Plan for the Metropolitan Region, Perth and Fremantle

Plan for the Metropolitan Region, Perth and Fremantle
Created1955
Commissioned byHonorary Royal Commission of the Legislative Council
Author(s)Gordon Stephenson, Alistair Hepburn
PurposeRegional planning strategy

The 1955 Plan for the Metropolitan Region, Perth and Fremantle (also known as the Stephenson, or Stephenson-Hepburn Report) was prepared for the Government of Western Australia by Gordon Stephenson and Alistair Hepburn.[1] The plan was the first regional plan for Perth, and provided the basis for land use zoning under the Metropolitan Region Scheme.[2] Even though not every recommendation of the report was adopted it is considered to have provided the underlying template for the modern development of Perth.[3][4][5] The plan was superseded by the Corridor Plan for Perth in 1970.[6]

  1. ^ Stephenson, Gordon; Hepburn, J. A. (1955). Plan for the Metropolitan Region, Perth and Fremantle. Western Australia: Government of Western Australia.
  2. ^ Hill, Louis R. (2005). "Guiding Perth's Growth: A Regional Perspective". Berkeley Planning Journal. 18 (1). doi:10.5070/BP318111504 – via UC Berkeley.
  3. ^ Gregory, Jenny (2012). "Stephenson and metropolitan planning in Perth". Town Planning Review. 83 (3): 297–318. doi:10.3828/tpr.2012.17.
  4. ^ Christmas card with sketch of proposed Fremantle Civic Centre as outlined in Stephenson Plan, 1957, retrieved 21 February 2020
  5. ^ TITLE: Immigration - Migrants in the professions - British townplanner and architect settles in Perth - Former Liverpool town planner and architect Professor Gordon Stephenson has paid an Australian city a town planner's greatest compliment - he has made it his home. Professor Stephenson and his family first went Perth, WA, nearly nine years ago, for only 18 months. But after living in Canada for five years, they decided to return to make Perth their permanent home. Professor Stephenson looks over the Narrows Bridge and Kwinana Freeway - integral developments in the Stephenson Plan - from a vantage point in King's Park CATEGORY: photograph FORMAT: b&w negative TYPE: cellulose acetate STATUS: preservation material, 1963, retrieved 21 February 2020
  6. ^ The Corridor Plan for Perth. Western Australia: Metropolitan Region Planning Authority. 1970.