Development
What fits where
Each precinct supports a different type of activity, from core aviation operations through to accommodation, logistics, highway-facing
services and industrial uses.
Airside Precinct
- Support and maintain the ongoing general aviation operations of Port Hedland International Airport.
- Accommodate expected future growth while delivering a safe and optimal level of service.
- Provide for land uses that are aviation related or public purpose uses that do not compromise its primary airport function.
Northern Precinct
- Accommodate a range of 'passive' land uses that do not detract from the safe and efficient operation of the Port Hedland International Airport.
- Have a high standard of presentation and built form as the Precinct is visible from the Great Northern Highway interchange.
- Responds to the constraints for the Northern Precinct, including limited access and the hydrological and topographical features of the land.
Terminal & General Aviation Precinct
- Facilitate activities that complement the primary function of the passenger terminal through the provision of short-term accommodation, retail, and hospitality services.
- Enhance the amenity and experience for those travelling to Port Hedland by plane and act as a 'gateway' to Port Hedland through high quality design, built form, landscaping, and streetscapes.
- Provide for land uses that do not compromise the potential future expansion of passenger terminal operations and other aviation related infrastructure.
Freight Precinct
- Facilitate a range of freight and logistical activities as well as community facilities that support and complement the adjoining workforce accommodation and airport operations.
- Provide for land uses that do not compromise the potential future expansion of terminal operations associated with the 'Terminal & General Aviation' Precinct.
Highway Precinct
- Provide for land uses that benefit from a close proximity to Great Northern Highway including service and commercial land use that are capable of co-existing with existing workforce accommodation sites.
- Have a high standard of presentation and built form as the Precinct is visible from Great Northern Highway.
Airport Industrial Park Precinct
- Provide for a broad range of industrial, service and storage activities which, by the nature of their operations, should be isolated from short-term accommodation and other sensitive land uses.
- Seek to manage impacts such as noise, dust, and odour within the Precinct.
- Provide opportunity for development that requires RAV 10 access from Great Northern Highway through the 'Highway Precinct' and future road connection to Kingsford Smith Business Park.
Light Industry / Warehouse Precinct
- Facilitate typical light industrial, commercial and supply chain logistical activities servicing the operations of the Port Hedland International Airport and broader Port Hedland business community.
- Provide for land uses that benefit from larger leasehold lots with a close proximity to Port Hedland International Airport, including temporary short-term accommodation uses that do not prejudice the longer-term development of the Precinct for light industry and warehouse land uses.
- Manage the potential for land use conflict where any development adjoins any short-term accommodation use, by ensuring the development suitably mitigates or manages impacts such as noise, dust, and odour.
- Compliment the adjoining Kingsford Smith Business Park, zoned SU2, through the provision of high quality design, built form and streetscapes.
Interface Precinct
- Manage the potential for land use conflict by establishing a buffer between interim sensitive land uses within the 'Light Industry / Warehouse Precinct' and the 'Airport Industrial Park Precinct'.
- Accommodate facilities that are compatible with any temporary workforce accommodation facilities located in the 'Light Industry / Warehouse Precinct'.