Category: Community Alert

  • Saving Flagstaff Park – Urgent Alert Volunteers Wanted

    DAY/DATE: Thursday 17th February 2022 TIME: 4:30pm – 6:30pm LOCATION: Raffles Plaza, Suite 8 / Level 1, 1 Buffalo Court, DARWIN NT 0800 RSVP: info@planinc.org.au This PLan workshop is to secure Flagstaff Park in future, for all. On 5 February 2003, Clare Martin as Chief Minister, by Government Media Release, declared Flagstaff Park, at the…

  • Rapid Creek Road – Thin Edge of the Wedge

    Rapid Creek Road – Thin Edge of the Wedge

    Closing 18th February 2022 – Public Meeting 5:30 Monday 14th February opposite 37 Rapid Creek Road This is a very concerning application that will change the amenity of Rapid Creek Road and create an unacceptable precedent in the northern suburbs. Tropics Consultancy Group has applied to the Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics for an Exceptional Development Permit…

  • Playford Street Racecourse Creek clearing

    Playford Street Racecourse Creek clearing

    Sue of Fannie Bay asks who made the decision to close the Parap Pool for maintenance in the middle of the school holidays and the hottest time of the year? The answer is the City of Darwin (COD) and as a resident next to the Playford street Racecourse Creek / Drain I can report on…

  • A permitted use under the NT Planning Scheme 2020 may not require a development permit

    From the desk of Planning Reform Team, Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics This closes Midnight Friday, 4 March 2022 Here are the attachments: http://planinc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/111907261_Detailed_Information_Paper.pdf http://planinc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/111907263_Integrated_Schedule_of_Amendments.pdf http://planinc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/111907277_Summary_Paper.pdf http://planinc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/111907280_Appendix_C_-_Supplementary_Information.pdf 111907283_Appendix_B_-_Individual_Project_Amendments_-_Designing_Better.pdf 111907285_Appendix_A_-_Individual_Project_Amendments_-_Economic_Recovery_Actions.pdf Here is an extract which appears to be concerning: Establishing a Permitted Use Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics Page 1 of 3 A permitted use under the…

  • Asti Motel Site

    Asti Motel Site

    I live adjacent to a large “dead” site known as the Asti Motel. There is a new development proposal see here: https://planinc.org.au/news/current-campaigns-2/309-old-asti-site.html Some seven and a half years ago the site stalled, and Larrakeyah has been living with temporary fencing on three street fronts and a massive pit in the ground that holds water year-round. In…

  • Little Mindil under threat!

    Little Mindil under threat!

    Little Mindil under threat! Sign up for our newsletter here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-for-our-save-little-mindil-newsletter See what is current: https://planinc.org.au/news/current-campaigns/293-save-little-mindil.html Sign the petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-little-mindil Download the current handout for your street: Current Handout NT EPA Community Comments close 2 November 2021 The Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority have opened for community comments on the Little Mindil Development. Here is the…

  • Planning Alert – 4 Blake Street The Gardens

    Planning Alert – 4 Blake Street The Gardens

    PLANNING ALERT – 4 BLAKE ST, The GARDENS Exhibition Period: Friday, 28 May 2021 – Midnight Friday, 25 June 2021 Address: Lot 07820 Town of Darwin 4 BLAKE ST THE GARDENS Current Zones: SD46 (Specific Use) Proposed Development: 67 x 2 and 34 x 3 bedroom dwellings-multiple and ground level commercial tenancies in a seven-storey…

  • 1 Boulter Road

    1 Boulter Road

    INTRODUCTION If you make a submission please do, by the cut off date of 11 December, 2020. Please make your submission individual, including your name and address, and email if you have one. The more individual submissions the better. They all need to be different. For your possible interest, I attach here a link to the…

  • Community Survey 2020

    Community Survey 2020

    Community Survey 2020 PLan – the Planning Action Network Inc is a volunteer community group working for better urban and rural planning in the Northern Territory. We value your opinion on matters that concern all Territorians. Take the survey online here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/survey-2020 Download the survey from here: https://planinc.org.au/images/documents/Community_Survey_2020_v2.pdf

  • Governance

    What is the role of the City of Darwin? What is the role of the Lord Mayor? There are three layers of government in Australia. “Roads, Rates and Rubbish”. What does the council do? What is the mission and objectives of the City of Darwin? What is the role of the Darwin Waterfront Corporation? What…