The position statement can be used by local governments, the Department and Commission, in their capacity as the responsible authority administering the MRS, when considering if approval is required under the MRS for development proposals which are exempt under a local planning scheme.
This position statement does not apply where the MRS does not apply, including to:
- Peel Region Scheme
- Greater Bunbury Region Scheme
- Swan Valley Planning Scheme
- Improvement schemes
- Metropolitan redevelopment schemes
- Local planning schemes where there is no region scheme.
Where the MRS does apply, this position statement also does not apply to any development application under clause 29:
- within a MRS reserve
- within or abutting the Swan development control area
- called-in to the WAPC under clause 32.
This position statement will not be applicable in circumstances where development approval is required or granted under a local planning scheme because such approval is deemed to be an approval under clause 26(1) of the MRS.
If a local government has a query about how to apply this position statement, please contact the Department’s planning officer for the relevant local government area.
