A huge hank you to the 56 incredible community members who showed up for Blackmans Bay #SCRAPTHEDAP and Maintain Planning Appeal Rights Public Meeting co-hosted by the Blackmans Bay Community Association Inc and PMAT.

Public Meeting Motions:

• Meg Webb – Independent Member for Nelson in the Legislative Council (upper house of the Tasmanian Parliament)
• Councillor Flora Fox of Kingborough Council
• Councillor Amanda Midgley of Kingborough Council

Event information:
The Tasmanian Liberal Government want to remove planning appeal rights and replace local councils with a “developer-friendly” assessment and approval process (DAPs), on private and public land, including our World Heritage Areas and National Parks.

It is critical for transparency, democracy and good planning that checks and balances are in place, ensuring property developers and decision makers are kept to account. DAPs and removal of appeal rights put these at risk and take local councillors, voters, ratepayers and communities out of planning.

The Government has released a draft DAP Bill with public comment closing 24 April 2025.

Event speakers:
MC: Sophie Underwood – State Director, PMAT
Anne Harrison – Blackmans Bay Community Association & Tasmanian Planning Information Network
Peter McGlone– CEO Tasmanian Conservation Trust
Meg Webb – Independent Member for Nelson of the Legislative Council
Nicole Sommers – Legal Practice Director (Principal Lawyer), Environmental Defenders Office

Event contact:
Sophie Underwood
sophie_underwood@hotmail.com