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PLan is an incorporated voluntary organization working towards a better living environment. Our Financial year is from 1 July to 30 June each year. Membership is only $25 per year. 2025 year now open – renew or join now and…
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2024 05 Esplanade Statement of Heritage Value
Update 18/12/2024 Department of Lands, Planning and Environment Heritage Council speaks to the Supreme Court decision on the Darwin Esplanade 17 December 2024 Background On 3 December 2021 the Heritage Council accepted a nomination from a member of the public…
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2024 07 Strategic Directions Planning Policy
This submission closes 31 July 2024. https://haveyoursay.nt.gov.au/strategic-directions-planning-policy At this stage we have yet to engage with this process, please return to this web site in the future. StrategicDirections download the pdf.
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Public Asset Commercialisation Timeline
How did public Defence land come to be channelled into private for-profit residential development through a corporatised and commercialised Commonwealth housing authority? The transition was facilitated through a series of institutional and policy changes. One mechanism was the corporatisation of…
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DHA Lee Point Road residential expansion timeline 2000 to 2015
By PLan correspondent Sonja Pastor The significant natural, cultural and historical heritage values of the Lee Point headland The Lee Point headland was already nationally recognised for its significant natural and cultural values in 1991 as part of the Darwin…
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PA2026/0187 – Development 577 LEE POINT RD
PA2026/0187 – Development Exhibition Period: Friday, 5 June 2026 – Midnight Friday, 19 June 2026 Lot 04873 Town of Nightcliff, 577 Lee Point Road Lee Point Current Zones: MZ (Multi Zone) Proposed Development: Excavation and fill (erosion gully remediation Jump to…
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85 Progress Drive, Nightcliff – Proposed 14 Unit Apartment Development
Planning application: Lot 01861 Town of Nightcliff85 Progress Drive, Nightcliff Zone:MR (Medium Density) Proposal:Dwelling-multiple (14 x 2-bedroom apartments) in a three-storey building with setback variations. Applicant:Cunnington Rosse Town Planning and Consulting Existing use:11 dwellings in single and two-storey buildings with…
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Why do they call it a footpath?
Liz Trevaskis ABC Afternoons interview with Nick Kirlew Nick Kirlew’s Independent Candidacy for Chan Ward In this ABC Radio interview, local independent candidate Nick Kirlew discusses his vision for the upcoming Chan Ward Council by-election, drawing on his 40-year history…
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PA2026/0110 SD44 Rezoning Application – Seth Chin Block – how to read the documents
🚨 Major Darwin Rezoning Proposed: What You Need to Know 🚨 A new planning application (PA2026/0110) is proposing a massive change for the land along Dick Ward Drive (covering parts of Ludmilla and Coconut Grove). While the application frames this…
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ABC Radio – Bagot Shopping Center
Jess Ong It is 20 to 7 on ABC Darwin. My name’s Jess Ong. It is the day where you and I dig up some dirt, dig into the soil to find out what’s being developed where. You know, you…
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Lee Point plan lacked scrutiny from the start
This article is a straight copy from the NT Independent 19/05/2026. Sonja Pastor, a PLan volunteer takes aim and hits the target, regards Nick. https://ntindependent.com.au/letter-to-the-editor-lee-point-plan-lacked-scrutiny-from-the-start Dear Editor, At its April 28 meeting, Darwin Council formally resolved to support a Senate…
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Nick Kirlew for Chan Ward
I am proud to announce that I am running as a candidate in the 2026 City of Darwin Chan Ward By-election. Darwin is a unique place, and I’m stepping up because I believe our local Council can—and should—do more to…
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Current Petitions
This is a list of our current petitions; please add you name: Protect Ludmilla Bushland https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/protect-ludmilla-bushland-lot-5182-and-ensure-transparent-planning/ Open Letter to Ed Smelt https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/open-letter-to-ed-smelt/ Review of the DHA Lee Point housing project https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/urgent-review-of-the-dha-lee-point-housing-project/ Support for the Heritage Listing of the Darwin Esplanade…
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