We are making changes to our Development Compliance Enforcement policy.

At its Ordinary Meeting on 26 July 2022, Council resolved to approve the amended policy for the purposes of community consultation. The relevant Council meeting agenda can be found here, and the meeting minutes here.

The amendments to the policy are as follows:

• Objectives have been amended to include:
  
  
  • The principles of fairness, impartiality, consistency, transparency, and accountability; and
    
    
  • Encouraging self-resolution between affected parties where appropriate.
    
    
• Amending the scope of the policy to relate to planning and building compliance only.
  
  
• Guidance has been included on what could be a civil matter.
  
  
• Information has been provided on risk management and a prioritisation approach to deal with high-risk matters.
  
  
• Clarification on circumstances where unauthorised development would be allowed to continue. The factors to be considered include:
  
  
  • Impacts on neighbours and the broader community,
    
    
  • The objectives of the City's Public Health Plan, and
    
    
  • Reasonable prospects of approvals being obtained.
    
    
• A strong emphasis is placed on proportionate and graduated responses to compliance matters.
  
  
• Stronger recognition of the 'Director of Public Prosecutions - Statement of Prosecution Policy and Guidelines'. This is a state government policy, but the City can still adopt the approach outlined by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Share your thoughts

We are keen to hear what our community thinks about the amended policy.

You can submit your feedback via the survey below or directly to A/ Senior Compliance Officer, Alex Cardell-Oliver, via alex.cardell-oliver@vincent.wa.gov.au or mail@vincent.wa.gov.au

Submit your thoughts by 5pm Friday 2 September 2022.