Director at ERA Planning & Environment, Board Director and National Vice President at PIA
Where are these people going to live and work? Reading Tasmania's Population Policy that was released today absolutely highlights the need to have state direction on how this population growth will be spatially delivered, to achieve the best outcomes for Tasmanians now and into the future. The Tasmanian Division of the Planning Institute of Australia has been advocating for a state settlement strategy that will do just this. It will bridge the gap between the population strategy and the regional land use strategies currently being reviewed to ensure that we get the right growth in the right places supported by what is needed to make great communities. It will ensure the Tasmanian planning system is ready to go. Without one, we run the risk of unaligned regional land use strategies premised on the basis of different growth scenarios. This will create misalignment between the population policy and the planning system that will be left to resolve at the coal face of the planning system, to the detriment of the community and industry. Felix Ellis Shane Broad Helen Burnet Michael Purves Carmel McCormack
James Jones
3mo
The Liberal goverment's fixation with building a football oval on Hobart's doorstep is the greatest stumbling block to an intelligent future for Tasmania.
I believe temporary housing is being built for the FIFO stadium workers ... alas, alas, alas, money somehow flows easiest when it isn't jobs and housing for locals.
Jackson Hills
3mo
Fascinating development here
Helen Burnet
3mo
Absolutely agree. Last month I met with Mike Purves from PIA and want to see suitable land use and ways where multi-res can be prioritised in identified areas such as our inner cities ax Tasmania. Planning and political will to do the right thing is required.
Principal at Town Planning Solutions Tasmanian Division President at Planning Institute of Australia
3moWe are starting to see the State deliver on real strategic planning, and going beyond the superficial commentary. The key questions of where do these people live and work, where do they play and learn, and how do they travel between these places need to be addressed. We need the connections to deliver across policy platforms and agencies, which the Population Policy and other documents are starting to do. The Settlement Strategy is key to joining those links.