2023

• Council resolved at the 28 February 2023 meeting to request a memorandum of understanding, or similar agreement, be established between the City of Belmont and the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage to guide the roles and responsibilities in delivering the planning framework for the precinct.

2022

• At the 26 April 2022 Ordinary Council Meeting, Council considered a funding offer of $4.38 million from Metronet for the delivery of certain infrastructure within the Development Area 6 precinct, its implications for the precinct and the likely commitments and obligations on the City’s part.
• At this meeting, Council resolved to direct the CEO to write to the State to express the City’s concerns over the nature of the proposed funding commitment and seek additional funding to transform the Southern Main Drain into a hybrid urban stream.
• Council also resolved to request that the precinct be established as a redevelopment area under the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority Act 2011 and that Development WA take responsibility for progressing the planning framework for the precinct.
• View the Ordinary Council Meeting 26 April 2022 Minutes.
• Minister for Planning announces Improvement Plan (Improvement Plan No. 45 – Redcliffe Station Precinct) for the precinct.

2021

• At the 23 March 2021 Ordinary Council Meeting, Council resolved to adopt, for the purposes of undertaking public advertising, the draft Activity Centre Plan and proposed Amendment No. 15 to Local Planning Scheme No. 15. The Western Australian Planning Commission has not provided the City with consent to advertise.

2019

• On 10 December 2019, Council endorsed the first draft of the Redcliffe Station Activity Centre Plan for pre-consultation to be undertaken in early 2020.
• Between July and August 2019, the WAPC advertised Amendment 1355/57 to the Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) which proposed that land adjacent to Stanton Road and Tonkin Highway be reclassified from ‘Primary Regional Roads’ to ‘Urban’ under the MRS. The land was previously set aside for expansion works to Tonkin Highway and Perth Airport, but was no longer required for those purposes and was on-sold to the Department of Communities.
• On 28 May 2019, the WAPC formally declared on 28 May 2019 that the DA6 precinct requires an Activity Centre Plan to coordinate the future redevelopment of the precinct, instead of a Structure Plan.

2018

• On 18 December 2018, the State Government announced that the Forrestfield Airport Link opening had been delayed by one year, due to open in the second half of 2021.
• On 7 October 2018, Brearley Avenue was permanently closed to traffic at Great Eastern Highway in Redcliffe.

2017

• On 31 August 2017, the WAPC approved the full construction of the Redcliffe Train Station and construction works began soon after that.
• On 3 January 2017, the City appointed planning consultant Taylor Burrell Barnett to prepare the planning framework for DA6.

2016

• The amended DA6 Vision Plan and Implementation Strategy was readopted by Council in February 2016 as Local Planning Policy No. 14.

2015

• In August 2015, a Planning Control Area (No. 116) was declared over a portion of the DA6 precinct, including the future location of the Redcliffe Train Station. Planning Control Area (No. 116) expired in August 2020.

2014

• In August 2014 the State Government at the time announced the construction of the ‘Forrestfield Airport Link’. This link would extend from the existing Midland rail line to Forrestfield through a tunnel under the Swan River and Perth Airport, with three new train stations at Redcliffe, Airport Central (adjacent to Perth Airport’s Terminals 1 and 2) and Forrestfield.
• On 26 August 2014, Council resolved to formally request that the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) support the preparation of an Improvement Plan and Improvement Scheme for DA6 due to the project’s regional significance.

2013

• In the lead-up to the 2013 State Government Election, both major political parties committed to building the Perth Airport Rail Project.
• In 2013, the City of Belmont partnered with Perth Airport to prepare a ‘Vision Plan and Implementation Strategy’ for DA6. This outlined a vision for the future redevelopment of the area and the planning processes required to achieve the vision.
• In 2013 the City commenced community engagement plans for the area. This consultation process continued into 2015. The City invited community engagement on plans for the area, including community visioning workshops, information forums, open days and formal advertising with letters being sent to landowners and key stakeholders.
• The DA6 Vision Plan and Implementation Strategy were initially adopted by Council in December 2013, although changes were later needed in response to the State’s 2014 announcement.

2003

• DA6 was identified as a redevelopment area in 2003 but strategic planning for the precinct was delayed until the State Government could formalise plans to implement the Perth Airport Rail Project.