DAP-2025-5 - Proposed Childcare Premises at 34 & 36 St Michael Terrace, Mount Pleasant
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The proposed development is for a childcare premises at 34 & 36 St Michael Terrace, Mount Pleasant
Last Updated: 28 November 2025 Follow EngagementThe City of Melville received a development application for a childcare premises at 34 & 36 St Michael Terrace, Mount Pleasant. Additional information has now been provided by the applicant for the proposed childcare premises, and the City invites you to review the updated information and lodge a revised or additional response.
What is being proposed?
The application includes the following:
- The development comprises a basement carpark with tandem staff parking and an upper floor comprising the childcare facility and outdoor play area.
- The facility is intended to service 113 children and employ 28 staff.
- 26 total car bays are provided on site and 8 bicycle parking bays.
- Hours of operation are proposed to be 6:30am to 6:30pm.
- Vehicle access to the facility is proposed via one crossover on St Michael Terrace. Redundant crossovers will be closed and removed as part of the development.
View Plans Image 1. This is an aerial image of the subject site, the site is zoned R20 under Local Planning Scheme No.6Timeline
20 June 2025
Application Received
26 September 2025
RAR due date
9 October 2025
Metro Inner DAP Meeting
23 January 2026
RAR due date
Opportunities to get involved
Any comments you wish to make on the development application is to be submitted by midnight Sunday, 4 January 2026, by one of the following:- Online, using the submission form below
- City of Melville, Locked Bag 1, Booragoon WA quoting reference DAP.2025.5
- In person, 10 Almondbury Road, Booragoon
- For more information about the proposal and what happens with your feedback, see the FAQs below.
To stay updated on the outcome of this development application, click on the 'follow engagement' button at the top of this page.
Who are we engaging with? The application was previously advertised through on-site signage along each street frontage and letters issued to nearby property owners and residents. The City also engaged the broader community via the City of Melville website.
Following the submission of updated information, the City has re-opened the public comment period. All previous submitters and page followers have been notified and invited to provide an updated submission. If you did not participate in the initial advertising period, you are welcome to provide a submission during this round.
The City will assess the proposal against the relevant planning provisions of City of Melville Local Planning Scheme No.6 and relevant state and local planning policies.
At the completion of the assessment a Responsible Authority Report (RAR) will be prepared by the City's planning officers and sent to the Development Assessment Panel (DAP) to assist it in making a final decision.
Who is the decision maker? The development cost is $3.5 million and the application is to be determined by the Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel (DAP).
Please refer
here for more information on Development Assessment Panels.
As per the City of Melville's Local Planning Policy 1.1 - Planning Process and Decision Making, all standard developments are required to be advertised.
As updated information has been provided, the City is reopening engagement to capture any further feedback before resubmitting to the DAP.
Please note, there is no statutory requirement for the City to re-advertise the application in full, as the changes proposed do not substantially alter what was originally advertised. However, due to previous community feedback, the City has decided to re-engage with submitters and the community to capture any revised or additional submissions
The RAR submitted to the DAP will provide a summary of the submissions received during the public consultation period. The submissions and the officers response to these will then be considered by the DAP as part of its decision making process.
Contact us
Please note: While enquiries can be made via email, to ensure that we capture your information correctly submissions should be made using the above form.
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