Tasmanian town planning laws to be simplified
2015-11-13
The Tasmanian Government is introducing legislation to simplify the state’s planning process.
Peter Gutwein, Tasmania’s Minister for Planning and Local Government, says new laws will ensure 80 per cent state-wide consistency across its Local Government Areas.
At present, there’s only 15 per cent consistency across Tasmania’s 29 councils, a system Gutwein describes as a “nightmare”.
“The [new] planning system will be faster, fairer, simpler and cheaper, which will encourage more confidence for those looking to invest and expand,” he says.
Mary Massina, executive chair of the Tasmanian Planning Reform Taskforce, says the changes have been a long time coming.
A single state-wide planning scheme will remove what Massina calls the “single biggest barrier to investment and job creation”.
“The creation of a single set of planning rules will take Tasmania from the worst to first,” she says.
Brian Wightman, Tasmanain executive director of the Property Council, says the state had been ranked last in his organisation’s Development Assessment Report Card 2015, but the new reforms should change next year’s result.
The reforms will deliver consistency, drive improvement and “lead to the state moving off the bottom rung of the planning ladder”, Wightman says.
“The property sector is a major player in the state’s economy, contributing $2 billion in Gross State Product, employing seven per cent of the workforce and driving a significant resurgence of activity across Tasmania.”
source: http://www.apimagazine.com.au/api-online/news/2015/11/tasmanian-town-planning-laws-to-be-simplified
Peter Gutwein, Tasmania’s Minister for Planning and Local Government, says new laws will ensure 80 per cent state-wide consistency across its Local Government Areas.
At present, there’s only 15 per cent consistency across Tasmania’s 29 councils, a system Gutwein describes as a “nightmare”.
“The [new] planning system will be faster, fairer, simpler and cheaper, which will encourage more confidence for those looking to invest and expand,” he says.
Mary Massina, executive chair of the Tasmanian Planning Reform Taskforce, says the changes have been a long time coming.
A single state-wide planning scheme will remove what Massina calls the “single biggest barrier to investment and job creation”.
“The creation of a single set of planning rules will take Tasmania from the worst to first,” she says.
Brian Wightman, Tasmanain executive director of the Property Council, says the state had been ranked last in his organisation’s Development Assessment Report Card 2015, but the new reforms should change next year’s result.
The reforms will deliver consistency, drive improvement and “lead to the state moving off the bottom rung of the planning ladder”, Wightman says.
“The property sector is a major player in the state’s economy, contributing $2 billion in Gross State Product, employing seven per cent of the workforce and driving a significant resurgence of activity across Tasmania.”
source: http://www.apimagazine.com.au/api-online/news/2015/11/tasmanian-town-planning-laws-to-be-simplified
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