Draft Medium Density Code Submission

The Committee for Perth (Committee) is WA’s leading think tank. With over than 100 members covering more than 40 sectors, we thank you for the opportunity to make a submission on draft Medium Density Code (Code).

This response has been prepared following a briefing on the policy, feedback from the Committee for Perth Reshaping working Group, and a comprehensive review of Committee for Perth research.

Key research documents that provide the evidence base for this submission include:

• Final reports for Committee for Perth major research projects – Get a Move On!, Bigger and Better Beyond the Boom and Hashtag Perth;
• Committee for Perth research including: FACTBase Special Report: Perth as a region of 2 million people;
• FACTBase Bulletin 50: Examining 60 Years of Strategic Planning in Metropolitan Perth and Peel;
• FACTBase Bulletin 73: Making Strategic Jobs Count: Addressing Issues of Spatial Inequality.