Phase 1: consists of a literature review and assessment of sustainable development options. It provides site selection criteria to determine the most appropriate site to trial development options in Phase 2. Phase 1 is a desk top study accompanied by liaisons with key agencies involved in the development and in the delivery of infrastructure and sustainability initiatives. An inter-agency Sustainable Development Steering Committee with representatives from the Department of Planning and Infrastructure, the Department of Environment, the Sustainable Energy Development Office, and the Department of Premier and Cabinet’s Sustainability Policy Unit, examined over 120 sustainable development options.

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Phase 2: The objective of the study is to set clear objectives, costs and benefits for a more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable land settlement model. The test site for the facilitated demonstration project is land owned by Land and Housing Development on Ranford Road, Forrestdale.. The site is 19 kilometres South by South East of the Perth Central Business District. The report is founded on the assumption that the design and servicing of cities and our survival are intimately related. Therefore any attempt at providing a sustainable future for ourselves and future generations, must be pursued through development of more sustainable cities now.

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Phase 3 has been a testing and review phase aimed at ensuring project feasibility and ensuring that the sustainability initiatives can be implemented. The issue of solar access to lots and liveability of lots has also resulted in several redesigns of the plan.

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PLEASE NOTE: Tenders for the Sustainable Land Development projects are available only from the Tenders Office of the Department of Housing and Works, 99 Plain Street, East Perth 2003, and in hard copy.