[2026] WASAT 36
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State Administrative Tribunal (WA)
2026-04-15
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I certify that the preceding paragraph(s) comprise the reasons for decision of the State Administrative Tribunal.
[1] Respondent's Statement of Issues Facts and Contentions filed on 17 October 2025 (Exhibit 2) (Respondent's SIFC), para 5; Respondent's s 24 Bundle of documents (Exhibit 9) (Respondent's s 24 Bundle), page 12; ts 3 - 4, 16 December 2025.
[2] Respondent's s 24 Bundle, page 117 (Zoning Plan) and page 326 (Table 10, Sch 7 to LPS 8). See also Scheme Map 13, Davenport Locality South.
[3] Respondent's s 24 Bundle, pages 13 - 14.
[4] As shown as 'E' on Deposited Plan 427522. Witness statement of Aaron Mile filed on 28 November 2025, para 25.
[6] Witness statement of David Prater filed on 2 December 2025 (Exhibit 7), para 9.
[8] The development application proposed the upgrading of the existing crossover but at the final hearing the applicants modified the development application to relocate the crossover as shown in Figure 17 on page 33 of the witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025; ts 10, 16 December 2025.
[10] Respondent's s 24 Bundle, page 125 - 134.
[11] Respondent's s 24 Bundle, page 134 - 137.
[13] See Pacesetter Homes Pty Ltd v State Planning Commission (1993) 84 LGERA 71 at 85 which referred, with approval, to the decision of Yaksich v Town Planning Board (Unreported; Town Planning Appeals Tribunal; Appeal No 15 of 1979; 19 December 1979); ts 192, 5 February 2026.
[14] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025 (Exhibit 6), para 60; Figure 13.
[15] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 61; Figure 14 and Figure 15.
[20] Witness statement of Aaron Milne filed on 28 November 2025 (Exhibit 5), para 29.
[21] Witness statement of Aaron Milne filed on 28 November 2025, para 28.
[22] See Ausroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 5: Link Management. See also DC 5.1, cl 3.2.3.
[23] Witness statement of Cameron Scott filed on 28 November 2025 (Exhibit 4), para 60.
[24] Witness statement of Cameron Scott filed on 28 November 2025, para 58 and para 60.
[25] Applicants' Statement of Issues Facts and Contentions filed on 3 November 2025 (Exhibit 1) (Applicants' SIFC), para 16; ts 20, 27, 16 December 2025.
[27] Applicants' amended closing submissions, para 16.
[29] Applicants amended closing submission, para 3.
[30] Applicants' amended closing submissions filed on 5 February 2026, para 86.3.
[31] Witness statement of David Prater filed on 2 December 2025, para 19; Annexure DP-2 - Summary Table of Vehicle Movements in 2024; ts 32, 16 December 2025.
[33] Witness statement of David Prater filed on 2 December 2025, para 20.
[34] Witness statement of David Prater filed on 2 December 2025, para 20.
[35] ts 46, 16 December 2025; ts 53, 16 December 2025.
[36] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 27; ts 55, 16 December 2025.
[37] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 27; ts 54, 16 December 2025; ts 106, 108, 16 December 2025.
[38] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 27.
[39] Witness statement of Cameron Scott filed on 28 November 2025, para 26; ts 55, 16 December 2025.
[43] Witness statement of Aaron Milne filed on 28 November 2025, para 30.
[44] ts 57, 16 December 2025; ts 163, 17 December 2025.
[45] Witness statement of Aaron Milne filed on 28 November 2025, para 30.
[53] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 32.
[54] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 68.
[55] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 68; ts 71, 73, 16 December 2025.
[56] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 68.
[57] ts 61, 16 December 2025; see Applicant's bundle of documents (Exhibit 11), page 304.
[58] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 68.
[59] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 57.
[60] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 58; Figure 12.
[62] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 59; ts 59, 16 December 2025.
[63] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 65 - 66.
[64] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 66.
[65] Witness statement of Cameron Scott filed on 28 November 2025, para 62; ts 105, 16 December 2025.
[66] Witness statement of Cameron Scott filed on 28 November 2025, para 54, Annexure 1.
[69] Witness statement of Aaron Milne filed on 28 November 2025, para 33.
[71] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 18.
[72] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 35; Figure 2; Respondent's supplementary bundle (Exhibit 10). page 326.
[73] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 36.
[76] ts 151, 17 December 2025; Exhibit 18.
[77] ts 67, 16 December 2025; ts 151, 17 December 2025.
[78] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, paras 40 - 41.
[79] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 41.
[80] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 62; Figure 16.
[81] Witness statement of Cameron Scott filed on 28 November 2025, para 53.
[82] Witness statement of Cameron Scott filed on 28 November 2025, para 52.
[83] Witness statement of Cameron Scott filed on 28 November 2025, para 52.
[84] Stopping Sight Distance (or SSD) represents the distance travelled in the time it takes to stop once an object greater than 100 millimetres in height is recognised: ts 68, 16 December 2025.
[86] Respondent's SIFC, para 47(a); ts 10, 16 December 2025.
[87] The MRWA Driveways Policy provides in cl 2.4.7 that 'Stopping Sight Distance is used as a buffer distance for high risk areas at an overtaking lane because it ensures that if a driver is required to stop at a driveway due to an event, that manoeuvre does not overlap with the diverge or merge locations, where drivers attentions would be focused on diverging and merging'.
[88] Witness statement of Aaron Milne filed on 28 November 2025, para 35.
[92] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 42.
[94] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 43. Respondent's supplementary bundle (Exhibit 10), page 185 (Table 5.5) and page 188 (Tabel 5.6).
[97] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 44; ts 69, 16 December 2025.
[98] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 45; Figure 8; ts 138, 17 December 2025.
[99] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 45; Figure 8.
[100] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 46; ts 138 - 139, 17 December 2025.
[101] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 47.
[102] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 48; Figure 9; ts 71, 16 December 2025.
[104] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 48; ts 75, 16 December 2025; ts 105, 16 December 2025.
[105] Witness statement of Darren Levey filed on 2 December 2025, para 51; ts 121, 16 December 2025.
[107] ts 72 - 73, 16 December 2025; ts 138, 17 December 2025.
[110] ts 72, 16 December 2025; ts 131, 17 December 2025.
[111] ts 117, 16 December 2025; ts 131, 17 December 2025.
[112] Witness statement of Cameron Scott filed on 28 November 2025, para 46.
[114] Witness statement of Cameron Scott filed on 28 November 2025, para 63.
[116] 'Regional Road' is defined in DC 5.1 to mean 'any road reserved under the Metropolitan Region Scheme or under any other regional planning scheme as well as any other road classified as primary or district distributors in accordance with the Commission's Policy No. DC 1.4 Functional Road Classification for Planning'.
[117] See also cl 5.1 of draft WAPC Operational Policy 1.12 - Planning proposals adjoining Regional Roads in Western Australia, March 2023 which refers to the same general presumption.
[118] Re Drake and Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (No 2) [1979] AATA 179; (1979) 2 ALD 634 at 644-5; Marshall v Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority [2015] WASC 226 at [182].
[121] ts 25, 16 December 2025. Amended closing submissions filed on 5 February 2026, para 77.3.
[125] ts 38 - 39, 16 December 2025; Exhibits 14 - 16.
[132] ts 90 - 91, 16 December 2025; ts 108, 112 - 113, 16 December 2025.
[137] Applicants amended closing submissions filed on 5 February 2026, para 61.
[138] See, for example, Challenger Listed Investments Ltd and Metropolitan North-West Joint Development Assessment Panel [2013] WASAT 90 at [47] and WA Timber Supplies and City of Swan [2020] WASAT 153 at [193].
[141] Marshall at [179] - [180].
[146] Witness statement of Philip Diamond filed on 28 November 2025 (Exhibit 3), para 46.
[147] Witness statement of Philip Diamond filed on 28 November 2025, para 47.
[148] Witness statement of Philip Diamond filed on 28 November 2025, paras 48 - 49.
[149] Witness statement of Philip Diamond filed on 28 November 2025, para 77.
[150] Applicants' amended closing submissions filed on 5 February 2026, para 110.
[151] Applicants' SIFC, para 22; ts 24, 16 December 2025.
[152] Witness statement of Aaron Lohman filed on 2 December 2025 (Exhibit 8), para 234.
[153] Witness statement of Aaron Lohman filed on 2 December 2025, para 241.
[154] Table 8 of Sch 5 to LPS 8. Witness statement of Aaron Lohman filed on 2 December 2025, para 43 and para 235. Respondent's s 24 Bundle, page 321.
[155] Witness statement of Aaron Lohman filed on 2 December 2025, para 236 - 237.
[156] Witness statement of Aaron Lohman filed on 2 December 2025, para 239.
[157] Witness statement of Aaron Lohman filed on 2 December 2025, para 238.
[158] Witness statement of Aaron Lohman filed on 2 December 2025, para 240.
[159] Witness statement of Aaron Lohman filed on 2 December 2025, para 243.
[160] Deemed Provisions, cl 27(2)(a) and cl 27(2)(b).
Challenger Listed Investments Ltd and Metropolitan North-West Joint Development Assessment Panel [2013] WASAT 90
Marshall v Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority [2015] WASC 226
Re Drake and Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (No 2) [1979] AATA 179; (1979) 2 ALD 634
WA Timber Supplies and City of Swan [2020] WASAT 153
(1993) 84 LGERA 71