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Macquarie Point Development Corporation Amendment Bill 2018
The Macquarie Point Development Corporation Amendment Bill 2018 provides a framework to
accelerate investment in, and development of, the Macquarie Point site to reflect a shift in focus
from remediation to redevelopment.
The purpose of the Bill is to:
update the existing Macquarie Point Development Corporation Act 2012 including to reflect
the transition in the Macquarie Point Development Corporation’s focus from remediation
to redevelopment; and
provide a planning framework for the site that will support development and accelerated
investment.
Amendments to the Principal Act include to:
expand the Corporation’s principal objectives and functions to:
o encourage pedestrian and bicycle traffic;
o allow for public transport and transit corridors;
o provide for public open spaces; and
o to plan, facilitate and manage temporary and longer-term uses of the site; and
give the Minister the ability to provide the Board with a statement of expectations.
The Bill also allows for the Minister to amend the planning arrangements that guide
development at the Macquarie Point site.
To begin the amendment process, the Corporation’s Board will submit a request to the
Minister for State Growth seeking an amendment to the relevant planning scheme. Prior to this
request, the Board must notify the owners and/or occupiers of adjoining land that it intends to
seek an amendment.
The proposed amendment must:
further the objectives set out in Schedule 1 of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act
1993;
be consistent with any applicable State Policy within the meaning of the State Policies and
Projects Act 1993; and
be consistent, as far as practicable, with the Southern Regional Land Use Strategy.
Before making a planning amendment, the Minister is to consult with the Minister for Planning,
the Corporation, the relevant planning authority, relevant statutory authorities and any agencies
the Minister considers to have an interest.
Following this consultation, the Minister may either approve or resolve not to progress the
proposed planning amendment.
If the Minister approves the proposed amendment, the Tasmanian Planning Commission will
update the relevant planning scheme and publish the statement outlining how the amendments
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meet the intent of the Planning framework. The Minister will then give notice of the
amendment in the Gazette and newspaper, and notify the relevant planning authority.
After an amendment using this process comes into effect, the Minister may make further
amendments for a period of up to 12 months. After that time, no further amendments can be
made under this Bill. All future planning amendments must take place under the normal
planning process.
This provides the Minister with the ability to revise the planning arrangements to support
appropriate development at the site, as well as to support the timely implementation of
arrangements to provide for the realisation of the Hobart City Deal incorporating the Antarctic
and Science Precinct.
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