Of the additional 800,000 homes in the wider metropolitan, the State Government has earmarked a target of 4,150 homes within the Town of Bassendean by 2050. This ambition was the catalyst for revisiting and revisioning the current (2015) Local Planning Strategy.

In partnering to co-create this strategy for the future, Creating Communities began with the most significant constituents of the stakeholder group: the community. 

Utilising our Opportunity Model to explore the nexus of government, business and community aspirations, we worked with all stakeholder groups to uncover the potential creative and lasting solutions that the situation made possible. 

Population growth scenarios such as this, without the appropriate scaffolding of purpose and possibility, can be a breeding ground for concern among local communities, so engagement needed to be extensive, informative and transparent. 

Working alongside Anthony Duckworth (Fairplace.), Creating Communities developed a range of engagement initiatives, including design workshops and stakeholder forums, as well as an Ideas Hub and online polls. This diversity of consultation options provided a broad context for engagement increasing not only the number of people responding but also the breadth of demographic encompassed.