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  • YWCA Rezoning Proposal Raises Questions About Specific Use Zones

    YWCA Rezoning Proposal Raises Questions About Specific Use Zones

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    The YWCA has lodged a Planning Scheme Amendment to rezone its land at 121 Mitchell Street and 12 Doctors Gully Road, Larrakeyah. Listed as Planning Application PA2025/0283, the proposal is on public exhibition from 5 September until 3 October 2025. The land is currently zoned Low–Medium Density Residential (LMR). The amendment seeks to place it…

  • Fast Tracking Change

    Fast Tracking Change

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    A Fast-Track Planning System at the Expense of Democracy On 27 August 2025, the Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment issued a declaration under section 11(3) of the Planning Act 1999, exempting certain classes of planning scheme amendments from public exhibition. The declaration is here: Declaration under section 11(3) – Class of Amendments (PDF): https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1555394/declaration-under-section-11-3-of-the-planning-act-1999-class-of-amendments.pdf…

  • Asti Motel site is back – 2025

    Asti Motel site is back – 2025

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    Public Submission: PA2025/0247 – Amendments to DP24/0010 Closing Midnight Friday, 12 September 2025 To: Development Assessment ServicesSubject: Public Submission on PA2025/0247 – Objection due to Outdated Supporting Material We respectfully submit this correspondence as a formal public submission regarding PA2025/0247, amending development permit DP24/0010. 1. Fragmented and Outdated Documentation The applicant relies heavily on supplementary…

  • Darwin Council hid costings for two alternative civic centre designs from public

    Darwin Council hid costings for two alternative civic centre designs from public

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    NT Independent by David Wood | Aug 13, 2025 | Business, News, Costings for two different versions of the new Darwin Council civic centre were given to council but never made public in the months before it put out an expression of interest for the building, that led to a partnership with developer DCOH to build the controversial 21-story hybrid civic…

  • COD Election Forum 2025

    COD Election Forum 2025

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    City of Darwin Council Election Candidates Forum All Welcome. Thursday 14th August 2025 5pm Bagot Park Hosted by PLan: the Planning Action Network Inc What are your top 5 questions? Take the survey here: https://actionnetwork.org/surveys/city-of-darwin-council-election-candidates-forum-5-questions/ How NT Local Government Elections Work (A Voter’s Guide) The Northern Territory has 5 municipal councils, 10 regional councils, and 3…

  • Support Heritage Listing of the Darwin Esplanade

    Support Heritage Listing of the Darwin Esplanade

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    Make Your Voice Heard: Support Heritage Listing of the Darwin Esplanade ✅ Sign the petition to support the full heritage listing of the Esplanade: support the full heritage listing of the Esplanade The NT Heritage Council is currently reconsidering the full heritage listing of the Darwin Esplanade, following a 2023 NT Supreme Court decision that…

  • Parap Pool Caretakers House

    Parap Pool Caretakers House

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    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…

  • Blake Street July 2025

    Blake Street July 2025

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    Commentary on Blake Street and Waratah Street. See Waratah Street here: https://planinc.org.au/the-privatisation-of-7-waratah-crescent-land-historically-zoned-community-purposes/ It shows how urgently we need to draw public attention to the lack of statutory protections for community land in the NT, which is far weaker than in other states . There is a common pattern: land historically zoned for Community Purpose (CP)…

  • Protect Community Land: Ensure Transparency, Accountability, and Public Benefit

    Protect Community Land: Ensure Transparency, Accountability, and Public Benefit

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    Update 7/9/25 – It’s been finally confirmed the 7 Waratah Crescent development has been scrapped – for the time being !  🟡 Public Hearing DetailsPlease come to the public hearing for the Proposed Planning Scheme Amendment — PA2024/0408 — seeking to rezone Lot 11258 (7) Waratah Crescent, Fannie Bay from Zone MR (Medium Density Residential) to…

  • Possible Remains of Old Chinatown Unearthed on Harry Chan Site

    Possible Remains of Old Chinatown Unearthed on Harry Chan Site

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    The point is that there must be evidence of Chinatown in / on the site. It is where part of Chinatown was. Archaeological investigations should reveal evidence of what buildings were there, how they were used, how people lived and worked there. This should all have been done long before the site was disturbed by…