- Australian Wetlands Database
Australian Government database providing sound data and information on the values of wetlands, as a basis for management decisions. It provides access to Australia's Ramsar wetlands and sites listed in the Directory of Important Wetlands of Australia. Includes descriptions of Tasmania's Ramsar wetlands
- Ben Lomond Water development and planning requirement
Notice of the requirement that Councils must refer development applications to the Regulated Entity (Ben Lomond Water) that are not exempt under the Referral Exemption Form
- Capital city strategic planning (Greater Hobart Capital City Project)
Tasmanian Planning Commission information and documents relating to a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) initiative that aims to ensure that Australia's capital cities can meet future challenges. For Greater Hobart the initiative is an opportunity to achieve a planned and coordinated approach to future investment and land use planning, through the development of a capital city or metropolitan plan by 1 January 2012 (the Greater Hobart Capital City Project)
- City of Hobart Planning Scheme 2009: draft
Draft of Hobart's new planning scheme, released by Council for community submissions, currently under consideration by Council
- Clarence City Council: town planning
Planning approval information for those intending to subdivide land, develop or use land/buildings, or work from home. Includes the Clarence Planning Scheme, advertised planning applications, and link to application forms
- Cradle Coast Authority: Regional Planning Initiative
The Cradle Coast Councils begin a formal process of assessment by the Minister and the Tasmanian Planning Commission which may take between 4 and 6 months through early 2013. Includes The Cradle Coast Regional Land Use Strategy 2010-2030
- Development (Launceston City Council)
Links to information on Launceston City Council requirements for planning, building and plumbing approvals. Includes links to building and plumbing permit forms, driveways and crossovers, Tasmanian Heritage Register and industrial land sites
- Devonport City Council: parks master plans
Details of Devonport City Council's Public Open Space Strategy with links to guidelines and standards. Also includes links to master plans for parks and public spaces around the municipality
- Devonport City Council: Residential Land Strategy 2011-2030 Draft
As part of the State Government’s planning reform package Councils are required to develop new interim planning schemes on a regional basis
- Devonport City Council: Streetscape Revitalisation Plan
Policy fact sheets for Devonport City Council's Streetscape Revitalisation Plan, tree information and policy
- Guide to planning approvals for forestry in Tasmania (PDF file)
Booklet prepared by the Local Government Forestry Consultative Committee to provide information for planners, foresters, landowners, and the community, on the role of the forest practices system and local government planning schemes in the regulation of forestry and land clearing
- Hobart City Council Bushland Management Strategy
The Strategy provides a long-term vision and strategic framework for the cohesive and improved management and planning regimes for the protection of Hobart's bushland
- ireneinc and smithstreetstudio: planning and urban design
An urban planning consultancy covering all facets of Statutory and Strategic Planning, Project Development and Urban Design
- Land Capability Classification
The Land Capability Classification Assessment System is used to assess, classify and map land on a scale of 1:100 000 according to ability to support a range of crops on sustainable basis
- LIST (Land Information System Tasmania)
The Tasmanian Government's land information system, the LIST is the primary source for quality Tasmanian land and resource information such as title, properties, valuation, mapping, surveying, and natural resources including vegetation and threatened species, tenure and orthophoto imagery. Also contains climate change information for temperature and precipitation. LIST also includes an internet based map viewer called LISTMap, enabling users to view and create maps, and interrogate data from over 200 spatial datasets
- Management Decision Classification: users' manual (PDF file)
A manual prepared as a technical guide for Forestry Tasmania planners involved in the application and use of MDC zoning. It is also made available to the wider community to assist in the understanding of the MDC system, and to facilitate public comment regarding MDC zoning decisions
- New tools to improve planning for sea level rise and coastal hazards
Information and technical papers on the Tasmanian sea level rise planning allowances for the state’s coastal areas
- Property, titles, and maps
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment page providing access to information on a range of topics relating to its land responsibilities, including mapping, land use planning, Crown land, Land Titles Office, Surveyor-General, and Valuer-General
- Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal (RMPAT)
The RMPAT is an independent statutory body which hears appeals against administrative decisions relating to the development and management of natural and physical resources in Tasmania
- Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal: forms
Printable forms for appeals and applications to the Tribunal
- Sorell Council: Community Strategic Plan
Sorell Council is developing a new plan for 2014 onward. An online survey is available
- Southern Tasmania Industrial Land Study
The Southern Tasmanian Councils Authority (STCA) is preparing a regional industrial land strategy
- Southern Tasmania Regional Planning Project (STRPP)
Part of the Regional Planning Initiative currently being undertaken in the three regions of Tasmania (south, north and northwest), the project's purpose is to introduce coordinated, consistent and contemporary planning schemes based on a comprehensive regional land use and infrastructure and investment strategy in the Southern Tasmanian region
- State Policy on the Protection of Agricultural Land 2009 (PDF file)
The purpose of this State Policy is to conserve and protect Tasmania's agricultural land so that it remains available for the sustainable development of agriculture, recognising the particular importance of prime agricultural land
- Tasmanian Planning Commission
From 1 September 2009, the Tasmanian Planning Commission assumed the functions of the former Resource Planning and Development Commission (RPDC) and the Land Use Planning Branch of the Department of Justice. It oversees the state's planning system, is responsible for state of the environment reporting, assesses public land use issues and projects of State significance, and reviews water management plans
- Tasmanian Planning Commission: assessments and review
Provides information on Commission's core functions of assessments and reviews, including assessment and approval of planning schemes, planning directives and determinations of projects of state and regional significance
- Tasmanian Planning Commission: planning documents
Links to a range of documents and information on the Resource Management and Planning System including planning documents, hearing procedures and writing representations
- Tasmanian Planning Commission: the planning system
Provides information on how the planning system operates and covers national planning programs, state and regional planning. Also links to local area planning and development assessment processes
- Tasmanian State Architect
Information on the role of the Tasmanian State Architect, and current initiatives
- Tasmanian Wetlands Strategy
Details of the Tasmanian Government's Wetlands Strategy, a decision-making framework that ensures the conservation and good management of wetlands
