Planning

• General information
• Complaints
• Further information - Forms and fact sheets
• Development Application Fee Calculator

Stay informed

Keep up to date with the latest information regarding planning and development, whether it be changes to the state or local policy framework or opportunities to have your say on planning matters. Visit our ‘Stay Informed’ page here

Policies and documents

The Local Planning Scheme, Local Planning Strategy, Townsite Strategies, Local Planning policies and other key Planning documents are available for download in Publications.

Written Planning Advice, Planning and Building Search Request

Do you need written planning advice or information from the Shire or simply just a Planning and/or Building Search Request - click here to download form?

The Shire’s friendly Planning Services team routinely provide basic planning advice via phone or email. As we all know, having the right advice is essential to ensuring a successful project.

To allow for more in depth information to be provided the existing service is now being expanded so that detailed written advice can be provided for a small fee.

To obtain written planning information, just fill out the form provided including as much detail as you can about the nature of the advice you are seeking.

Please appreciate that written planning advice does not replace the assessment associated with the lodgement of a development application. While the advice is given in good faith, it in no way binds a future decision by the Council.

General information

Most proposed developments within the shire are assessed under the Shire of Augusta Margaret River Planning Scheme which:

• aims to control and guide development and growth in a responsible manner; and
• accommodates and responds to change.

Planning approval is required for any of the following application types:

• Places with Heritage Significance
• Changing the use of a building/premises
• Increasing the floor area of an existing structure
• Roof signs
• Car parks or changes to the operation of car parks
• Home Occupations (businesses conducted from home)
• Three or more dwellings on a single site
• All non-residential developments
• Lapsed Development Approvals (approvals are generally valid for two years, after which a new application must be submitted)
• Demolitions

The Shire is currently reviewing all Information Fact sheets which will be made available on the website when finalised.  For further information or to find out whether your proposal will require planning approval please contact the Planning Administration staff on 9780 5220.

Complaints

Should you wish to make a complaint about development or use of land in the shire you will need to complete a Planning Complaints form and send it to Chief Executive Officer Shire of Augusta Margaret River PO Box 61 Margaret River WA 6285.

The Shire’s Legal Services Co-ordinator will investigate and respond to your complaint within 14 days of receipt of the complaint.

Further information

• Development Application Fee Calculator
• Fees and Charges
• Application for Development Approval and Checklist
• Holiday House, Bed and Breakfast, Guesthouses and Renewals Application Form
• Subdivision Clearance Application Form and Condition Checklist
• Section 40 Application and Questionnaire
• Section 40 Checklist
• Application for home occupation

• Development Information Sheet - Sediment Management

• Planning complaint form
• PS01 Ancillary Accommodation
• PS02 Building Envelope Variations
• PS03 Cellar Door
• PS04 Commercial Uses
• PS05 Dams_Soaks_Excavations
• PS06 Planning for Bushfire Protection
• PS07 Events
• PS08 Extractive Industry
• PS09 Family Day Care
• PS10 Home Occupation_Home Business and Industry Cottage
• PS11 Intensive Agriculture
• PS12 Outbuildings and Farm Buildings
• PS13 Single House (Including Alterations and Additions)
• PS14 Rural Industry
• PS15 Rural Producers
• PS16 Bed and Breakfast and Guesthouses Information Sheet
• PS17 Holiday Houses/Renewal Checklist_Information Sheet
• PS17A Holiday Houses : Health Advice
• PS18 Chalets Cabins Caravan Parks and Guesthouse Facilities in the Priority and General Agriculture Zones
• PS19 Bushfire Management Planning and Short Stay Accommodation
• PS20 Bushfire Prone Areas
• PS21 Bushfire Management Plans (Notes for Practitioners)