History

Fifty years ago Kwinana represented the benchmark of modern industrial development in Western Australia.

Latitude 32 is destined to become a cornerstone for the development of industry in Kwinana/Rockingham for the decade to come.

In 2000 the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) completed the Fremantle Rockingham Industrial Regional Area Strategy (FRIARS) to provide strategic land use planning direction for the region over the coming 20-25 years.

FRIARS identified the redevelopment of the Hope Valley Wattleup area as regionally significant for the future industrial and economic growth of WA.

The strategy highlighted the strategic significance of the region - which had experienced major population growth over the previous decade – being located adjacent to WA’s primary heavy industrial precinct, the Kwinana Industrial Area (KIA); its proximity to the State’s principal existing port facilities at Fremantle; and the fact it was adjacent to a proposed major new port expected to be developed.

FRIARS further addressed conflicts associated with inappropriate land uses, such as residential, in the Kwinana Environmental Protection Policy area.

The Hope Valley Wattleup Redevelopment Act (2000).

Mandated by legislation, The Hope Valley Wattleup Redevelopment Act (2000) defined an area of more than 1,400ha in the local government areas of Cockburn and Kwinana for redevelopment for industrial use.

The Act requires LandCorp - the State Government’s property developer - to plan, undertake, promote and coordinate the development and redevelopment of land within the Hope Valley Wattleup Project (HVWP) area.

In March 2005, the HVWP Master Plan - developed by LandCorp in consultation with the Department for Planning and Infrastructure (WA Planning Commission) and the then Department of the Environment (DoE) - was gazetted.

The area was officially re-branded as Latitude 32 Industry Zone  in December 2006.