Practice Notes
The Commission has introduced Practice Notes to assist planners and other practitioners with information about the Commission’s processes. Practice Notes replace Planning Advisory Notes, which have been retired following successive changes to the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993.
Practice Note 1 - Planning Scheme Amendments (PDF, 157.3 KB) 8 pages 09/2017
To provide guidance on planning scheme amendments under former section 34 and 35 of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993.
Practice Note 2 - Urgent Amendments (PDF, 124.1 KB) 3 pages 03/2016
To provide guidance on planning scheme amendments under former section 30IA of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993.
Practice Note 3 - Combined Permit and Amendment Applications (PDF, 139.9 KB) 6 pages 09/2017
To provide guidance on the process for consideration of a combined permit and amendment application made under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993.
Practice Note 4 - Calculation of Statutory Time Periods (PDF, 122.9 KB) 2 pages 08/2016
To provide guidance on calculating statutory time periods relevant to processes under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993.
Practice Note 5 - Tasmanian Planning Scheme drafting conventions (PDF, 147.5 KB) 7 pages 05/2017
To provide guidance on drafting conventions, writing style and applied, adopted or incorporated documents, for the Tasmanian Planning Scheme.
To provide advice on preparing draft LPSs and the supporting information to be submitted to the Commission to demonstrate that the draft LPS is suitable for exhibition.
Practice Note 7 - Draft LPS mapping: technical advice (revised) (PDF, 206.6 KB) 13 pages 10/2017
To provide technical advice for creation of GIS datasets and mapping of draft LPSs.
To provide technical advice on drafting and formatting the written part of draft LPSs to ensure consistency.
To provide guidance to planning authorities on the exhibition of their draft Local Provisions Schedules (LPS) and exhibition reporting requirements.