THE proposed North Stoneville development is due back in the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) for a directions hearing next month.

On Monday the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage confirmed SAT has scheduled a directions hearing for Friday, November 8.

The directions hearing follows the environmental approval of North Stoneville SP 34 last month by federal Environment Minister Tania Plibersek.

WA Senator Linda Reynolds along with the Liberal candidate for Bullwinkel Matt Moran and the Liberal candidate for Kalamunda Adam Hort said SAT should to listen to the community and reject the proposal.

They said Ms Plibersek had ignored residents and signalled approval for a development opposed by them for more than three decades despite having the capacity and authority to defer the decision under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

When her decision was announced Ms Plibersek said her approval only related to the project’s effects on matters of national environmental significance.

This week the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water said in accordance with statutory timeframes under National environmental law, a decision for the North Stoneville townsite development was required no later than September 18 with approval given on September 16.