Saturday 14th December 2019 In an underhand and secret tree cull workers were spotted felling 120 year old Milkwood trees in Darwin Post Office Car Park at 7am this morning. One tree was down by dawn. A small group of concerned residents attended site and…

Alice Springs News 30 November 2019 - https://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/2019/11/29/land-planning-favours-developers-says-residents-group/ Land planning favours developers, says residents group By ERWIN CHLANDA The proposed removal of “amenity” would turn…

And so it begins: Expressions of Interest (EOI) are now open for organisations wishing to tender for a proposed Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract to collaborate with the project partners and project team to design and develop the Darwin Education…

WARNING! SAY NO TO TAKING THE COMMUNITY OUT OF THE PLANNING ACT - new closing date It is intended that the Planning Act will be significantly amended early next year and we only have until 6th December 2019 (was 29th November) this year to make our…

Welcome to our October update. Membership This week we are launching our 2020 membership drive at Nightcliff Markets. So to get your PLan: the Planning Action Network 2020 membership call down to Nightcliff Markets this Sunday 27th October 2019. Memberships…

The Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics, on behalf of the Northern Territory Government has recently commenced the third round of consultation on Planning Reform. With feedback and comments we received from the previous consultation and…

Welcome to our 2019 Snapshot. Introduction This newsletter we would like to acknowledge community members who we consider to be “stars”. These are people who give their time, effort and resources to protect our natural and built environment. These are people…

Stage 3 of consultation on Planning Reform is now open. 7 October – 29 November 2019 The NT Government is now seeking feedback on proposed changes to the Planning Act. The proposed changes are set out in detail in the Consultation Draft of a Bill of…

This recent application for development consent is creating some discomfort among nearby residents. The site is 1580sqm in area and located in the suburb of Brinkin. It includes 32 Airconditioners and three car parks. The distance from the building to the…

NT News 9/5/19 Preliminary design plans for a playground precinct at Myilly Point Picture: NT GOVERNMENT THE NT Government will build a “playground precinct” to replace its planned museum at Myilly Point after scrapping the $50 million project last year. The…

8.5.2019 Dear Members and Friends, This is to draw your attention to the current Australian Heritage Festival running now from 5 May, 2019 to 19 May, 2019, in case you have not seen the brochure out of the NT News. The new Director of the NT National Trust -…

From Alice Springs News earlier this year By ERWIN CHLANDA Treasurer Nicole Manison offered the Alice Springs Town Council up to $5m for Anzac Oval but this is likely to be withdrawn because Chief Minister Michael Gunner has announced “consideration will need…

Like the lyric from the classic Australian band Mental as Anything the Asti Motel site continues to haunt the residents of Larrakeyah. Joondanna Investments Pty Limited have applied via Northern Planning Consultants Pty Ltd to develop the Asti Motel Site in…

THE story of the proposed National Aboriginal Art Gallery to be located in Alice Springs is becoming more and more a horror story as time passes. Of course it is a good idea, if it can be done properly, with adequate funding, an appropriate site,…

This is a letter from the Friends of Bagot Park to Darwin City Council.Mobile: 0439 626 730 The Right Worshipful The Lord Mayor of DarwinKon Vatskalis JPCity of Darwin GPO Box 84DARWIN NT o801 Alderman Robin KnoxAlderman Emma YoungAlderman Simon…

Ugly Chan making way for civic lift From today's NT News this sentence is confusing: “The Government has learned you do need to take your time; you do need to take people with you and that you’re very clear with what you want to see,” she said. Perhaps it…

22.2.2019 Please see below from Margaret, closing today is the Central Darwin Area Plan. There is a survey here you can fill out: https://planningcommission.nt.gov.au/projects/central-darwin-area-plan OR we recommend an email directly to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Please…

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIAPlanning ActNOTICE OF DECISIONI, EVA DINA LAWLER, the Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics, inpursuance of section 40(6) of the Planning Act, give notice that-(a) I have, in pursuance of section 40(2)(d), refused…

Dear PLan friends, Protect NT Incorporated invite you to join us for a ban fracking rally at Parliament House at 12 noon on Sunday, February 10th. Protect NT is an independent community group that was incorporated last September by Territorians determined to…

5.11.2018 Dear Friends, A. 1. Over the years the DHA has been developing Lee Point, successively working northwards, first with Lyons, and then with Muirhead. It is now in the process of developing the last available northern parts, on either side of Lee…

20.8.2018 We noticed in the brief NT News that it contained a reference to Dave Tollner’s decision on 4 Blake Street. The reference is at E7 and is strangely referred to as SPOT REZONING. PLan was closely involved in this decision. One would expect, with the…

Submissions | Research | Membership | Contact Issue 582: 16 August 2018 Becoming connected By Chief Advocate Ian Henschke If you’re reading this on line, you’re one of the ‘connected’. But I’m sure you know someone who isn’t. The e-Safety Commissioner…

Lee Point Master-Planned Urban Development [2CRU (West) & Muirhead North (East), being Defence Housing Australia proposed development. Submission by PLan: the Planning Action Network. 5.10.2018Comments were invited by DIPL when a variation amending text was…

Here is the baby Boab tree dated 1911, and the other school building across Wood Street on the PO Carpark site. Supplied by Judy Boland. The trees near by may be Milkwoods.

Dear Editor Why does bushland have to be cleared when the Property Council of the NT’s ‘accurate’ assessment of vacant residential land found ‘more than 5,300 blocks’ likely to be available (NT News September 19, 2018)? 500 of these residential lots will be…

TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY GOVERNMENT, PLan’s NOTES ON THE NTG's PROPOSED 'PLANNING REFORM’. Please find in the attached pdf, notes on the above documents prepared by PLan: the Planning Action Network, Inc. PLan_NOTES_ON_THE_NTG-last.pdf TO THE NORTHERN…

https://theconversation.com/tweet-all-about-it-people-in-parks-feel-more-positive-95290 People in parks are more positive, and around areas like major transport hubs more negative, according to analysis of 2.2 million tweets in Melbourne.

Developing the North: Supporting Jobs through the Contemporary Management of Pastoral Land 15 August 2018 Today, the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is debating proposed amendments to the Pastoral Land Legislation Amendment Bill 2017, in a bid to…

Hi Everyone, A new fracking map is now available online and it is shocking! The map, dated July 2018, shows almost all of the NT covered in applications (light purple) and granted permits (dark purple), with very few reserved areas (orange, no go areas). See…

DEPARTMENT OFTHE CHIEF MINISTER Population Research ReportSummary Synthesising Northern Territory PopulationResearch: A report to the Northern TerritoryDepartment of the Chief Minister A report on twelve years of population research, the causes…

Dual Occupancy Correspondence This email is in two sections, dealing with two separate issues, and lots. (See advert below). Section A We have now had a chance to see the full text of the EDP advertisement which we were apparently only sent part of earlier.…

PLanning Bazaar You are invited to hear from real people who are tackling the issues facing the Territory today. Community activists and organisations bring you updates and stories. PLan: the PLanning Action Network hosts a talk fest at Jervois Park, Jervois…

PLanning Bazaar II You are invited to hear from real people who are tackling the issues facing the Territory today. Community activists and organisations bring you updates and stories. PLan: the PLanning Action Network hosts a talk fest at Bagot Park, Old…

URGENT CALL OUT Closing Date midnight Friday, 24 August, 2018 - more details below. BACKGROUND 1. At present there is, on the internet, on the 'NT Planning Notices/development applications online' an Exceptional Development Application (EDP). This is to allow…

Frog Hollow Frog Hollow is situated on Lots 5665 and 5672 in the City of Darwin. All of Lot 5665 and the northwestern portion of Lot 5672 are covered by parkland with many old and shady trees. All of the parkland is referred to on the City of Darwin website…

A representation of the Landbridge Darwin Luxury Hotel on a brochure given to us at an ELTON consultation. It was clearly stated that it was early days, with a long way to go before finalisation. It was actually said that the hotel may not even look like…

Our Facebook page cover photo is of the colour-keyed zoning map for Darwin. Zoning is the very basis of professional planning. It is how our various land uses are arranged to work together in a compatible way. Each zone has its own NT Planning Scheme rules,…

Published in The Conversation. Author: Hugh Mackay, Honorary Professor of Social Science, University of Wollongong; Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts, Charles Sturt University Disclosure statement: Hugh Mackay does not work for, consult, own shares in or…

Attachment below is a copy of a Letter to the Leader of the Opposition. This amendment gives the NT Planning Commission power over the NT Planning Scheme, and reduces the public and local government's right to comment on proposed changes. Planning Act…

Flagstaff Park (Lot 5180, Town of Darwin) is the public park (zoned PS- Public Open Space) on the top of the end of Myilly Point. It has l panoramic views of the Darwin Harbour, and is of history and heritage significance. The old 'gardens' are a remnant of…

The land behind McDonalds and fronting Dick Ward Drive (off Fitzer Drive) is in imminent danger and could be lost forever, we urgently need your support.

The NT Planning Commission expects that Darwin's population to double in 40-50 years. The NT Government intends to densify by infill developments in Darwin's Inner Suburbs, from Stuart Park to the Narrows. This is as well as the Darwin CBD doubling in size.

The Gardens is a small suburb almost hidden between the Botanic Gardens and the Stuart Highway. A tight nit community has chosen to live here, supposedly out of harms way. They are now literally campaigning to save their community from destruction by high…

The new Australian Fighter Aircraft will be the F35A LIGHTNING II. Details of the Environmental Impact Statement(EIS), other relevant information, and comments will be at www.f35evolution.com.au. Pitch Black Air Exercises 2014 There will be aircraft noise…

The NT Planning Commission now has on exhibition a copy of the Draft Darwin Regional Land Use. This is the next stage on from the Towards a Darwin Regional land Use PLan, and is supposed to reflect the consultation on that document. The plan is the big…

The Northern Territory Government, via the NT PLanning Commission, has at last put together a draft proposal about the OLD HOSPITAL SITE/MYILLY POINT/FLAGSTAFF PARK/KAHLIN. Unfortunately it proposes that over 60% of the land would be taken up by residential…

Consultation continues on the CBD Masterplan project to be finalised by the end of 2013. See further information contained in attached pdf, or on the City of Darwin website, participate, and make a submission. Darwin CBD Master Plan Update

After a long delay, City of Darwin finally announced its consultation on the idea of building a Cafe/Restaurant on the Nightcliff Foreshore near the Nightcliff Swimming pool. Lord Mayor Katrina Fong Lim made it quite clear on ABC TV News (25.3.2013) that…

Palmerston City Council is exhibiting a draft Masterplan for their CBD for comment and consultation. The coloured draft masterplan brochure is NOW on display at www.palmerston.nt.gov.au The link is on the main website page, and all pages can be opened and…

On the morning of 1 March, 2012, Chief Minister Paul Henderson announced his Greater Darwin PLan for our beautiful tropical city by one of the best natural harbours in the world. It introduces chaos, and leaves residents living in uncertainty. Largely as a…