Going to extraordinary lengths to deliver two worker accommodation projects, the WA Government is selling an 8.8ha seaside site for $1 as a developer seeks to extend a maximum five-year approval by 10 years.

WA planning and lands minister John Carey said his government would sell 8.8ha of “underutilised” land owned by the Crown to the City of Greater Geraldton for $1 to support development of a 140-unit key worker village.

“The sale ... is a recognition of the significant benefit this project will have for the Geraldton community and for the region’s growing economy,” he said.