Western Australian Planning Commission

Western Australian Planning Commission

Planning Authority overview
Formed	1955
Preceding agencies	Town Planning Board (1928 - 1985) Metropolitan Regional Planning Authority (1963-1985) State Planning Commission (1985-1995)
Jurisdiction	Government of Western Australia
Headquarters	Gordon Stephenson House, Perth, Western Australia
Annual budget	$95.89 million (2018/19)
Planning Authority executive	David Caddy, WAPC Chairman
Parent department	Department of Planning, Lands & Heritage
Website	dplh.wa.gov.au

The Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) is an independent statutory authority of the Government of Western Australia that exists to coordinate strategic and statutory planning for future urban, rural, and regional land use.^[1] The WAPC fulfils various statutory responsibilities first established in 1955.^[2] The authority is responsible for expenditure arising from the Metropolitan Region Improvement Tax.

The role of the commission is to advise the Minister for Planning, make statutory decisions on a range of planning application types, approve subdivision applications, implement the state planning framework, and prepare and review region schemes to cater for anticipated growth. All staffing is provided by the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage to which it also delegates many statutory powers.