Future Stirling
To ensure we’re strategic and intentional about our shared future, the City is undertaking a major review of our Strategic Community Plan.
We’re working on a new Local Planning Strategy to guide how our neighbourhoods grow and change, including housing, jobs, transport, and community spaces.
This strategy will set the long-term direction for planning and deliver actionable outcomes through zoning, infrastructure, and policy decisions, and we’re inviting you to help shape it as part of Future Stirling.
The Local Planning Strategy will help us prepare for:
- A projected population increase to 341,780 residents within the next 30 years.
- A State Government target of 149,900 total dwellings by 2050, positioning Stirling as the largest contributor to new housing within existing suburbs in the Perth and Peel region.
To meet these challenges, we’re focusing urban growth in well-connected areas – such as transit nodes and established activity centres – by encouraging diverse, sustainable housing and enhancing liveability.
This next phase of Planning Sustainable Stirling builds on community insights from the 2023 Urban Change Readiness Index, which highlighted a key opportunity: raising awareness about the scale of future population growth and the benefits of creating more housing in established areas.
Explore our FAQs below to deepen your knowledge, then get involved in Future Stirling to make our community an even better place to live, work, and belong.
Source: Central Sub-Regional Planning Framework.
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The City is expected to welcome 115,000 new residents within the next 30 years, requiring 51,000 new homes. Growth is driven by population trends and State Government targets – and it’s our chance to shape a more vibrant, connected, and sustainable City.
- Greater housing diversity and choice for all life stages and budgets
- More vibrant centres with cafes, shops, events, and public spaces
- Enhanced public and active transport networks for better connectivity and accessibility
- Reduced carbon emissions and improved public health through walkable, well-connected neighbourhoods and active transport
- Strategic and efficient land use and infrastructure planning to support a connected, liveable and resilient city
- A reimagined urban form guided by contemporary design principle.
As well as greater supply, we need a mix of homes – from apartments to townhouses – to suit different needs and lifestyles. These should be located near transit nodes and activity centres. Planning areas for urban change will be identified in the new Local Planning Strategy but may include Balcatta, Dianella, Glendalough, Innaloo, Inglewood, Karrinyup, Mirrabooka, Mount Lawley, Osborne Park, Westminster, Scarborough, and Yokine.
By improving road networks, designing walkable neighbourhoods, and supporting public and active transport – making travel easier, safer, and more sustainable.
Well-planned urban areas reduce car dependency, support energy-efficient buildings, and make better use of infrastructure – helping both you and the City live more sustainably.
Urban change is guided by State and local planning policies. Council leads local implementation, while developers, planners, and the community all play a role in shaping how and where change occurs, as well as the character of their suburbs.
The 2024 Report of Review found that the City is experiencing rapid population growth and must plan for significantly more housing to meet State dwelling targets. Local governments need to review and ensure their planning frameworks (Local Planning Strategy, Local Planning Scheme and Local Planning Policies) are contemporary and fit for purpose to accommodate future population change and economic development over a 15-year planning period. The new strategy will prioritise key areas and set planning directions and actions that will be crucial to managing growth.
LPS4 sets out the way land is to be used and developed, while the new Local Planning Strategy provides the long-term planning directions and actions to manage the land use change and development in the City.
Join us through Future Stirling! Share your ideas via a survey, workshops, and other engagement activities. Your input helps shape the future of your neighbourhood and the wider City.
We’ll gather community input, refine growth priorities, and in 2026 present a draft Local Planning Strategy for your review as part of community consultation. Once finalised, it will guide development across Stirling for decades to come.
