Plans for new beach suburb
Perth's urban sprawl - among the biggest in the world - will march on with a coastal community to be built between Yanchep and Alkimos.
The 240ha community will be known as Allara, an Aboriginal word for daylight, with the potential to accommodate 3400 home sites and a population of 7500 people over the next 10 years.
The development is a joint venture between the State Government's LandCorp and the Satterley Property Group.
LandCorp chief executive Frank Marra said the community would embrace the natural environment and promote affordable, sustainable living.
He said underlining this philosophy was Allara's road layout, which would allow for housing lots to maximise solar power and energy efficiency in building design.
"Our vision for Allara is to create an attractive, well-planned, self-sustaining community offering excellence in design and a variety of home sites and amenities to meet the needs of our growing population," he said.
Allara will be bounded by Marmion Avenue, the future Mitchell Freeway extension and Pipidinny Road. It is 45km north of Perth's CBD and 4.5km from Alkimos beach.
Satterley chief executive Nigel Satterley said Allara would have one of Perth's biggest ranges of home sites.
The area from Burns Beach Road to Yanchep is Australia's sixth fastest-growing region. The Alkimos-Eglinton precinct will ultimately be home to more than 55,000 people and have 11 schools and a marina.
As reported by _The Weekend West _in June, the latest population audit by the US website Demographia ranked Perth as the world's 59th biggest city in geographic size. But of all the non-US cities in the top 60, Perth has the lowest population of 1.67 million people.
The ranking puts Perth just behind Manila (58th, population 22.71 million) and London (55th, 10.15 million) and ahead of Montreal (60th, 3.47 million), Tehran (71st, 13.42 million), and Berlin (74th, 4 million).
Experts fear if Perth continues to spread at the current rate, it will stretch 270km - from Myalup to Lancelin - by 2050.
This week, the Property Council of Australia called on the WA Government to review its strategy on infill housing development in Perth after figures showed the rate was falling behind State targets.
The WA Planning Commission revealed the proportion of infill development versus development on Perth's urban fringe fell from 32 per cent in 2011 to 28 per cent in 2012.
The State's long-term infill target for Perth is 47 per cent.
'Our vision is to create an attractive, well-planned, self-sustaining community.'" LandCorp chief *Frank Marra *
