Overview
Local Provisions Schedules (LPSs), together with the State Planning Provisions (SPPs), form the Tasmanian Planning Scheme for a municipal area. There are to be 29 LPSs across Tasmania. This is an assessment of a LPS to determine if it meets the LPS criteria under section 34 the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993.
Received
LPS pre-lodgement compliance briefing (non-statutory)
Northern Midlands planning authority submitted a draft LPS to the Commission. The Commission will consider the draft LPS against the LPS criteria.
LPS post lodgement conference (non-statutory)
The Commission held a non-statutory conference with the planning authority to discuss the matters set out in the agenda published below.
Post lodgement conference agenda 5 May 2020Exhibition
On 6 October 2021, the Commission directed the Northern Midlands planning authority to publicly exhibit the draft LPS.
Australian Standard AS 2021 – 2000 Acoustics – Aircraft Noise Intrusion – Building Siting and Construction is an Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Document. This is a licensed document and payment is required to view and download the document on the SAI Global website. You can view a hard copy of the Australian Standard at the Council or Commission offices.
Exhibition of draft LPS
The draft LPS is on exhibition during this period. All exhibition documents are available below, on the planning authority’s website and available to view in person at the:
- Northern Midlands Council offices, 13 Smith Street Longford (Monday to Friday); and
- Tasmanian Planning Commission offices, Level 3, 144 Macquarie Street, Hobart (Monday to Friday).
You can make a representation on the draft LPS to Northern Midlands Council during the public exhibition period. For details on how to make a representation, please contact the Council.
Do not send your representation to the Commission.
Commission receives section 35F report into representations on draft LPS
Northern Midlands planning authority submitted a section 35F report and copies of all representations to the Commission. The section 35F report and all representations are available below.
Planning authority section 35F report on representations 28 March 2022 and addendum received 4 May 2022The number of representations received during this exhibition: 49
Exhibition documents
Draft LPS written document 06/10/2021 Draft LPS supporting report 06/10/2021 Draft LPS overlay Bushfire-Prone Areas 06/10/2021 Draft LPS overlay Attenuation Area 06/10/2021 Draft LPS overlay Electricity Infrastructure Protection Area 06/10/2021 Draft LPS overlay Landslip Hazard Areas 06/10/2021 Draft LPS overlay Local Historic Heritage Places and Precincts 06/10/2021 Draft LPS overlay Natural Assets Code 06/10/2021 Draft LPS overlay Safeguarding of Airports Code 06/10/2021 Draft LPS overlay Scenic Protection Area 06/10/2021 Draft LPS overlay Site-Specific Qualifications 06/10/2021 Draft LPS overlay Specific Area Plans 06/10/2021 Draft LPS zone maps 06/10/2021 Draft LPS overlay Flood-Prone Hazard Areas 06/10/2021 Minister for Planning transitional provisions declarations 06/10/2021 Regional Ecosytem Model Priority Vegetation Area Overlay Data Prior to Application of Zones Supporting Information Only 06/10/2021 State Planning Provisions 19 February 2020 06/10/2021Representations
Representation 1 - Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania 21 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 2 - ERA Planning for Northern Midlands Council 20 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 3 - Peter Dixon 21 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 4 - All Urban Planning for Mark Graham 21 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 5 - Stewart McGee for Stewart McGee Family Trust 20 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 6 - Mark Chopping 21 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 7 - Poatina Village Body Corporate 21 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 8 - Hydro Tasmania 21 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 9 - John Thompson 21 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 10 - Town Planning Solutions 20 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 11 - Department of State Growth 20 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 12 - Bush Heritage Australia 21 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 13 - Plan Place Pty Ltd 20 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 14 - Tasmanian Land Conservancy 21 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 15 - FJA Solutions 22 November 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 16 - Launceston Airport 20 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 17- Woolcott Surveys 20 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 18 - TasNetworks 20 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 19 - Erin Eiffe 19 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 20 - Friends of the Great Western Tiers kooparoona niara inc 19 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 21 - Rebecca Green for David Cordell and Dimity Calvert 19 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 22 - Kaylene Challis 13 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 23 - Name illegible 13 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 24 - P Newlands 13 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 25 - Patricia (surname illegible) 13 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 26 - P Rae 13 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 27 - Paul and Leonie Westgarth 10 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 28 - Name illegible 13 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 29 - Paul and Leonie Westgarth 10 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 30 - James Smith 13 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 31 - Michael Challis 12 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 32 - Quenton and Christine Higgs 16 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 33 - John Hatzinicolaou and Darren Plunkett undated 05/05/2022 Representation 34 - Garry and Marie Stannus 13 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 35 - Lothar and Judith Reiner 12 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 36 - TasRail 10 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 37 - Herbert and Sally Staubmann 9 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 38 - Heath and Trish Clayton 7 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 39 - Mary-Jane Wright 9 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 40 - Tasmanian Heritage Council 24 November 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 41 - Rocelyn Ives 26 November 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 42 - Conservation Landholders Tasmania 18 November 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 43 - TasWater 15 November 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 44 - Kay Thompson 27 October 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 45 - Tree Alliance 20 October 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 46 - Jo Oliver Terra Firma Town Planning for Carlton and Peter Dixon 21 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 47 - Brian John and Faye Longley 11 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 48 - Ivan Badcock 14 December 2021 05/05/2022 Representation 49 - Hugh C Mackinnon 16 December 2021 05/05/2022Hearing
Hearing (multiple dates)
The hearing is scheduled on dates during this period. Refer to the attached schedule below for details.
- Northern Midlands Council Offices, 13 Smith Street, Longford: 8, 9 and 10 June
- Tasmanian Planning Commission Offices Level 3, 144 Macquarie Street, Hobart: 14 June (if required)
Declaration of interests and associations
Disclosure of interests and associations as at 4 May 2022 06/05/2022Commission directions
Commission direction 16 June 2022 16/06/2022 Commission direction 5 May 2022 06/05/2022Hearing and further submissions
Submission - Launceston Airport 26 August 2022 29/08/2022 Submission - Launceston Airport 27 June 2022 22/07/2022 Terra Firma Planning 20 July 2022 21/07/2022 Plan Place 15 July 2022 21/07/2022 Town Planning Solutions 12 July 2022 21/07/2022 Submission - Planning authority 8 July 2022 11/07/2022 Submission - Terra Firma Town Planning for Carlton Dixon 4 July 2022 11/07/2022 Submission - Planning authority 30 June 2022 11/07/2022 Submission - TasWater 24 June 2022 11/07/2022 Submission - Launceston Airport 24 June 2022 11/07/2022 Submission - TasNetworks 9 June 2022 15/06/2022 Hearing submission R1 John Thompson obo Liffey Residents 6 May 2022 14/06/2022 Hearing submission R2 Conservation Landholders Tasmania 6 May 2022 14/06/2022 Hearing submission R3 John Hatzinicolaou and Darren Plunkett 15 May 2022 14/06/2022 Hearing submission R4 FJA solutions for Owner 8 June 2022 14/06/2022 Hearing submission R5 Terra Firma Planning for Owners 13 April 2022 14/06/2022 Hearing submission R6 PDA Surveyors, Engineers & Planners for Mr Hugh Mackinnon 2 June 2022 14/06/2022 Hearing submission R7 PDA Surveyors, Engineers and Planners for Hugh Mackinnon 9 June 2022 14/06/2022 Hearing submission R8 All Urban Planning for PMMA Pty Ltd 3 June 2022 14/06/2022 Hearing submission R9 Ivan Badcock 27 May 2022 14/06/2022 Hearing submission R10 Kerrie McGee 30 May 2022 14/06/2022 Submission - Department of State Growth 3 June 2022 28/07/2022 Submission - Hydro Tasmania 1 June 2022 03/06/2022 Submission - Northern Midlands Council 31 May 2022 03/06/2022 Submission - Forico Pty Ltd 27 May 2022 03/06/2022Decision
The effective date is 9 November 2022.