What is this about?

This a Housing Land Supply Order (HLSO) under the Housing Land Supply Act 2018, proposing to rezone land at William Street, Brighton.

See the life cycle below for details of the order.

Image showing Brighton Housing Land Supply Order 2024 Map

Life cycle

Proposed Housing Land Supply Order

Details of the proposed Order

  • The site is currently zoned Utilities, and development of the site for housing is prohibited under this zone.
  • Rezoning the land will enable Homes Tasmania to increase the supply of social and affordable housing within the Brighton Local Government Area.
  • The proposed Order, if approved, will result in part of the subject land being rezoned to the General Residential Zone.

Details of the site

  • The proposed Order relates to approximately 0.4 hectares of land located at the end of William Street, adjacent to the Midland Highway and South Line railway, Brighton, described by folios of the Register FR 108441/1 and 78100/1.
  • The site is owned by the Crown and managed by the Department of State Growth. The area of land in the proposed Order has potential to yield up to 12 dwellings, dependent on the type of development proposed and the requirements of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and Brighton Local Provisions Schedule.
  • An indicative subdivision layout indicates the site will be subdivided into three separate titles once rezoned.
Have your say

Making a submission

Submissions may be made with respect to the relevant matters specified in section 13(2) of the Housing Land Supply Act 2018.

The relevant matters are as follows:

  • the suitability for residential use of the area of land
  • the suitability of the intended zone or
  • whether the Minister would, or would not, contravene section 5(2) or section 6 (1) or (2) of the Housing Land Supply Act 2018 by making a housing land supply order.

Have your say

Consultation will be open from 10 June to 9 July 2024. You can have your say by making a written submission and posting or emailing it to our office before the consultation period closes.

Key documents

Consultation package ((PDF 605.5 KB))

Consultant's report

Postal address

State Planning Office
Department of State Growth
GPO Box 536
Hobart TAS 7001

Email address

spo@stateplanning.tas.gov.au

Personal information

The Minister for Planning will consider all Housing Land Supply Order submissions in accordance with legislation before determining whether to table the proposed Order in Parliament or not. Where the Order is tabled, the submissions are included for Parliament’s review. Either House of Parliament can disallow (refuse) a proposed Order.

If the Minister for Planning determines not to table the proposed Order in Parliament, legislation requires the Minister to publish all submissions received and provide reasons for not tabling the proposed Order.

No personal information other than an individual’s name or the organisation making a submission will be presented to Parliament or published.

For further information, please contact the State Planning Office by emailing spo@stateplanning.tas.gov.au, or read the Tasmanian Government Public Submissions Policy.

Review of submissions

When they become available, the Minister's report will be tabled in Parliament and are available on the Parliament of Tasmania website.

Decision on order

The Order amended the Brighton Local Provisions Schedule under the Tasmanian Planning Scheme for the Brighton municipal area by:

  • Rezoning land located at the end of William Street, adjacent to the Midland Highway and South Line railway, Brighton, described by folios of the Register FR 108441/1 and 78100/1 to the General Residential Zone.

The rezoning came into effect on 5 February 2025.