield and White Gum Valley Local Centre Areas	LPP3.18
Clontarf Road Area	LPP3.19
Special Control Area Provisions for Small Infill Development NOTE: For 'Appendix 1' tree species requirements, please refer to the City's Urban Forest Plan.	LPP3.20
West End Heritage Area	LPP3.21

Uses

Title	Policy reference
Late Night Entertainment Venues Serving Alcohol	D.B.U6
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
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
Security Doors to Shopfronts in the Retail Core	D.E3
Paving Policy for Central Fremantle	D.E4
Cash-in-lieu of Car parking for the City of Fremantle	D.B.M7

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
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
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
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

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