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PMAT Submission: Improving Residential Standards in Tasmania, Draft Report July 2024 and associated Medium Density Design Guidelines 

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PMAT’s founding platform seeks to improve the liveability and wellbeing of all Tasmanians.
One of PMAT’s founding concerns was the poor residential standards of the State Planning Provisions. This concern was shared by the Local Government Association of Tasmania who resolved in 2018 to write to the then Minister for Planning Peter Gutwein to request a review of the State Planning Provisions for residential standards.

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

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

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PMAT Submission: PESRAC Dec 2020

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Media Enquiries Sophie UnderwoodPMAT State Director sophie_underwood@hotmail.com0407 501 999 Please share: Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania (PMAT) thanks the Premier’s Economic & Social Recovery Advisory Committee (PESRAC) for this opportunity to submit some thoughts on Tasmania’s recovery post- Covid 19. We appreciate the massive task ahead and commend the Premier on making strong decisions to keep Tasmanians

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PMAT Submission – Position Paper on a proposed Development Assessment Panel Framework

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The Tasmanian Liberal Government proposes legislation to empower the Minister for Planning to remove assessment and approval of developments from the normal local council process and have it done by Development Assessment Panels (DAPs) i.e. planning assessment panels.

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PMAT Submission: The Future of Local Government Review Stage 3

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Rather than undermining local Councils with the effective State Government takeover of Planning and Local Government, via the Tasmanian Planning Scheme, removing Councils as a PlanningAuthority and forcing amalgamations, we should be strengthening the role of local Councils and ensure that they are in good health.

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