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of Perth | City Planning Scheme No.2
Planning Policy Manual - Section 4.5.1 – Bonus Plot Ratio
Amended March 2015
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Bonus Plot Ratio
Planning Policy Manual – Section 4.5.1
5.4.1 Essential Criteria
The facility must meet a significant identified or anticipated community or public need
that is appropriate or desirable for the subject site and/or immediate locality.
The facility must be well designed and appropriately located within the development to
effectively meet the identified or anticipated community or public need.
5.4.2 Performance Requirements
There must be a strategic public need for the facility in the location proposed as identified
by the City or as satisfactorily demonstrated by the applicant with supporting statistical
data or modelling.
The location and design of the facility must be appropriate to its function, setting, context
and surrounding land uses.
The facility must be of a high quality and suitably located in relation to its function, public
accessibility and visibility.
The applicant must establish and demonstrate long term commitment to the provision
and success of the facility, including suitable management arrangements.
The facility must be available for use for the maximum time which can be considered
reasonable given its intended use.
Appropriate signage should be provided on the site to alert the public to the availability of
the facility.
5.4.3 Required Documentation
To enable a detailed assessment of the proposal the applicant shall submit the following
information with the development application:
A comprehensive planning report which addresses all of the essential criteria and
performance requirements.
A management plan demonstrating how the facility is to be operated, financed and
maintained, and detailing and warranting its hours of operation. This management plan
should also address safety and security issues.
A signage strategy.
Where requested by the City depending on the nature of the facility:
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a lighting plan undertaken by a suitably qualified consultant;
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a Safer Design Site Assessment (in accordance with the City of Perth Safer Design
Guidelines);
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an access statement undertaken by a suitably qualified consultant, demonstrating the
proposal's consideration of universal access principles and the obligations of the
Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
6.0
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
The intent of this bonus plot ratio category is to encourage the provision of residential uses
within development in the city’s central core in order to assist in creating a lively and vibrant
capital city. The City’s Urban Design Framework seeks to achieve a residential population of
10,000 residents in the city’s central core to create a ‘living’ city.
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City of Perth | City Planning Scheme No.2
Planning Policy Manual - Section 4.5.1 – Bonus Plot Ratio
Bonus Plot Ratio
Planning Policy Manual – Section 4.5.1
Development which incorporates residential use may be awarded bonus plot ratio of up to
20% where it is located within the area indicated on the Residential Bonus Plot Ratio Plan
contained within City Planning Scheme No. 2. The awarding of bonus plot ratio will also be
subject to compliance with the Maximum Bonus Plot Ratio Plan contained within City
Planning Scheme No. 2.
While there is no requirement for the residential use in a mixed use development to form
part of the base plot ratio, the bonus floor area must be used for the residential use. Where a
bonus is granted for a residential use as part of a mixed use development the relevant bonus
floor area must be used for residential dwellings and not for shared ancillary facilities or
amenities
Where bonus plot ratio is granted for development which incorporates residential use, the
residential use must be maintained in its entirety (including any base plot ratio used) for a
minimum period of ten years in accordance with Clause 46A of City Planning Scheme No. 2.
This ten year period will commence from the date the residential use is lawfully occupied.
6.1
Design Criteria
The residential use shall be designed in accordance with the provisions of City Planning
Scheme No. 2 Policy 4.10: Residential Design Policy. In the case of mixed use development,
the design of the development must ensure that conflict between the uses is minimised. A
separate lobby will be required to be provided for the residential use. The residential use will
also be required to be separated from other uses by being located on separate floors of the
building.
6.2
Required Documentation
To enable the assessment of the proposal the applicant shall submit a comprehensive
planning report with the development application which details compliance with the
provisions of City Planning Scheme No. 2 Policy 4.10: Residential Design Policy.
In the case of mixed use developments a management plan shall be submitted detailing the
proposed design elements and operational procedures for separation of uses and avoidance
of potential conflicts between all proposed uses and between all of the different occupants
and patrons.
7.0
SPECIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
The City’s Urban Design Framework recognises the city’s role as the premier tourist
destination and the centre of business and commerce in the state and seeks to encourage a
diverse range of high standard hotel and other tourist infrastructure to assist in the fulfilment
of these roles. This bonus plot ratio category is intended to address this objective and
encourage the provision of new short term accommodation within the city to adequately
cater for increasing visitor numbers.
Development that incorporates special residential use, the predominant purpose of which is
to provide short term accommodation, may be awarded bonus plot ratio. Up to 20% bonus
plot ratio may be awarded where a development incorporates a special residential use and
where it is located within the area shown on the Special Residential Bonus Plot Ratio Plan as
eligible for up to 20% or up to 40% bonus plot ratio. Alternatively up to 40% bonus plot ratio
may be awarded where the special residential use is a hotel that meets the criteria identified
within Section 7.1 and 7.2 of this Policy to be considered as high quality accommodation and
where it is located within the area shown on the Special Residential Bonus Plot Ratio Plan as