Peel-Harvey Coastal Plain Land Use Planning Policy

State Planning Policy 2.1 for Western Australia's Peel-Harvey coastal plain catchment, created by the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage. The policy controls land use changes to prevent environmental damage to the Peel-Harvey estuarine system. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial planning controls for land use changes to prevent nutrient export into the drainage system.
• Map areas with high water-using vegetation cover targets within the Peel-Harvey coastal plain catchment.
• Assess policy alignment with the draft Environmental Protection Policy (Peel-Harvey Estuarine System) 1992 objectives.
• Model trade-offs between environmental protection and primary sector economic viability for land use planning.

Strengths

• Policy is maintained by the authoritative Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, SHP, and Geopackage.
• Updated recently, with a last modified date of March 2026.

Limitations

• No tabular column definitions or sample data are provided for analysis.
• The dataset scope is limited to a single catchment region in Western Australia.
• Data size and row counts are unknown, limiting assessment of granularity.

Provenance

Source

Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage, Spatial Data.

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-24.

Geography

Peel-Harvey coastal plain catchment, Western Australia.