Category: Blog & Opinion

The City of Darwin is currently assessing proposals for the redevelopment of its 1960s-era Civic Centre, with the council keen to partner with private investment to include things like hotels, accommodation, function centres and water features as part of the works. The council has allocated $40.1m of its $61m capital works program budget for 2024–25…

City of Darwin’s draft 2024/25 Municipal Plan, which features a budget commitment of $141 million to deliver services and initiatives that directly benefit the community, has been released for public comment today. The budget aims to deliver a cleaner, greener and more vibrant and inclusive city and includes a $61.1 million investment in a comprehensive…

Overview PLan: the Planning Action Network Incorporated Inc collaborates with resident and community groups on matters including the built environment, heritage, cultural and environmental values of concern in the Northern Territory and Australia. PLan’s aim is to achieve, for the community, sustainability in terms of social, cultural, environmental and balanced long term economic impacts. This…

Here is our first newsletter for 2022. Introduction A busy time with PLan being successful in a small grant to encourage volunteers. So if you have some free time we can provide transport to bring you into the office and return you home. The application to create 7 house blocks on Rapid Creek Road each…

Infrastructure NT Commissioner Appointed 26 January 2022 The Territory Government has appointed Ms Louise McCormick to the role of Commissioner for Infrastructure NT. Over the past 16 years Louise has worked in the Northern Territory, she has been involved in planning, delivery and management of some of the Territory’s largest and most complex infrastructure projects and…

Hello, Here is a quick round up of PLan related activities for this week. Save Little Mindil Save Little Mindil NTEPA Submissions close midnight Tuesday 2nd November. There are just a few days until the NTEPA (Northern Territory Environmental Protection Authority) consultation on the Little Mindil fiasco closes. It is vital that the NTEPA understands…

In response to the recent commentary by Catriona Tatam who is the chief executive of the Urban Development Institute of Australia NT. The City of Darwin is to be congratulated for stepping up to bring awareness of a serious failure of the planning process to bring the community along with the development of Darwin. As…

Greetings Friends, What will happen to traffic volumes if the proposed development to house 3000 people (population of Tennant Creek) at Lee Point goes ahead? Who pays for these upgrades? Vanderlin/Lee Point Road roundabout (looking east) – morning peak hour – Sept 2020 The NT Government is inviting the public to contribute to a Vanderlin…

Sun Newspapers 28.11.2017 … Council has given in-principle support to the Chief Minister’s announcement for a 450-bay underground carpark to be built on the Parliament House Greens. The investment will see the existing carparks at Supremme Court, Chan Building and the Cenotaph on the Esplanade replaced with green, open spaces. We are working towards a…