Research and practice that informed the development of standards International context: England and Australia Both England and Australia have national- or state-level definitions as part of their planning systems. : State of national level definitions in other countries State/country # of definition Comment Queensland 123 N/A Victoria 119 N/A New South Wales 84 These are general definitions in the and Regional ‘State Development and Exempt and Complying Development Codes’, with further definitions contained in each of the 35 other state environment planning provisions. England 82 Other definitions are contained in separate topic planning practice guidance. The Australian state planning templates primarily relate to issues also covered in New Zealand district plans. Queensland has 77 councils and Victoria has 79 within their state borders; both of these are similar to New Zealand’s 78 district and city councils. Like New Zealand, Queensland and Victoria each have one large city (Brisbane and Melbourne) and large coastlines with smaller inland councils. From looking at the contents of their plans it can be seen that the range of issues addressed is similar to those addressed in our district plans. Based on the overseas practices, it could be suggested that the National Planning Standards in New Zealand could expect to have between 80 to 120 defined terms. The Ministry for the Environment’s research into the Australian planning system also revealed there is a high level of public interest in definitions. Submissions on definitions made up an estimated 40 per cent of total submissions to the Queensland Planning Provisions version 3.0 in 2012 and version 4.0 in 2015.
Research and practice that informed the development of standards International context: England and Australia Both England and Australia have national- or state-level definitions as part of their planning systems. : State of national level definitions in other countries State/country # of definition Comment Queensland 123 N/A Victoria 119 N/A New South Wales 84 These are general definitions in the ‘State and Regional Development and Exempt and Complying Development Codes’, with further definitions contained in each of the 35 other state environment planning provisions. England 82 Other definitions are contained in separate topic planning practice guidance. The Australian state planning templates primarily relate to issues also covered in New Zealand district plans. Queensland has 77 councils and Victoria has 79 within their state borders; both of these are similar to New Zealand’s 78 district and city councils. Like New Zealand, Queensland and Victoria each have one large city (Brisbane and Melbourne) and large coastlines with smaller inland councils. From looking at the contents of their plans it can be seen that the range of issues addressed is similar to those addressed in our district plans. Based on the overseas practices, it could be suggested that the National Planning Standards in New Zealand could expect to have between 80 to 120 defined terms. The Ministry for the Environment’s research into the Australian planning system also revealed there is a high level of public interest in definitions. Submissions on definitions made up an estimated 40 per cent of total submissions to the Queensland Planning Provisions version 3.0 in 2012 and version 4.0 in 2015.
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