2018: & Tasmanian Planning Commission (the Overview Commission) and prescribed ‘interested persons’. The Housing Land Supply Act 2018 (the Act) provides a more efficient and appropriate Role of the Minister process for rezoning land owned by Housing Tasmania and surplus Crown land The Minister’s primary role is to determine (Government land) that has been assessed as whether an area of Government land that being suitable for residential use for has been identified as suitable for residential affordable housing. It also enables the use for affordable housing should be residential planning rules to be modified to rezoned. The Minister may also nominate optimise the use of Government land used specific planning controls for residential use for that purpose. and development to areas of Government land that are already zoned for residential This fact sheet provides a high-level purposes and other land that may be subject summary of the roles and responsibilities of to rezoning in accordance with the the key decision-makers and other provisions of this Act (see Fact Sheet 2). stakeholders in the making or revocation of an order (a Housing Land Supply Order). Making a Housing Land Supply Order Key decision-makers are the: Subject to meeting strict eligibility and suitability criteria, the Act enables the the Minister for Planning (the Minister to make a Housing Land Supply Minister); and Order declaring an area of Government land (i.e. Crown land or land held by the the Parliament of Tasmania (that Director of Housing under the Homes Act includes the House of Assembly and 1935) to be ‘housing supply land’. the Legislative Council). The Minister may only make a Housing Land Other stakeholders that have a role in the Supply Order if he or she has ensured that: rezoning of Government land or the nomination of specific planning controls for the land is owned by the Government; residential use include State agencies that own or administer Government land, the
2018: & Overview The Housing Land Supply Act 2018 (the Act) provides a more efficient and appropriate process for rezoning land owned by Housing Tasmania and surplus Crown land (Government land) that has been assessed as being suitable for residential use for affordable housing. It also enables the residential planning rules to be modified to optimise the use of Government land used for that purpose. This fact sheet provides a high-level summary of the roles and responsibilities of the key decision-makers and other stakeholders in the making or revocation of an order (a Housing Land Supply Order). Key decision-makers are the: the Minister for Planning (the Minister); and the Parliament of Tasmania (that includes the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council). Other stakeholders that have a role in the rezoning of Government land or the nomination of specific planning controls for residential use include State agencies that own or administer Government land, the Tasmanian Planning Commission (the Commission) and prescribed ‘interested persons’. Role of the Minister The Minister’s primary role is to determine whether an area of Government land that has been identified as suitable for residential use for affordable housing should be rezoned. The Minister may also nominate specific planning controls for residential use and development to areas of Government land that are already zoned for residential purposes and other land that may be subject to rezoning in accordance with the provisions of this Act (see Fact Sheet 2). Making a Housing Land Supply Order Subject to meeting strict eligibility and suitability criteria, the Act enables the Minister to make a Housing Land Supply Order declaring an area of Government land (i.e. Crown land or land held by the Director of Housing under the Homes Act 1935) to be ‘housing supply land’. The Minister may only make a Housing Land Supply Order if he or she has ensured that: the land is owned by the Government;
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