COMMUNITY CONSULTATION through consultation on the draft Overview Assessment Guidelines and increased transparency through the release of the The draft Land Use Planning and Approvals proponent’s Major Project Proposal and the Amendment (Major Projects) Bill 2018 Panel’s draft Assessment Report. provides for the assessment of projects that have been declared as major projects. This provides three opportunities for any person or organisation to be able to make a The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide a representation on the proposed major high-level summary on how members of the project prior to the Panel making a decision community can participate in the proposed on whether to grant a Major Project Permit major project assessment process. and the conditions or restrictions that Enhanced community input should be placed on the permit. These opportunities are: Community involvement is at the heart of Making a representation on the the major projects assessment process. proponent’s Major Project Proposal The assessment process will be conducted and the Panel’s draft Assessment by an independent and expert Development Guidelines; Assessment Panel (the Panel) established by Making a representation on the the Tasmanian Planning Commission (the proponent’s Major Project Impact Commission). Statement and the Panel’s draft The major projects assessment process Assessment Report; and builds on the current Projects of Regional Attending a public hearing to Significance (PORS) assessment process by consider the Major Project Impact enhancing transparency, community Statement, the draft Assessment consultation and engagement. This new Report and any proposed conditions process not only retains public exhibition, or restrictions. the receipt of representations and hearings processes on the major project, it provides an additional means for community input
COMMUNITY CONSULTATION Overview The draft Land Use Planning and Approvals Amendment (Major Projects) Bill 2018 provides for the assessment of projects that have been declared as major projects. The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide a high-level summary on how members of the community can participate in the proposed major project assessment process. Enhanced community input Community involvement is at the heart of the major projects assessment process. The assessment process will be conducted by an independent and expert Development Assessment Panel (the Panel) established by the Tasmanian Planning Commission (the Commission). The major projects assessment process builds on the current Projects of Regional Significance (PORS) assessment process by enhancing transparency, community consultation and engagement. This new process not only retains public exhibition, the receipt of representations and hearings processes on the major project, it provides an additional means for community input through consultation on the draft Assessment Guidelines and increased transparency through the release of the proponent’s Major Project Proposal and the Panel’s draft Assessment Report. This provides three opportunities for any person or organisation to be able to make a representation on the proposed major project prior to the Panel making a decision on whether to grant a Major Project Permit and the conditions or restrictions that should be placed on the permit. These opportunities are: Making a representation on the proponent’s Major Project Proposal and the Panel’s draft Assessment Guidelines; Making a representation on the proponent’s Major Project Impact Statement and the Panel’s draft Assessment Report; and Attending a public hearing to consider the Major Project Impact Statement, the draft Assessment Report and any proposed conditions or restrictions.
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