Category: Blog & Opinion
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Newsletter 5 Feb 2022
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…
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A Nice Little Earner
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…
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Save Little Mindil – NTEPA process is closingfe
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…
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Darwin council’s motion to halt the development of Lee Point is cause for serious concern: Urban Development Institute
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…
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Lee Point – Vanderlin Drive/Lee Point Road Intersection Planning Study – consultation ends Friday 18 Dec 2020
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…
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Conveners Report 2019
Conveners Annual Report for 2019 PLan works for balanced planning and for better living environments for the people of the Northern Territory. 1. Introduction This report covers our 2019 year but as the AGM is late it will include information from both 2019 and 2020. As ever there is so much going on and it…
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Darwin City Council Supports Greening of the Cenotaph Carpark
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…
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Review of the Planning Act part 2 – Consultation
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 exhibition, we recognise that the reforms are quite technical, complex and interrelated. In order to enhance understanding of the…
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2019 Snapshot
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 who bring common sense to the table and often put to shame those decision…