The Tourism Planning Taskforce Report and Planning Bulletin 83 Planning for Tourism could be misinterpreted to imply that restrictions on the percentage of permanent residential accommodation in strategic or non-strategic tourism sites also applies to caravan parks.
The WAPC confirms that references in either report to restrictions on permanent residential accommodation do not apply to caravan parks.
The WAPC recognises the need for the retention of caravan parks, and that the extent of long-stay use (permanent occupancy) and park home development considered appropriate in such parks varies across the state and is therefore an issue that requires consideration by local government on a site-by-site basis.
This consideration, and any resulting restrictions, should be undertaken and prepared in conjunction with the tourism and development industries, Tourism WA and DPI as a component of the preparation of a local planning strategy or local tourism strategy and reflected in the local government planning scheme.