Tasmania · Preliminary planning reports
Preliminary planning reports in Tasmania
A $150 desktop planning assessment for any address in Tasmania. We take the parcel from the state cadastre, sweep the zoning and overlay mapping at the parcel, read the Tasmanian Planning Scheme in force and cite it by clause, and set out in writing what was checked and what was not. Prepared and professionally reasoned by our planning team and delivered within three business days.
What governs a site in Tasmania
Tasmania uses one Tasmanian Planning Scheme. The State Planning Provisions set the zones, codes and standards that apply state-wide; each council’s Local Provisions Schedule maps them onto its own area and carries the council’s local content.
So a site in Tasmania is read in two parts: the State Planning Provisions for the standards, and the council’s Local Provisions Schedule for which zone and codes apply to the parcel.
LISTmap is the state’s mapping service, where the planning scheme layers and the cadastre are published.
The instruments the report reads in Tasmania
- Tasmanian Planning Scheme, State Planning Provisions · state-wide zones, codes and standards
- Local Provisions Schedule · the council’s mapping and local content
Councils in Tasmania
Every local government area in Tasmania, from the ABS local government area list. Each page explains how the report works for a site in that council.
- Break O'Day
- Brighton
- Burnie
- Central Coast
- Central Highlands
- Circular Head
- Clarence
- Derwent Valley
- Devonport
- Dorset
- Flinders
- George Town
- Glamorgan-Spring Bay
- Glenorchy
- Hobart
- Huon Valley
- Kentish
- King Island
- Kingborough
- Latrobe
- Launceston
- Meander Valley
- Northern Midlands
- Sorell
- Southern Midlands
- Tasman
- Waratah-Wynyard
- West Coast
- West Tamar
How the report works for a site in Tasmania
The same five steps for every site in Australia, applied to the Tasmanian Planning Scheme. Nothing is stated that was not checked, and what was not checked is stated.
Step 1
Parcel from the state cadastre
We take the parcel from the state cadastre and project it, so the report is about the lot itself and not a point on a street.
Step 2
Zoning and overlays swept at the parcel
The zoning and overlay mapping is swept at the parcel boundary, not at a single point, so a layer that touches one corner of the block is caught.
Step 3
The instrument in force, cited by clause
We read the planning instrument in force and cite it by clause, with its version and date, so every statement in the report can be checked at the source.
Step 4
Nearby applications where a public register exists
Where the council keeps a public register of applications, we read the nearby ones and cite what we found. We do not hold a database of decisions for the council.
Step 5
A written statement of what was not checked
Anything the report did not check is stated in writing, so you know the edges of the answer as well as the answer.
We do not hold a database of council decisions in Tasmania. Where a council publishes a public register of applications, the report reads the nearby ones and cites what it found. Our free block checker covers South East Queensland only, so it is not offered in Tasmania.
Taking a Tasmania project through to lodgement
DA projects are quoted individually. We take a limited number at a time so each gets a director’s attention, and we reply within one business day with availability.
Know your site before you commit
A $150 report for any address in Tasmania: the parcel, the zoning and overlays at the parcel, the Tasmanian Planning Scheme cited by clause, and a written statement of what was not checked. Prepared and professionally reasoned by our planning team and delivered within three business days.