FREMANTLE FOOTBALL CLUB — COCKBURN
CENTRAL
556. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the
Minister for Planning:
(1) Is the
minister aware that over the past four years the Fremantle Football Club
executive has been in negotiation with the Fremantle City Council for the
development of an elite training and administration facility in Fremantle?
(2) Is the
minister aware that the Fremantle City Council regards this development as a
critical development within the framework of Fremantle as a strategic
metropolitan centre?
(3) Has the
Western Australian Planning Commission become aware of discussions concerning
the vesting, selling or offering, to any person or agency, any of the land
bounded by Beeliar Drive, North Lake Road and Poletti Road at Cockburn Central,
which have referred to the possibility that the development contemplated might
be for an elite training and administration facility associated with the
Fremantle Dockers?
(4) Is the
minister aware that such a proposal might encourage the Fremantle Dockers to
discontinue the development of such a facility away from Fremantle, a
designated strategic metropolitan centre, to Cockburn Central, a designated
secondary centre?
(5) Does the
minister accept that any such proposal would possibly be inconsistent with the
aims and objectives of ''Directions 2031'' and State Planning
Policy 4 — Activity Centres for Perth and Peel?
(6) Has the
minister or the Western Australian Planning Commission pursued or taken any
steps to encourage such a proposal; and, if so, with whom?
(7) Can the
minister assure the house that such a proposal does not have the endorsement of
the WAPC or the government?
The PRESIDENT: The minister is not responsible for the
administration or performance of the Dockers. Some aspects of that question are
relevant to the Minister for Planning.
Hon
HELEN MORTON replied:
I think the Dockers are on the way up. I thank the honourable
member for some notice of this question.
(1)–(4) Yes.
(5)–(6)
LandCorp, in conjunction with the Western Australian Planning Commission and
the City of Cockburn, is currently preparing a structure plan for the area
known as Cockburn Central West. Any structure plan will be required to be
consistent with ''Directions 2031'' and state planning policies.
The need for regional recreational facilities will be considered in this
planning process.
(7) Neither
the Western Australian Planning Commission nor the state government have made
any agreement with the Fremantle Football Club with regards to land at Cockburn
Central West.