The bushland at the Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospital site at Lemnos Street forms an important ecological linkage between Shenton Park and Underwood Avenue Bush Forever sites. These link Kings Park and Bold Park – two of our most iconic green spaces.
Lemnos Street Bush contains significant portions of Banksia woodland and is an important feeding grounds for vulnerable black cockatoos, which are known to roost at nearby UWA sports grounds and Perry Lakes.
Claisebrook Road North, between Summer and Lord streets in East Perth, has been earmarked for a high-density transformation for decades. The City of Vincent’s vision – outlined in its Town Planning Scheme Number 2 (TPS2) could add 600 residents, 880 jobs and $47 million to the local economy. It is an exciting opportunity for residents and businesses to continue to grow the unique and vibrant culture of the area.
Underwood Avenue Bushland is a unique piece of bushland on the Swan Coastal Plain. Zoned Bush Forever site 119, the 32 hectare site contains Banksia woodland and tuart, both of have been deemed or are under priority assessment for recognition as a threatened ecological community. The site also contains some of the best jarrah woodland in the Perth Metropolitan Area. It acts as a feeding ground for endangered Carnaby’s cockatoos and vulnerable red-tailed black cockatoos and forms part of an important ecological linkage between Kings Park and Bold Park.
Moving the International School of Western Australia (ISWA) to the Doubleview Primary School site was part of the Barnett Government’s western suburbs school strategy; a plan which was intended to free up the City Beach Senior High School site so that it may be reopened in the future to cater for the projected population growth in the area. The Government has since scrapped that plan and instead built and opened Bob Hawke College, at Kitchener Park in Subiaco. Despite the ISWA move now being unnecessary, the process continued.
The proposed Ocean Reef marina development will be located on the narrow coastal Bush Forever site 325 and in the Class-A reserve Marmion Marine Park. There is a major abalone reef just to the north of the marina and reason to be concerned about the impact of the development on that reef. It is therefore imperative that best environmental practice be strictly adhered to through all stages of the design and build process.