Dear State Planning Office,

RE: PMAT Submission: draft Housing Land Supply (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2026

The Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania (PMAT) thanks the State Planning Office for the opportunity to comment on the draft Housing Land Supply (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2026 (draft Bill) here.

Consultation was open from 19 January 2026 and concluded at 5pm Friday 27 February 2026. See the Minister for Housing and Planning’s statement about the consultation process here. We thank the State Planning Office for granting PMAT an extension until 5 pm, 6 March 2026.

The brief history of the Housing Land Order process is attached below.

The key proposed change outlined in the draft Bill aims to alter the process set out in the Housing Land Supply Act 2018 to speed up the rezoning of public land (Crown land and Homes Tasmania land) for social and affordable housing.

PMAT does not support the proposed process change to the Housing Land Supply Act 2018 for the following reasons outlined in our submission. Download below.