Western Australian Planning Commission Chairman Gary Prattley today announced the release of two planning guidelines to help manage pedestrian access ways within Western Australia.
Mr Prattley said the guidelines have been developed to respond to a variety of concerns expressed by the community about crime and anti-social behaviour within pedestrian access ways.
“Pedestrian access ways provide important links between streets, suburbs and community areas. However, there has been much concern expressed by the community about anti-social behaviour within pedestrian access ways,” he said.
“Reducing Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Pedestrian Access Ways has been prepared as a supplement to the Designing Out Crime Planning Guidelines introduced in the Western Australian Planning Commission’s Planning Bulletin 79 Designing Out Crime.
“It provides a suite of design strategies for pedestrian access ways that can assist local government in addressing anti-social behaviour.
“Procedure for the Closure of Pedestrian Access Ways sets out new procedures for the retention or closure of pedestrian access ways, if anti-social elements are unable to be appropriately managed.
“The guidelines also introduce a simplified procedure for dealing with pedestrian access way closure requests, establishing a clear, timely and transparent decision-making process.”
Both sets of guidelines were advertised for public comment and subject to consultation with local governments and the community.
Procedure for the Closure of Pedestrian Access Ways and Reducing Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Pedestrian Access Ways have been prepared by the Department of Planning and the Office of Crime Prevention and endorsed by the Western Australian Planning Commission.
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