If you want better planning laws in Tasmania now is the time to speak up. Please contact your local mayor and councillors asking for a review of the residential standards of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme.
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Revelations the Hodgman government secretly approved an ‘Authority’ for the Mt Wellington Cable Car Company to enter protected land on the summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington to begin drilling as part of the controversial cable car project, just days before the Tasmanian state election was called, highlights the lack of proper process and need for robust planning laws.
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The Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania has launched a television and social media campaign that raises the issue of the Hodgman Government’s weakened planning laws and the reduced ability of the community to participate in planning decisions and challenge bad developments.
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“The Greens Party has responded to the community’s concerns that the Liberal government’s planning reforms have gone too far, and addresses many of the fundamental concerns shared by our 58 member groups,” said PMAT Coordinator Sophie Underwood.
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A Mount Wellington Cable Car Company (MWCC) public meeting for ‘South Hobart residents only’ has been suddenly cancelled despite significant local resident interest and the imminent closure of public consultation on the Hodgman Government’s proposed Major Projects legislation.
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The participation of Labor Leader Rebecca White and Greens planning spokesperson Rosalie Woodruff in a public forum on Planning reforms in Bicheno this weekend highlights the significance of the issue as parliament finishes its last sitting before the 2018 state election.
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The Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania will host a forum featuring candidates vying for the Legislative Council seat of Pembroke at this weekend’s by-election. The forum will focus on issues relating the Statewide Planning Scheme and the candidates’ vision for how planning affects development decisions for Pembroke in the future.
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A weakening of planning laws and community engagement, undemocratic ‘major project’ legislation and a taxpayer funded PR campaign are all targets of a community action today outside the potential Fragrance high rise hotel site in Collins Street.
In August 2017 Sophie Underwood from Planning Matters Tasmania joined three other panelists at a Tasmanian Leaders Conference to talk about ‘disruptive development’ and how to engage rather than polarise community views.
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Much-loved Tasmanian and international actor Essie Davis helped launch the Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania in July 2017 at the beautiful Brooke Street Larder on Hobart’s waterfront.
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