Department of Planning

The WA Department of Planning has statewide responsibility for the planning for future communities. It formed on 1 July 2009 following the split of the Department for Planning and Infrastructure into three agencies. The department plays a vital role in improving the quality of life of all Western Australians. It plans the cities and towns in which we live and the transport routes that connect us to our jobs, friends and places of recreation. It generates thousands of direct and indirect jobs through the planning approval process.

Contact Details

Gordon Stephenson House , 140 William Street PERTH WA 6000

08 6551 9000

corporate@planning.wa.gov.au

www.planning.wa.gov.au

Company Activity

	NEWS: Tagged in Sandfire CEO responds to heritage damage drama	06 Dec 2023
	NEWS: Tagged in Miner, Aboriginal group in heritage stoush	05 Dec 2023
	NEW ROLE: John Carey, Minister for Planning	08 Jun 2023
	NEWS: Tagged in Appointments December 23, 2022	22 Dec 2022
	NEW ROLE: Ashley Vincent, Acting Managing Director, METRONET	08 Feb 2022
	NEW ROLE: Anthony Kannis, Director General	08 Feb 2022
	NEWS: Tagged in Pressure builds in project pipeline	20 Jul 2021
	NEWS: Tagged in Moore builds on case for design	16 Jun 2021
	NEWS: Tagged in Politics of planning spark Nedlands poll	08 Jun 2021
	NEW ROLE: Rita Saffioti, Minister for Planning	18 Mar 2021

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Notable People

Name	Position	Year Started
Ashley Vincent	Acting Managing Director, METRONET	2022
John Carey	Minister for Planning	2023

Past People

Name	Position	Year Started	Year Ended
Rita Saffioti	Minister for Planning	2017	2023
Anthony Kannis	Managing Director, METRONET	2017	2022
Alex Petrovski	Senior Planning Officer	2008	2018
Jacquie Stone	Principal Planning Officer	2010	2017
Gail McGowan	Director General	2014	2017
Julie Matheson	Development Assessment Panel Member	2015	2017
John Day	Minister for Planning	2008	2016
Courtney Barron	Principal Policy Officer	2015	2016
Emma Thunder	Acting Independent Planning Reviewer (since 2015)	2013	2016
Renata Paliskis	Regional Manager, Pilbara	2015	2015
Ryan Hall	Planning Manager	2014	2015
Ross Montgomery	Urban Design Director	2011	2014
Craig Shepherd	Planning Manager	2010	2014
Alix Rhodes	Director, Metropolitan Strategic Planning	2007	2014
Kerry Smyth	A/Director, GIS Directions Program	2011	2014
Duncan Ord	Acting Director General	2013	2014
Eric Lumsden	Director General	2008	2013
Matthew Riordan	Principal Planner, Policy Implementation	2012	2013
Dale Putland	Planning Manager/Director (since 2009)	2006	2012
Felicity Morel-EdnieBrown	Director, Stakeholder Management & Strategy	2010	2012
Gary Prattley	Non-Executive Chair	2009	2012
Noelene Jennings	Executive Director, Governance & People Services	2009	2012
Martin Mileham	Executive Director, Strategy, Policy & Projects	2009	2012
Amanda Shipton	Senior Planning Positions, Regional Land Use & Infrastructure	2005	2011
Jane Hammond	Principal Policy & Legislation Officer	2008	2011
Bruce MacDonnel	Executive Director, Perth, Peel, South West Planning & Strategy	0	2011
Kerry Smyth	Manager, Mapping & Geospatial Data	2007	2011
Jacquie Stone	Senior Planning Officer	2006	2010
Michael D'Souza	Executive Director, Strategic Corporate Support	2009	2010
Natasha Farrell	Manager, Communications	2006	2010
Charles Johnson	Executive Director, Strategic Policy & Research	2008	2010
David Arkwright	Strategic Planner	2007	2009
Mike Mouritz	Executive Director, Dept of Planning & Infrastructure	2003	2008
Martin Richardson	Executive Director, Urban Policy	2006	2008
Ross Weaver	GIS Mapping Officer	2006	2007
Greg Martin	Director General, WA Department for Planning & Infrastructure	2002	2007
Natasha Farrell	Media Officer	1999	2006
Denis Waddams	Senior Oracle DBA	1996	2005
Leigh Carroll	Verification Manager, Test Manager since 2001	2000	2005
Denise Morgan	Senior Project Officer	2004	2005
Amanda Shipton	Senior Planner, Kimberley	2002	2005
Rachel Chapman	Coordinator, Country Planning Northern & Eastern Regions	2003	2004
Kareena May	Town Planner	1999	2003
Amanda Shipton	Senior Environmental Planner	1999	2002
Belinda Moharich	Legal & Policy Officer	1999	2001
Paul Frewer	Executive Director, Acting Chief Executive	1994	2001
Matt Raymond	Planning Officer	1998	2000
Roy Winslow	Planning Officer (Contract)	1998	1999
Rachel Chapman	Planning Officer, Senior Planner	1994	1999
Piers Higgs	Research Officer, GIS	1996	1997
Rochelle Lavery	Senior Planner	1995	1997
Rod Dixon	Town Planner	1990	1994
Anne Hill	Executive Director, Infrastructure, Project, Policy and Research
Kym Davis	A/Executive Director - Perth, Peel, South West
Sue Burrows	Executive Director, Perth & Peel Planning
David Saunders	Executive Director, Regional Planning & Strategy