Dear Ms Mellor, 

RE: PMAT Submission: Proposed changes to development assessment in National Parks and  Reserves + Reserve management planning 

The Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania (PMAT) thanks the Department of Natural Resources and  Environment Tasmania for the opportunity to comment on its: 

1. Consultation Paper: National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 – Reserve Activity Assessment Process Reform – Statutory Environmental Impact Assessment Process which  proposes a new fast-track development assessment process for large or controversial  projects on public reserved land. ‘Independent’ Assessment Panels (roughly equivalent to  the proposed Development Assessment Panels for urban/private land) formed by the  Tasmanian Planning Commission will assess developments in our National Parks and  Reserves and Crown Land. 
2. The supplementary Information Sheet: Proposed Management Planning Processes proposes  major changes to how Reserve Management Plans are prepared and amended. A  Management Plan for a National Park or other Reserve is a document prescribed in  legislation that sets out the “rules” which determine what activities and developments can  occur within a park, analogous to the role of a planning scheme in Local Government. 

Public comment was invited between 11 January – 9 March 2024 – see here. We thank the  Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania for allowing PMAT to lodge our  submission on the 10 April 2024.  

To read the full submission download the guide below.