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Coopers & Lybrand WD Scott (C & LWDS) were contracted to research market value of land information in WA. [1] In June 1990, Cabinet approved a number of recommendations including the elevation of WALIS to full program status within the Department of Land Administration (DOLA) – now known as Landgate. A second recommendation was to make the ...
Map of local government areas in Western Australia. There are 137 local government areas (LGAs) in Western Australia, [1] which comprise 27 cities, 102 shires, and 8 towns that manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by the Local Government Act 1995. [2]
The Western Australian Land Information Authority operates under the business name of Landgate. [2]Formerly known as the Department of Land Information (DLI), the Department of Land Administration (DOLA) and the Department of Lands and Surveys (DOLS), it is the statutory authority responsible for property and land information in Western Australia.
In 2017, a departmental reorganisation led to the consolidation of all state government land use and heritage responsibilities under a single Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage. [8] The department currently exercises various planning decision-making responsibilities under delegation from the Western Australian Planning Commission .
The land area managed by the Department was about 9.78% of the land area of Western Australia. CALM-managed lands and waters received 11,842,000 visits during 2005-2006. Between 1998 and 2006, the number of people registered as volunteers with the Department grew from 836 to 3,882 with 470,600 hours contributed.
The associated land valuations were contentious with more than 1,800 appeals and objections received by the middle of 1913. [4] In his first year, commissioner McKay had underneath him 105 tax officers, assessed approximately 15,000 land tax returns and collected £1.3 million to £1.4 million.
The Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) is an independent statutory authority of the Government of Western Australia that exists to coordinate strategic and statutory planning for future urban, rural, and regional land use. [1] The WAPC fulfils various statutory responsibilities first established in 1955. [2]
The land district is the highest level of land division actively used in Western Australian land titles, and has been in use in some form since the earliest days of the Swan River Colony, although only achieved statutory recognition with the enactment of section 7 the Land Act 1898.