Welcome to the Shire of Brookton website, where you can find information about Brookton, our Council and our Community.

Whether you are a community member or a visitor, we hope that you will find the information here relevant and useful to you.

We endeavour to continuously improve and update this website and welcome your suggestions. Just leave us a message on the Feedback Form.

If you need further assistance, please contact us:

Phone: 9642 1106

Fax: 9642 1173

Email: mail@brookton.wa.gov.au

Post: PO Box 42 - Brookton WA 6306

In person: Shire Administration Office, 14 White Street, Brookton

Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.30pm

FIRE INFORMATION

The RESTRICTED BURNING PERIOD has ended and there are no fire restrictions in place. We ask residents to use common sense when burning off and minimise the smoke nuisance for neighbours.

 HARVEST BANS: 9487 8128

TO REPORT A FIRE, PHONE 000

For up to date information on Total Harvest Bans declared by FESA, go to: http://www.fesa.wa.gov.au/totalfirebans/Pages/default.aspx

WHITE STREET PRECINCT MASTER PLAN 

The Project

The White Street Precinct Master Plan is being developed by Landscape Planners Pty Ltd in conjunction with the Shire of Brookton.

The Master Plan is intended to guide the future development of the precinct and provide planning and flexibility for current and future uses of the site, whilst providing the desired aesthetic, rural heritage and character of the Brookton townscape. No projects for the precinct are proposed at this time, but as priorities arise and funding sources become available over the next 25 or 50 years, much of the preliminary planning will have been already completed.

The Draft Precinct Plan

A draft precinct plan was developed to aid in the community consultation phase of the project and will be shaped based on the community consultation to form a final community focused Precinct Plan.

The White Street Precinct Plan is ideally placed to become a vibrant administration resource and recreation hub for the town of Brookton, providing accommodation and services within walking distance of the main street and adjacent recreational facilities.

Responses from the advertised community consultation will be collated and assessed and a small workshop is planned to further discuss the project, shortly after the advertising period closes. Respondents and stakeholders will be contacted with details of the workshop.

Comments Received from Community Members

17 responses were received, including 16 individual responses and one from the Brookton Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service Brigade. The responses canvas a wide range of views, including:

• supporting the inclusion of the relocated caravan park;
• opposing the inclusion of the relocated caravan park;
• retention of the fire brigade running track, inclusion of a new fire and rescue station;
• co-location of RV dump point and caravan park (wherever that might be); and
• support for provision of various types of accommodation.

Common Misconceptions about the Purpose or Detail of the Precinct Plan

Several misconceptions were expressed about the purpose or detail of the precinct plan. These included:

• The individual projects shown on the plan were about to be started - NOT TRUE. There are no plans to commence any of the projects depicted on the plan, it is a Master Plan for development over the next 25 or 50 years.
• Rates will be raised to pay for the projects depicted on the plan - NOT TRUE. There are no plans to raise rates or finance projects out of current Shire budgets or in the short term. It is much more likely that the various stakeholders in conjunction with the Shire will have to apply to outside funding sources for funds to undertake any development depicted on the plan.
• Recreation zoned land will be sold off for residential use - NOT TRUE. There is currently residential development on Shire land - Mokine Cottages - and similar development concepts have been mooted, for both aged care but also other demographic-specific groups as required.
• The old tennis club would be demolished to make way for a new caravan park kitchen - NOT NECESSARILY. Adaptive reuse of the existing structure may be beneficial both from a cost and sentimental viewpoint.

More soon on this website and at the workshop! Constructive comments and queries are welcomed. Please contact Rosalie Pech Eva, Planning Officer at the Shire offices on 9642 1106 or by email at co@brookton.wa.gov.au.

Precinct Plan Drawing 1

Precinct Plan Drawing 2

Precinct Plan Drawing 3

Precinct Plan Drawing 4