Housing Land Supply Order (Chigwell) 2022

Details of the proposed order

• The site is currently zoned Open Space and development of the site for residential housing is prohibited under the zone.
• The proposed Order if approved, will result in part of the land being rezoned to the General Residential Zone.
• Rezoning the land will enable the Department of Communities Tasmania to increase their supply of social and affordable housing within the Glenorchy area.

Proponent

The proponent is Homes Tasmania.

Details of the site

• The proposed Order relates to approximately 2475 m2 of land located at Allunga Road, Chigwell and forms part of title reference CT 197749/1.
• The land is owned by the Department of State Growth.
• The remaining part of the land is used for informal open space.
• The area of land in the proposed Order has potential to yield up to approximately 6 dwelling units dependent on the type of development proposed and addressing the requirements of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme through the Glenorchy Local Provisions Schedule and the State Planning Provisions.

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
• 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 4 June 2022 to 4 July 2022. You can have your say by making a written submission and posting or emailing it to our Office before the consultation period closes.

Postal address

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

Email address

spo@stateplanning.tas.gov.au

The submissions and the Minister's report is tabled in Parliament and is available from the Parliament of Tasmania website.

The Minister for Planning has made the Housing Land Supply Order under the Housing Land Supply Act 2018 - effective 21 December 2022.