Author: PLan
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Little Mindil, let’s be open about Open Space
Previous Plan articles on Little Mindil Little Mindil beachfront site on the market NOTE: there is a revised movie that attempts to reflect the atcual boundary of what we know as Little Mindil. here is the new movie on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4C3fFWedxA&feature=share Little Mindil gifted to the Casino?
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Area PLan and Social Infrastructure
On Friday last, the Development Consent Authority(DCA) held a reporting hearing to advise Planning Minister Tollner on whether to apply the Darwin Inner Suburbs Area Plan. This is one of a series of plans being prepared currently by Gary Nairn’s NT Planning Commission. Area PLan’s guide future planning. They are not definitive, but they are…
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Opening Hours
The office will be open Friday 18th April to Monday 21st April 9am to 4pm, see you there. Please call if you are coming in to confirm 0447 499 794. Next PLan meeting TBA
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Living with Migratory Shorebirds at Lee Point – Part 7 References
DRAFT References and Links Front Cover Cover Image: As if One Bird from video of the same name directed by Cathryn Vasseleu Inside Cover: Shorebirds disturbed History Images Image 1: Map of Larrakia country – http://larrakia.com/about/the-larrakia-people/ Image 2: 13A_NTL-Rare_Map_67 Surveying Darwin 1869 – Northern Territory Library Image 3: The Bloodhound was a mid to high altitude Surface to…
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Living with Migratory Shorebirds at Lee Point – Part 6 Activities
REVIEW Migratory Shorebirds Activities 1. Introduction Image 1: Shorebirds feeding. Photo by Gayle Laidlaw. Migratory shorebirds are a group of birds that spend much of their time in coastal areas and wetlands. They travel huge distances each year to move between where they feed in the Southern Hemisphere and where they raise their chicks in…
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2024 06 Fishing jetty Dudley Point
This submission closes 2 July 2024. https://haveyoursay.nt.gov.au/fishing-jetty-dudley-point This is quiet a significant call, and Plan’s first thought is perhaps a longer lead time for submissions is appropriate. The submission points to the Northern Territory Recreation Fishing Development Plan 2023-33 which is a web only plan (I suspect DHA would have found this a better way…
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2024 06 Smith Street Streetscape
This submission closes 3 July 2024. https://engage.darwin.nt.gov.au/shape-smith-street It took me a while to understand the graphics, the people in full pandemic suites were distracting, make sure you open the pdf here SmithStLandscape_-_For_Consultation.pdf to get the overhead view. Driving towards the mall from the roundabout, on the left and right a bike path will be introduced. It…
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2024 04 The Heritage Listing of the Esplanade
If you are concerned about the Heritage Listing of the Esplanade, sign the open letter here: Open letter to City of Darwin Download and print out the flyer with the open letter QR code here: 2024_05_The_Esplanade_is_most_important_QR.pdf It is a large green parkland laid out and established by George Goyder’s team of first surveyors in Darwin (Palmerston) in…
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Media release regarding DHA Lee Point housing project
The community leaders, organisations and people below call for the resignation of the Board and senior officials of Defence Housing Australia (DHA). We also call for a transparent investigation by Work Safe NT, and the Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy and Water into repeated and ongoing breaches of relevant site safety legislation and Federal…