Planning
If you intend to subdivide land, develop or use land or buildings, or conduct business-related work from home, it is likely that you will need a Council Planning Permit. The Planning Department can assist people with a wide range of land use and development enquiries. Contact us.
Under the Southern Midlands Planning Scheme, various zoning areas apply to the Southern Midlands municipality. Under these zones, there is a Table of Uses and Developments that identify any restrictions within that zone.
Permitted Use or Development:
An application to council must be made to obtain a permit for the development. Council, must approve the development, but may approve the development subject to conditions.
Discretionary Use or Development:
- Variation from specified development standards of planning scheme; or
- A land use or development that is considered to have the potential for detrimental impact on the surrounding area.
Application for a permit is required and may be refused or a permit issued with or without conditions.
Prohibited Use:
Not allowed.
Planning Compliance
Water sensitive urban design
Council’s Strategic Plan 2022-2032 at Part 1.7 contains a reference to Water Sensitive Urban Design
- 1.7 Drainage - What are we aiming to achieve.
- 1.7.1 Maintenance and Improvement of the town stormwater drainage system.
- 1.7.1.1 Continue to program capital works that improve the effectiveness or the stormwater drainage systems in the towns of the municipality.
- 1.7.1.2 Research best practive methods for the disposal of stormwater that is applicable to country towns and rural living.
- 1.7.1.3 Adopt 'Water Sensitive Urban Design Principles' where appropriate.
Water is essential to the health of the environment. As a valuable natural resource it has two dimensions that are closely linked: quantity and quality.
To protect Southern Midlands water resources and waterways from long-term impacts of urbanisation, we need to reduce flows and treat stormwater runoff from water-resistant surfaces.
The water sensitive urban design guidelines (devised by Derwent Estuary Programme www.derwentestuary.org.au are intended to help lessen the long-term impacts that urbanisation and development has on our waterways. They offer an improved standard of water management in new and existing development of various types from subdivision through to vehicle parking areas.
These guidelines include 12 sets of Practice Notes that provide technical information and ideas for greater efficiency in water use and reuse. They promote the onsite collection, treatment and use of stormwater, as well as the installation of more efficient home fittings and appliances as part of an integrated system.
While mainly aimed at building and infrastructure design professionals the guidelines also provide a good general overview for everyone.
The guidelines can be downloaded below.
Standard Engineering Drawings
The Local Government Association of Tasmania publishes two sets of documents for works on public assets or to create new public assets (roads, footpaths, stormwater infrastructure and others).
One set of documents, the Subdivision Guidelines, are for use in a subdivision context. The other set of documents, the Tasmanian Municipal Standard – Specifications along with the Tasmanian Municipal Standard – Drawings (which are to be read together) are for works outside the subdivision context.
Both sets of documents can be accessed from the Local Government Association of Tasmania website.
Rather than providing strict prescriptive requirements, the drawings only provide the minimum requirements. The intention of the standard drawings is that they are integrated into the design at hand, allowing greater flexibility to meet site-specific requirements. The designer will remain fully responsible for all aspects of their design and to ensure that designs comply with all the relevant Australian Standards and other regulations.
Road design should also be in accordance with Austroads guidelines.
Drawings
Design drawings for road geometry and drainage are available directly from the IPWEA website. Please read their advice before you use the drawings.
Specifications
Three specifications are included in the Tasmanian Councils' Standards for Subdivisions.
You can also access and print the Department of State Growth's Roadworks Specifications from the Transport Services' contractor and industry information webpage.
Condition of use
The specifications and drawings were prepared to assist in the design and construction of municipal road and hydraulic infrastructure. The documents are designed to be used in conjunction with each other and under the supervision of Council officers who are trained and experienced in their application. We do not consider the documents suitable for use for any other purpose.
If you use these documents for any purpose that is not consistent with the above (including, without limitation, for carrying out any investigations, design, construction, engineering, maintenance or other work), you do so at your own risk.
The drawings only provide the minimum requirements. It is the responsibility of the designer to ensure that designs comply with all the relevant Australian Standards and other regulations.
It is the responsibility of the designer and the developer to ensure that safe construction methods are used and that the construction work complies with the approved design drawings and all the relevant standards and regulations.
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For more information contact Council's Planning Office.
