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What is this about?

    This a Housing Land Supply Order (HLSO) under the Housing Land Supply Act, proposing to rezone land at 50 Wildor Street, Raveswood.

    See the life cycle below for details of the order.

Map showing the land affected by the HLSO in Ravenswood.
Area of Housing Land Supply Order

Life cycle

Proposed Housing Land Supply Order

Details of the proposed order

The site is currently zoned Rural Resource 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 from Rural Resource 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 Launceston municipality.

Details of the site

The land at 50 Wildor Crescent, Ravenswood (FR 180099/2) is currently zoned Rural Resource.  The land is approximately 12.5 ha in size and would potentially yield  up to 158 lots.

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 to 1 November 2022. 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 580.9 KB))

Consultant's report ((PDF 18.2 MB))

Postal address

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

Email address

spo@stateplanning.tas.gov.au

Your personal information

Review of submissions

The Minister’s report and submissions tabled in Parliament are available on the Parliament of Tasmania website.

Decision – Approval or Refusal

The Minister has made the Ravenswood Housing Land Supply Order. It started on 21 June, 2023.