Our Work

The Our Work section is a work in progress. New topics will be progressively added covering issues such as State of the Environment Reporting, the Tasmanian Planning Scheme, State Elections, climate change and mitigation, housing, residential standards and urban amenity, transparency and democracy, geodiversity, population, Regional Land Use Strategies, heritage buildings and landscapes. 

Development Assessment Panels (DAPs)

The government has released draft legislation to empower the Planning Minister to remove assessment and approval of developments from the normal local council process and have it done by DAPs. This fast-track process removes local councillors and appeal rights from the community.

Tasmanian State Coastal Policy

The Tasmanian Government released draft legislation to fast-track changes to Tasmania’s State Coastal Policy through the Tasmanian Parliament. The proposed changes will profoundly weaken the State Coastal Policy and the way our coasts are managed and protected in Tasmania.

Keeping Local Councils Local

PMAT supports keeping local councils local - looking after local planning decisions and services for local people with local jobs. PMAT does not support the State Government takeover of local councils or the bypassing of councils by property developers.

Community Guides

PMAT works to educate, raise awareness and inspire engagement in planning and Local Government issues and processes in Tasmania via the development of free community guides.

Local Government Elections

Democracy cannot function without communication. In order for voters to make informed choices among candidates, voters must learn about candidates’ policy positions. During the last two Local Government elections PMAT surveyed candidates to ask their position on planning.

State Elections

Democracy cannot function without communication. If voters are to make informed choices among candidates, they must have the opportunity to learn about candidates’ policy positions. During the last two State Elections PMAT surveyed candidates to ask their position on planning.

Housing and Planning

There is a critical need for housing - especially social and affordable housing – that is well-designed, sustainable and provides high levels of amenity for communities. The planning scheme can and should facilitate this.

Tasmanian Planning Scheme

The Tasmanian Planning Scheme shapes our communities and our future, but it puts at risk Tasmania’s natural and cultural heritage, lifestyle and democracy.

Healthy Landscapes

Landscape, biodiversity & scenic landscape protection.

National Parks & Reserves

Commercial tourism development, along with many other Permitted uses, can be approved in most national parks and reserves with no guarantee of public consultation and rights to appeal over public land on almost 50% of Tasmania.

Regional Land Use Strategies

There is a concern that that the Regional Land Use Strategies to date have been developed by private consultants via non-independent ad hoc processes that have not properly considered ecological, social and economic information.

Aboriginal Heritage

The Tasmanian Planning Scheme does not mandate the consideration of impacts on Aboriginal Heritage, including Cultural Landscapes, when assessing a new development or use that will impact on Aboriginal cultural heritage.

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