Protecting lutruwita/Tasmania's communities, nature, cultural heritage and democracy through better planning.

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Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania is a growing network of almost 80 diverse community groups from across lutruwita/Tasmania. Our Alliance members recognise land use planning impacts every inch of Tasmania. They are united in common concern over the current Tasmanian state planning laws and what they will mean for Tasmania’s future.

We hold that good planning is fundamental to supporting both people and nature to thrive and underpins a healthy democracy and how we respond to climate change. 

PMAT’s vision is for Tasmania to be a global leader in planning excellence. We believe best practice planning must embrace and respect all Tasmanians, enhance community well-being, health and prosperity, nourish and care for Tasmania’s outstanding natural values, recognise and enrich our cultural heritage and, through democratic and transparent processes, deliver sustainable, integrated development in harmony with the surrounding environment.

The DAP Bill is back – and it’s coming to Parliament! 

For the third time, the Tasmanian Government is pushing legislation to remove planning decisions from local councils and hand them to Development Assessment Panels (DAPs) — an undemocratic fast-track process that strips communities of their say and their right to appeal.

DAPs would apply to virtually any development on both private and public land, including  World Heritage Areas, National Parks and Reserves. It has huge implications for nature and communities.

Together, we helped defeat this Bill once. We can do it again — but we need your help!

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PMAT works across a full range of planning issues that shape lutruwita/Tasmania’s communities and environment — from protecting our coasts, national parks, healthy landscapes and Aboriginal heritage, to housing, residential standards, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and good governance, including transparency and democracy.

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Tasmanian State Coastal Policy

Tasmania's coastlines are under threat. PMAT is fighting proposed legislation that would fast-track weakening of the State Coastal Policy, stripping back protections for our coasts and the communities, ecosystems and cultural heritage that depend on them.
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State of The Environment Reporting

Tasmania's natural environment is under serious pressure, as documented in the long-overdue 2024 State of Environment Report. PMAT is pushing for the Tasmanian Government to meet its legal obligation to report every five years and be held accountable for the state of our environment.
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Development Assessment Panels (DAPs)

PMAT is fighting proposed legislation that would fast-track developments across public and private land, including Tasmania's National Parks, Reserves and World Heritage Areas, while removing third-party appeal rights and sidelining communities and Local Councils from planning decisions.
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National Parks & Reserves

PMAT is working to strengthen protections for Tasmania's National Parks, Reserves and World Heritage Areas, which cover almost 50% of the state, ensuring developments are properly assessed and communities retain the right to comment and appeal to ensure protection of natural and cultural values.
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Housing & Planning

Tasmania faces a critical need for housing, especially social and affordable housing. PMAT believes good planning and transparent decision-making can deliver both more housing and better housing, designed sustainably and with genuine amenity for communities. The planning scheme can and should make this possible.
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Community Guides

PMAT produces free community guides to help Tasmanians engage with planning and Local Government processes and have their say on decisions that affect their communities, landscapes and natural environment.
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Study Planning at UTAS

If you’re interested in one of these courses you can book a 20-minute consultation call here.

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Graduate Diploma of Environmental Planning
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Master of Planning
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Graduate Certificate in Urban Planning
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Make a donation to Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania. Good planning protects our communities, democracy, cultural heritage and natural environment. Without it, the people and places that make lutruwita/Tasmania special are at risk. PMAT is the only organisation solely focused on advocating for better planning — and we rely entirely on people like you to keep that fight going.
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