Category: Community Alert
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Protect Community Land: Ensure Transparency, Accountability, and Public Benefit
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…
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Possible Remains of Old Chinatown Unearthed on Harry Chan Site
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…
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Lloyd Creek
The public exhibition period has been extended until Friday 30th May. Sign the petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-lloyd-creek-noonamah-ridge There is a community group Facebook page at this link:https://www.facebook.com/groups/177344882650001NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIAPROPOSAL TO AMEND NT PLANNING SCHEMEPA2024/0093 Read this web page The Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment has accepted an application to amend the NT Planning Scheme…
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Project Officer Part Time
DARWIN CITY, 0800 NT Posted on Apr 07, 2025 Last updated on Apr 07, 2025 PLan – the Planning Action Network Inc is a volunteer community group working for better urban and rural planning in the NT. PLan collaborates with resident and community groups on ma The role Participate in current projects including: Web development,…
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PLan defunded
This year the new Northern Territory Government have defunded PLan, for many years both CLP and ALP governments have assisted with our modest operational costs. But now no more.https://www.gofundme.com/f/plan-the-planning-action-network-has-been-defundedPLan – the Planning Action Network Inc is a volunteer community group working for better urban and rural planning in the Northern Territory. View this page. PLan…
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Civic Centre Redevelopment
Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-21-storey-development-on-harry-chan-avenue-public-land Council announced in November its proposal to build the 21-storey hybrid civic centre-officer tower in partnership with developer DCOH at an approximate cost of $150 million, with council owning 51 per cent of the building and the developer owning 10 floors as private office space. “partners” In response to a…
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The Unfinished Saga of Little Mindil
17 November 2024 NOTICE TO REJECT THE PLANNING APPLICATION (SECTION 46(9) OF THE PLANNING ACT 1999) LOT 7651 (25) GILRUTH AVENUE, TOWN OF DARWIN The Development Consent Authority (‘the Authority’) has determined, under Section 46(9) of the Planning Act 1999 (‘the Act’), to reject the proposal to use and develop the abovementioned land for the…
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Kulaluk and Minmarama Park Land Assessment
The Gwalwa Daraniki Association Inc (GDA) hold title to the Kulaluk and Minmarama Park Town Camps under a Crown Lease in perpetuity. The Crown Lease allows the land to be utilised for uses ‘consistent with the zoning of the land’. The land is currently subject to a number of zones including conservation, restricted development, community…
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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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CBD Height and density
Minister Lawrie has set in train a proposed amendment to the NT Planning Scheme to which we have twenty eight days to respond. The proposal is to have a 90 metre limit on buildings throughout the whole CDB and provide no setbacks. Details are on the NT Planning Notice website. There is a history behind…