The City of Perth is looking at how it can increase the residential population in the CBD to make it more “liveable, sustainable and prosperous”.
Perth councillors endorsed a motion from Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas on Tuesday that called for a report on the barriers and disincentives stopping residential development and increased density.
They also voted for the report to include recommendations to stimulate the development in the city in the 2023-24 financial year.
“The city can influence residential population growth through a number of mechanisms including incentives for increased residential development in the Local Planning Scheme, statutory fee relief, investment in infrastructure, economic development and investment attraction strategies and activities, marketing and promotion, community building, and events and activation,” Mr Zempilas said.
Councillors also voted to seek feedback from the industry and State and Federal government agencies.
“I’m very pleased that it would appear from the feedback we’ve had and the reaction of this going to the public in the last seven days that there are willing participants in our community to help us, and to once and for all, bring a significant boost to the number of people living right in the heart of the City of Perth,” Mr Zempilas said.
He said his council needed to hear first-hand why residential…
