Category: News
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Development of Mylly Point
Plans in place – money from the sale of Little Mindil was to finance this development – where is the money? – why the delay?
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Conveners Message
To me one of the many pleasures of living in the NT is sitting quietly with the Weekend Australian on a Sunday morning while the wildlife goes about its business in my garden.
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Defence of Darwin Museum
Many years ago, PLan started work to establish a public and professionally run museum recognising Northern Territory’s role in the defence of Australia. Many saw this as to document the history, to be a safe repository of documents and memories from the families of those of at least four nations who joined in the defence,…
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2012 Tropical Garden Spectacular
Dear PLan Members, Supporters and Contacts, This is to remind you that the Tropical Garden Spectacular is on again this Saturday and Sunday, 2nd and 3rd June, 2012. It will be full of exhibits, competitions, innovations, and information presentations on the theme of sustainability, in the delightful atmosphere of Darwin’s George Brown Botanic Gardens. Too…
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Anendo Report on Coastal Communities
Submission on the Inquiry into climate change and environmental impacts on coastal communities. Anendo-and-Coastal-Communities.pdf
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Amenity Defined
PLan was part of the movement to have amenity defined. We would have preferred that the definition did not specify locality or building and continue to request its removal from the definition. Planning Act Section 3 Interpretation amenity, in relation to a locality or building, means any quality, condition or factor that makes or contributes…
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Almost loss of Alawa School Oval
Alawa is a quiet treed suburb settled in the 1970’s. It is where the Alawa Primary School and its oval is a central facility and open space recreation resource for the community. This attractive pattern of Commonwealth planning was the standard for all our northern suburbs. Amidst NT Government secrecy from the communities, both of…
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Bayview Development – Sign the online petition to save our mangroves
Mangroves are crucial to the health of our Top End coasts – supplying us with oxygen, storing carbon and providing nurseries for important commercial and recreational fish.
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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…
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ATTENTION! IMPORTANT PROPOSED LEGISLATION AMENDMENT- PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS AND PROPERTY
Changes are proposed under the NT Titles Legislation. Unit title owners should check the NT Department of Attorney General and Justice website. (Click at right in list, under Issues and Consultations for background paper – Cancellation of Unit Plans and schemes). Cut off date for comments is now extended. The industry has made its comments.…