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Pilbara Land and Housing Update
Matt Read
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Summary
• LandCorp’s Role
• Project Updates
• Where to from here?
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About LandCorp • We are a Government Trading Enterprise
operating under separate legislation.
• LandCorp’s business is divided into four programs:
• Regional Development
• Industry and Infrastructure
• Metropolitan
• Government Services
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LandCorp in the Pilbara • Working within Government
• Working to deliver the Pilbara Cities Vision
• Varied roles across each town
LandCorp in the Pilbara • Working within Government
• Working to deliver the Pilbara Cities Vision
• Varied roles across each town
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What has been achieved?
Growth Plans….. Clear strategic direction is
critical and underpins much of our work
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Service Workers Accommodation
• 100 Service Worker Units • Funded by R4R • Governance requirements
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Baynton West
2009
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Baynton West
2013
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Madigan Road
• 800 Lots zoned Urban Development
• Stage 1 Complete
• A range of lot sizes available
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Karratha City of the North
Before
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Now
Karratha City of the North
• Transforming the Town Centre
• Funded by R4R
• Private Sector Opportunity
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Spoilbank Marina
• Cabinet Approved Funding
• Scheme Amendment Progressing
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Pretty Pool
• 450 Dwellings
• Potential for further development
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South Hedland Town Centre
2009
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South Hedland Town Centre
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South Hedland Town Centre
• Funded by R4R
• Stage 1 and 2 complete
• Catalyst for other works
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Newman
Town Centre • Total of $40 million in R4R funding • Stages 1 and 2 complete
Residential • 160 residential lots created in the last year • Service Worker Accommodation
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Onslow
• Master Plan
• Subdivision Approval, First Lots (tender award for first 220 lots is imminent)
• In Principal Pre Funding Agreement
• ANSIA Development Plan Infrastructure Supply is the key issue
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- Normalised industrial land supply in Karratha and Port Hedland
- In Aggregate Gap Ridge and Wedgefield are of similar size to Canning Vale Industrial Estate
- 200 hectares of industrial project ready land earmarked for Onslow
- Strategic Industrial Areas – Boodarie/Anketell/Ashburton North progressing towards being project ready
- Flexible lot sizing
- Economic Diversity (Gap Ridge: 1,600 jobs and $1 billion dollars in sales by 2026) Source: Gap Ridge Economic Assessment Jul 2013
Industrial Output
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Pilbara housing market
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Pilbara rental market
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Where to from here?
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Port Hedland – Athol Street
• 40 hectares being rezoned
South Hedland – Western Edge
• 220 hectares rezoned
Karratha - Madigan
• 67 hectares rezoned
Karratha - Mulataga
• 168 hectares rezoned
• 40 hectares subdivision approved
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• Zoning
• Native Title
• Viability
• Subdivision Approval
Newman
• 50 hectares being rezoned
• 140 lot subdivision approved
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• 450 Hectares
• Waste Water
Treatment Plant
• Water Tanks
• Aboriginal Heritage
• Racecourse
• Pony Club
• Recreation
• Mangroves
• Tidal
• Storm Impacts
• Heritage Sites
• Rail Line
• Dust and Noise
East Port Hedland Constraints East Port Hedland
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East Port Hedland Flooding
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Proposed Land Release Strategy -Staging
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• Maintain the Vision
• Seek Native Title Resolution
• Market the Vision
• Engage the Private Sector
• Consider alternate procurement/sales methodologies
• Understand and adapt to current market conditions
• Continue Community Engagement
• Inform Cost and Quality of Development
• Infrastructure Supply
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Thank You
