Local Government has a strong influence over built environment outcomes, actively deploying both Works teams and Parks & Gardens teams, regulating through Planning frameworks and Local Laws, and activating and incentivising through Economic Development teams.
Economic development activities may include:
- Town centre upgrades and activations
- Community facilities and other liveability enhancements
- Subdivisions
- Property development
Exchange Hotel, Pinjarra
Shire of Murray
The Exchange Hotel is a cherished historical landmark on Pinjarra's main street and is among the oldest buildings in the Peel Region. Built in 1866 as a doctor's residence, it became a tavern and hotel in 1871, before closing in 2008 and falling into disrepair. Responding to community concern, the Shire of Murray purchased and undertook a major redevelopment in partnership with Government and the private sector. The Hotel reopened in 2024, fostering community connection, boosting tourism, enhancing the economic prosperity of the Murray and Peel Regions and contributing to Western Australia's broader tourism industry.
Southern River Business Park Construction
City of Gosnells
The project aimed to develop a business park on previously contaminated land to serve a fast-growing residential population with limited access to employment or bulky retail in the locality.
Activating Vincent's public spaces and high streets
City of Vincent
The City of Vincent has taken an innovative approach to revitalising its public spaces and town centres, underpinned by the Vibrant Public Spaces Policy (VPSP) and Business Enhancement Grants (BEG). Over the past two financial years, they have cut red tape and lowered the cost of doing business with the City, transforming public spaces into vibrant, accessible areas that encourage people to linger longer, through the provision of grant funding for parklets, eatlets and affixed eating area furniture.
Activating industrial land in Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Goldfields-Esperance Development Commission and City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder (CKB) and the Goldfields-Esperance Development Commission (GEDC) have been actively engaging with State Government agencies to address industrial land supply and access since 2018.
The Kalgoorlie Industrial Land Capability Assessment (the Study) was commissioned by the GEDC and CKB in 2020, as an essential step toward to securing industrial land supply to achieve broader economic diversification and employment objectives for the region and State.
The Study has acted as a guide for public and private planning and development. It also provided clear pathways to enable industrial land development and streamline the processes required to understand and implement planning, development activities and the significant investment now underway.
