Category: News

  • PLan’s Submission on Lot 4128(121 Amy Johnson Drive D/A Crematorium

    Dear Friends, This may be of interest to you in one way or another Submission on Lot 4128 121 Amy Johnson Drive D/A Crematorium From: Margaret Clinch Date: 31 January 2009 2:57:29 AM To: das.dpi@nt.gov.au Subject: Submission on Lot 4128(121 Amy Johnson Drive D/A Crematorium PLan: the Planning Action Network, Inc PO Box 2513, Darwin,…

  • Little Mindil, let’s be open about Open Space

    Previous Plan articles on Little Mindil Little Mindil beachfront site on the market NOTE: there is a revised movie that attempts to reflect the atcual boundary of what we know as Little Mindil. here is the new movie on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4C3fFWedxA&feature=share Little Mindil gifted to the Casino? Share this content

  • Area PLan and Social Infrastructure

    On Friday last, the Development Consent Authority(DCA) held a reporting hearing to advise Planning Minister Tollner on whether to apply the Darwin Inner Suburbs Area Plan. This is one of a series of plans being prepared currently by Gary Nairn’s NT Planning Commission. Area PLan’s guide future planning. They are not definitive, but they are…

  • 2024 06 Fishing jetty Dudley Point

    2024 06 Fishing jetty Dudley Point

    This submission closes 2 July 2024. https://haveyoursay.nt.gov.au/fishing-jetty-dudley-point This is quiet a significant call, and Plan’s first thought is perhaps a longer lead time for submissions is appropriate. The submission points to the Northern Territory Recreation Fishing Development Plan 2023-33 which is a web only plan (I suspect DHA would have found this a better way…

  • 2024 06 Smith Street Streetscape

    2024 06 Smith Street Streetscape

    This submission closes 3 July 2024. https://engage.darwin.nt.gov.au/shape-smith-street It took me a while to understand the graphics, the people in full pandemic suites were distracting, make sure you open the pdf here SmithStLandscape_-_For_Consultation.pdf to get the overhead view. Driving towards the mall from the roundabout, on the left and right a bike path will be introduced. It…

  • 2024 04 The Heritage Listing of the Esplanade

    2024 04 The Heritage Listing of the Esplanade

    If you are concerned about the Heritage Listing of the Esplanade, sign the open letter here: Open letter to City of Darwin Download and print out the flyer with the open letter QR code here: 2024_05_The_Esplanade_is_most_important_QR.pdf It is a large green parkland laid out and established by George Goyder’s team of first surveyors in Darwin (Palmerston) in…

  • Media release regarding DHA Lee Point housing project

    Media release regarding DHA Lee Point housing project

    The community leaders, organisations and people below call for the resignation of the Board and senior officials of Defence Housing Australia (DHA). We also call for a transparent investigation by Work Safe NT, and the Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy and Water into repeated and ongoing breaches of relevant site safety legislation and Federal…

  • How $40m redevelopment of Civic Centre could change Darwin CBD

    How $40m redevelopment of Civic Centre could change Darwin CBD

    The City of Darwin is currently assessing proposals for the redevelopment of its 1960s-era Civic Centre, with the council keen to partner with private investment to include things like hotels, accommodation, function centres and water features as part of the works. The council has allocated $40.1m of its $61m capital works program budget for 2024–25…

  • Darwin Municipal Plan Open For Public Feedback

    Darwin Municipal Plan Open For Public Feedback

    City of Darwin’s draft 2024/25 Municipal Plan, which features a budget commitment of $141 million to deliver services and initiatives that directly benefit the community, has been released for public comment today. The budget aims to deliver a cleaner, greener and more vibrant and inclusive city and includes a $61.1 million investment in a comprehensive…

  • Berrimah Farm Heritage Site

    28/04/2024, 10:56 Northern Territory News HERITAGE ‘FIASCO’ ALEX TREACY A former employee of the Berrimah Farm field research facility says he is “staggered” the developer that was controversially gifted the land has not maintained public access to a heritage-listed World War II site that played a vital role in the defence of northern Australia. Rob…