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Have Your Say on Huntingfield + Future of Latrobe & Huon Valley Municipalities
Newsletter item – Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania, 11 February 2022
Have Your Say On Huntingfield & The future of Latrobe & Huon Valley Municipalities
HUNTINGFIELD Masterplan Stages 2 and 3
Communities Tas is implementing the next development stages of Huntingfield, Stages 2 and 3, totalling 470 residential lots.
Public comment is invited on the next stages of the Master Plan in accordance with the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
Land to be developed in stages 2 and 3 of the Master Plan is adjacent to the Peter Murrell Reserve, where some threatened/endangered species are located including the Forty-Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus).
Assessment under the EPBC Act is by Preliminary Documentation which can be viewed between 19 January 2022 to 17 February 2022 at the following locations:
- Online at https://www.communities.tas.
gov.au/housing/huntingfield - Department of Communities Tasmania by emailing Housing.Projects@communities.
tas.gov.au to arrange either to review a copy at the Department or be emailed an electronic copy - Kingborough Council, 15 Channel Highway, Kingston
- Kingston Library, 11 Hutchins St, Kingston or
- State Library of Tasmania, Level 2, 91 Murray Street, Hobart.
How to Comment
Comments due: 5:00pm, Thursday, 17 February 2022
Post: Project Manager, Community Services, Infrastructure and Housing, Department of Communities Tasmania PO BOX 65 HOBART TAS 7001
Email: HousingProjects@communities.
For more information on the Huntingfield development project visit Communities Tasmania – Huntingfield Land Release.
Use PMAT’s FREE guide to help you comment on the Local Provisions Schedule: Your Guide to Influencing the Development of Your Local Planning Rules (Local Provisions Schedule). Download your guide here.
Every land title, across Latrobe and Huon Valley municipal areas, is about to be transitioned to the new Tasmanian Planning Scheme with 23 zones, 16 codes and site specific/local planning rules through the development of each Council’s Local Provisions Schedule.
Your representation (comment) on Council’s Draft Local Provisions Schedule can help protect your land and places you care about.
The Latrobe Council draft LPS is on public exhibition from 17 January 2022 to 21 March 2022. The draft LPS and related documents are available on the Latrobe Council and the Tasmanian Planning Commission websites.
- Exhibition documents on the Latrobe Council website – see here.
- Exhibition documents on the Tasmanian Planning Commissions website – see here.
- You can also view them in person at the Latrobe Council offices and the Tasmanian Planning Commission’s offices in Hobart.
Representations can be made to the Latrobe Council by:
- By post to PO Box 63, Latrobe 7307
- By email submissions@latrobe.tas.gov.au
- In person at 170 Gilbert Street, Latrobe
You can also phone Latrobe Council on 03 6426 4444 with any questions regarding the Draft LPS.
The Huon Valley Council draft LPS is on public exhibition from 24 January 2022 to 30 March 2022. The draft LPS and related documents are available on the Huon Valley Council and the Tasmanian Planning Commission websites.
- Exhibition documents on the Huon Valley Council website here and here.
- Exhibition documents on the Tasmanian Planning Commissions website here.
- You can also view them in person at the Customer Service Centre, 40 Main Street, Huonville, the Huon Valley Hub, 23 Main Street, Huonville and the Tasmanian Planning Commission’s offices in Hobart.
Representations can be made to the Huon Valley Council by:
- Submit a Representation here
- By email hvc@huonvalley.tas.gov.au
- By hand to Huon Valley Council Customer Service, 40 Main Road, Huonville or;
- By mail to General Manager, Huon Valley Council 40 Main Street, Huonville, 7109
The Huon Valley’s Planning team hosted a series of information sessions in Cygnet, Dover and Huonville, see here.
You can also phone Huon Valley Council on (03) 6264 0300 with any questions regarding the Draft LPS.