In an extraordinary move the City of Darwin is asking the Planning Minister Hon Josh Burgoyne to waive exhibition of a zoning amendment at the Parap Swimming pool site.
At PLan we may be a bit cynical but this seems like a sure fire way to get (that pesky) community out of the way of planning decisions. In a document that could be best described as obtuse we read,
The rezoning would allow the subdivision of the Dwelling- Caretakers lot from the main Parap Pool Site, and conversion of this use to the permitted Dwelling – Single use within the proposed residential zone. No physical development is intended on site at this point in time, noting that development of the site under the LR zone would broadly limit the use of the site to that of single residential development and would not allow for further subdivision or densification of the residential lot (under the existing Scheme provisions at the time of writing). Therefore no impacts to the established character of the neighbourhood or changes to built form are likely.
The italics above are our emphasis, it could be said that the words “at this point in time” are not a great reason to cut community out of the process.
This link show the COD fishing for alternate uses late in 2024.
And this link is Katie wolf and Cr Ed Smelt discussing the disposal of the land. The desire to sell the land seems to missed for the application below.
https://omny.fm/shows/360-with-katie-woolf/city-of-darwin-councillor-ed-smelt-says-the-parap
Closes 18th July
Exhibition Period: Friday, 20 June 2025 – Midnight Friday, 18 July 2025
Address: Lot 05292 Town of Darwin
77 ROSS SMITH AVE PARAP
Current Zones: OR (Organised Recreation)
Proposed Zone: LR (Low Density Residential)
Purpose of Proposed Amendment: Facilitate dwelling-single