Community Guides
Summary
PMAT works to educate, raise awareness and inspire engagement in planning and local council issues and processes in Tasmania via the development of free community guides. To date, PMAT has created six community guides which are outlined below.
PMAT's Key Concerns
- Significant changes are happening to Tasmania’s planning system with little to no community awareness or understanding.
PMAT's Key Recommendations
- Educate the Tasmanian community about the importance of planning and Tasmania’s planning system.
- Encourage community participation in Tasmania’s planning system.
PMAT’s 2023 submission guide to help the community comment on the Liberal Governments proposal empower the Planning Minister to remove assessment and approval of developments from the normal local council process and have it done by development assessment panels (DAPs).
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PMAT’s submission guide to commenting on your local LPS: ‘Your Guide to Influencing the Development of Your Local Planning Rules (Local Provisions Schedule)’.
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PMAT’s submission guide to commenting on the 2020 Tasmanian Planning Commission Review.
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This guide was created to help the Tasmanian community comment on the Position Paper on a proposed Development Assessment Panel Framework which closed on the 30 November 2023.
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PMAT’s Property Buyers’ Checklist – particularly for off-the-plan purchasers.
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PMAT’s What to Watch out For – especially when buying property off the plan.
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