Regional land use strategies

Regional Land Use Strategies set out the long term planning goals for the three Tasmanian regions (North West, Northern, and Southern regions). For example, a Regional Land Use Strategy may indicate how much land should be made available for industrial development in the region.

Planning schemes must be consistent with the relevant Regional Land Use Strategy.

Regional Land Use Strategies can be amended but it is the Minister’s responsibility to keep the three strategies under regular review.

Tasmanian regions

The Minister for Planning and Local Government has declared regional strategies for the following three regions:

• North West (also referred to as Cradle Coast) includes the council areas: Burnie City, Central Coast, Circular Head, Devonport City, Kentish, King Island, Latrobe, Waratah-Wynyard, and West Coast.
  • Living on the Coast: The Cradle Coast Regional Land Use Planning Framework, October 2011 (PDF, 3.7 MB) 175 pages
• Northern includes the council areas: Break O'Day, Dorset, Flinders, George Town, Launceston City, Meander Valley, Northern Midlands, and West Tamar.
  • Regional Land Use Strategy of Northern Tasmania, 27 June 2018 (PDF, 9.6 MB) 63 pages
• Southern includes the council areas: Brighton, Central Highlands, Clarence City, Derwent Valley, Glamorgan Spring Bay, Glenorchy City, Hobart City, Huon Valley, Kingborough, Sorell, Southern Midlands and Tasman.
  • Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy 2010-2035, amended 9 May 2018 (PDF, 9.1 MB) 145 pages