Booragoon Precinct Structure Plan Review

The current plan for the Melville City Centre is set to expire in October 2025. However, a request has been submitted to the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (DPLH) to extend the plan for an additional two years, allowing time for the necessary review process. Under planning regulations, these types of plans are required to be reviewed every 10 years. 

Recent development proposals in the Booragoon precinct highlight the need for an up-to-date planning framework to guide informed decisions on future developments. Notably, an expansion of Westfield Booragoon was approved in February 2023, which includes retail growth, additional car parking, and public realm enhancements.

In addition, we have committed to developing a new library and cultural centre within this precinct. 

• Comply with state and local planning policies
• Promote sustainability
• Support community well-being
• Address transport, infrastructure, and public space needs
• Encourage economic growth
• Accommodate population changes
• Ensure development is appropriately scaled and integrated with its surroundings. 

The Booragoon Precinct (previously known as the Melville City Centre) is classified as a ‘Secondary Centre’ under the State Planning Framework. 

A Secondary Centre is multi-purpose, offering a diversity of uses, services, facilities and employment opportunities. They perform an important role in the regional economy and provide essential (day-to-day) services to their residential catchments (typically up to 150,000 people). They have a medium to high density urban area within the core, with activated pedestrian-friendly street frontages and public spaces. This is typically surrounded by low to mid-rise buildings, pedestrian scale streets and landscaped character. 

Other examples of secondary centres in WA include Claremont, Cockburn, Karrinyup, Leederville, Kwinana, Subiaco, Victoria Park and Whitfords. 

The Booragoon Precinct boundary, as shown on the map below, is located between Marmion Street North, Riseley Street, Davy Street North and Almonbury Road in Booragoon.

The final decision for the Plan rests with the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) in consultation with the City and relevant State agencies. 

The final decision maker for the Master Plan of the City’s landholdings is the City of Melville. 

The preliminary engagement workshop in February 2025 will look to understand how community and stakeholders would like to be involved through the review process.  

This will help ensure we consider and incorporate the community's vision as early as possible in the review. 

Typically, a Structure Plan review will include comprehensive and multi-step community and stakeholder engagement to form a vision and future planning controls for the area.

The full engagement process to assist the  Booragoon Precinct Structure Plan review is yet to be defined.

The appointment of participants for the community workshop were managed through an EOI nomination and selection process. All nominees were evaluated against specific criteria to ensure broad representation of stakeholder interests within and around the Booragoon Precinct. 

Invited participants were assessed by the appointed consultant, Element Advisory and Align Strategy+Projects, using a blind selection process with de-identified data to ensure a diverse mix of demographics and interests from the local community.

Participation is voluntary and will be made up of residents (both locally and further abroad), business owners, workers, and other interested community members.