Frequently Asked Questions

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The 550m Tanami Drive extension is now complete, delivering safer and more efiicient access for residents, visitors and emergency services. The upgrade includes a new roundabout at the intersection of Fairway Drive and Sanctuary Road, and forms part of a broader program of infrastructure upgrades being delivered by DevelopmentWA to support the expansion of the Broome North community.

The Shire of Broome’s Local Commercial Strategy identifies a long-term plan for a Broome North District Centre to be developed on the corner of Gubinge Road and Fairway Drive.  When built out, the future District Centre will accommodate two full size supermarkets as well as smaller retailers, and is expected to deliver significant amenity to the wider Broome North area.

DevelopmentWA has undertaken an amendment to ensure the Broome North Structure Plan is consistent with the Shire of Broome’s Local Commercial Strategy. The Strategy has redesignated the Local Centre site from a “proposed commercial site” to a “residential site,” which allowed development of stage 11 to accommodate more low-density housing.

The Local Commercial Strategy was developed by the Shire of Broome to provide direction for commercial land-use planning in Broome over the medium to long-term. It has been developed to guide the location and size of future commercial development within the Shire.

The Local Commercial Strategy is based on a review of the Shire of Broome’s previous Local Planning Strategy and Local Planning Scheme No.6. It drew insights from local commercial enterprises, government and major facility operators, population trends and household and business expenditure data, to provide a new medium and long-term Commercial Land Strategy.

DevelopmentWA, the State Government development agency is the developer of Broome North. We are working in close consultation with the Shire of Broome, the Department of Planning and Nyamba Buru Yawuru to ensure the development responds to the environmental conditions and cultural heritage of the area.

We have brought together some of the State’s leading architects, designers, urban planners, landscape architects, engineers, and technical advisors to help shape the master planning of the Broome North development area.

Broome North is the town’s largest land development comprising a future district shopping centre, four schools, Blue Haze light industrial precinct, and three residential estates. Once fully developed, it will double the size of the population of Broome.

Development is expected to take more than 20 years to complete. The 700-hectare project will include seven different residential neighbourhoods, primary and secondary schools, a variety of parks and open spaces, a district shopping centre with retail and commercial facilities, as well as light industrial and tourism opportunities.