South West

The South-West includes Bunbury, the largest city outside the Perth and Peel regions with a population of about 68,000 in Greater Bunbury.  The region stretches from Yarloop in the North to Walpole in the South and Boyup Brook to the west.

The Department sought public comment on the draft Bunbury-Geographe sub-regional planning strategy.

The Leeuwin-Naturaliste sub-region is well known locally and internationally for its unique lifestyle, landscape values, environmental assets and overall amenity.

WAPC documents relevant to planning for the South West.

The Peel-Harvey coastal plain catchment policy ensures that land use changes within the Peel-Harvey estuarine system likely to cause environmental damage to the estuary are brought under planning control and prevented.

The purpose of the policy is to provide the strategic planning framework for the area for the next 30 years by providing greater vision, guidance and certainty of land use.