Minister makes State Planning Provisions in Tasmania

State Planning Provisions for the Tasmanian Planning Scheme have been made with modification.

On 22 February 2017 the Tasmanian Minister for Planning and Local Government made the State Planning Provisions (SPPs) which provide the planning rules to support the new single State-wide Tasmanian Planning Scheme.

Draft SPPs

In April 2016 we examined the process for making the SPPs when they were released in draft form for public consultation. The 60-day consultation period ended on 18 May 2016 after which the Tasmanian Planning Commission:

• considered the 294 representations received within the consultation period and a further nine late representations that were accepted;