2022 – Bob Brown Foundation’s Environment Awards – PMAT Named Community Group of the Year
2022 – Bob Brown Foundation’s Environment Awards – PMAT Named Community Group of the Year
News & Media
Mercury Opinion Piece: Let’s imagine a planning system which benefits all the community
Media Enquiries Sophie UnderwoodPMAT State Director sophie_underwood@hotmail.com0407 501 999 Please share: The Tasmanian Planning Scheme shapes our communities and our future, but it puts at risk Tasmania’s natural and cultural heritage, lifestyle and democracy. Submissions closed on the State Planning Provisions (which form the core of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme such as the Zones and codes)
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Have Your Say on Lutruwita/Tasmania’s Future
Phase 2 of the State Government’s planning reform is underway and includes a review of the State Planning Provisions (SPPs), introduction of the Tasmanian Planning Policies, the creation of a regional land use planning framework, and a review of the three Regional Land Use Strategies. The SPPs also require review for consistency with State Policies and the Tasmanian Planning Policies once they are finalised.
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PMAT Media Release: Another Planning Review – The Best Chance to Improve Land Use Planning in Tasmania
The Tasmanian Government is currently consulting over the scope of issues to be considered in the statutory review of Tasmania’s State Planning Provisions (SPPs).
PMAT Media Release: Solicitor General’s Confusion Highlights Flawed Planning Change
The Solicitor General has cited changes to Tasmania’s planning laws as ‘complex and prescriptive’ in an analysis that makes a mockery of Government’s pledge to make planning rules ‘simpler, cheaper and fairer’.
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Scope of The Tasmanian Planning Policies – Have Your Say on Tasmania’s Future
The Tasmanian Government is seeking your input on the Scoping Paper of the draft Tasmanian Planning Policies (TPPs). The TPPs will also guide the review of Tasmania’s three regional land use strategies and the Tasmanian Planning Scheme.
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Have Your Say On Kingborough Council’s Proposed Changes to its Environmental By-Law
Residents are being asked to have a say on planned changes to Kingborough Council’s by-laws that may make it easier to cut down high value conservation trees and trees listed on the significant tree register.
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Defending Tasmanian’s Right to Have a Say
During the Tasmania 2021 state election PMAT urged voters to call on all political candidates to defend the right of every Tasmanian to have a say over their own future.
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Media Release: Where Do the Tasmanian Political Parties Stand On Planning?
PMAT wants strategic, visionary land use planning where communities have a voice. PMAT is unapologetically non-partisan. We want politicians elected who have strong planning credentials.
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Media Release: PMAT Injects Planning Reforms into The Election Agenda
PMAT launched its online campaign to highlight ongoing and anticipated attempts by the Gutwein Government to water down planning rules. PMAT seeks a commitment from all candidates in the May 1 2021 state election for stronger planning rules and regulations which better reflect community expectations and protect our Tasmanian brand.
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