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Membership & Donations
Read more: Membership & DonationsPLan is an incorporated voluntary organization working towards a better living environment. Our Financial year is from 1 July to 30 June each year. Membership is only $25 per year. 2025 year now open – renew or join now and receive membership to the middle of year 2026. Donations are always welcome if you…
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2024 05 Esplanade Statement of Heritage Value
Read more: 2024 05 Esplanade Statement of Heritage ValueUpdate 18/12/2024 Department of Lands, Planning and Environment Heritage Council speaks to the Supreme Court decision on the Darwin Esplanade 17 December 2024 Background On 3 December 2021 the Heritage Council accepted a nomination from a member of the public for the Darwin Esplanade to be a protected heritage place under the Heritage Act 2011.…
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2024 07 Strategic Directions Planning Policy
Read more: 2024 07 Strategic Directions Planning PolicyThis 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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107 Dick Ward Drive Coconut Grove
Read more: 107 Dick Ward Drive Coconut GroveExhibition Period: Friday, 24 October 2025 – Midnight Friday, 7 November 2025 Address: Lot 09742 Town of Nightcliff, 107 DICK WARD DR COCONUT GROVE Lot 09743 Town of Nightcliff, 115 DICK WARD DR COCONUT GROVE Current Zones: CP (Community Purpose) Proposed Development: Changes to the development approved by DP24/0106 for the purpose of extending the…
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Submission on Kulaluk–Minmarama Assessment Report: Development in Primary Storm Surge Zones
Read more: Submission on Kulaluk–Minmarama Assessment Report: Development in Primary Storm Surge ZonesA Staged Development Framework? The Kulaluk–Minmarama Land Assessment Report (Byrne Consultants, August 2023) identifies 11 staged development areas within the Kulaluk (Lot 5182) and Minmarama (Lot 5183) Aboriginal lease lands. Bundling and Staging The report maps commercial sub-leases together with Aboriginal lease areas in its development stages, treating them within a single planning and infrastructure…
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Press Release – Community Meeting
Read more: Press Release – Community MeetingResidents seek clarity on Kulaluk works 14 October 2025 On Saturday 27 September, senior NT officials including the Acting CEO of the Department of Logistics and Infrastructure attended a public meeting at Tudawali Park with Ostermann Street and Ludmilla residents. The meeting was called after residents observed a massive spoon drain behind their homes, clearing…
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Landfill and Contamination Legacy of the Kulaluk–Minmarama Lands
Read more: Landfill and Contamination Legacy of the Kulaluk–Minmarama LandsA Legacy of Dumping Parts of the Minmarama lease were used as Darwin’s municipal dump, expanded after Cyclone Tracy in 1974. Byrne Consultants (2023) confirm that uncontrolled waste and fill were placed across the lands, leaving a legacy of contamination that still requires assessment before development can safely proceed. In 2021, the NT Environment Department…
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Environmental Significance of the Kulaluk–Minmarama Lands
Read more: Environmental Significance of the Kulaluk–Minmarama LandsLudmilla Creek: Darwin’s Last Living Creek System Most of Darwin’s mid-suburb waterways have been channelised and degraded into stormwater drains, but Ludmilla Creek is different — it is still a living tidal system. Mangroves line its banks, fish and birdlife depend on it, and people still fish and crab here. Ludmilla creek is last remaining…
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Tudawali Park Public Meeting
Read more: Tudawali Park Public MeetingTudawali Park Meeting – 27 September PLAN convened a public meeting at Tudawali Park on 27/09 after Ostermann residents raised their alarm and confusion about:– a massive spoon drain built behind their homes,– hectares of bush cleared on the Seth Chin block.Ludmilla residents also wanted answers about a new fence erected around the MacDonald block…
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YWCA Rezoning Proposal Raises Questions About Specific Use Zones
Read more: YWCA Rezoning Proposal Raises Questions About Specific Use ZonesThe 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 in…
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Fast Tracking Change
Read more: Fast Tracking ChangeA Fast-Track Planning System at the Expense of DemocracyOn 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.pdfThe declaration…
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Why the Harry Chan Site Should Be Heritage Listed
Read more: Why the Harry Chan Site Should Be Heritage ListedDarwin once had a thriving Chinatown, centred on Cavenagh and Bennett Streets, stretching across to what is now Civic Park and the Harry Chan site. From the late 19th century, Chinese migrants ran stores, boarding houses, herbalists’ shops, cafés, and gardens here. Chinatown was both an economic hub and a cultural heart for Darwin’s Chinese…