Outcome

This indicator largely explains the economic development impact of our integrated land-use planning efforts on future infrastructure costs. This means less costly road, water, sewerage, electricity, gas, public transport and telecommunication services.

Infrastructure savings can be achieved through coordinated planning.

The provision of new infrastructure to service development on the urban fringe is relatively more costly to the state than the reuse of existing infrastructure for brownfield redevelopment and for densification of existing urban areas.

The Department, through its land use planning role, encourages the reuse of existing infrastructure.

An expert study Future Perth - Costs of Urban Form - September 2001 concluded indicative infrastructure savings in Perth to the state of between $42,500 and $92,500 per lot of development in the inner and middle rings of Perth, below the outer suburban infrastructure costs.

In the year ended June 2004 the indicative savings on infrastructure costs achieved by the Department were in the range of $144-$313 million.

Reduced infrastructure costs lead to a more accessible and lower cost residential and non-residential property market, which lead to important economic and social outcomes.

Data is sourced from Future Perth - Costs of Urban Form - September 2001 and the Residential Lot Activity report produced by the Western Australian Planning Commission.

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Read more about Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning on the following pages:

• People and communities
• Effectiveness Indicator 4: Land Use and Transport Planning Integration
• Land Use and Transport Infrastructure Policy and Planning

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