GO TO https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/citizens-and-urban-planning/12244514
Cities develop in all sorts of ways, but at the heart of urban planning in Australia is the notion of citizen participation. When changes are afoot that will influence the lives of millions of people, those people should have a say. But "the people" are rarely on the same page, interests always diverge — and yet we still tend to assume that everyone's a rational actor, and that consensus can ultimately be achieved. Here is the philosophical foundations of a more realistic — and more helpful — model for citizen participation in urban planning.
In Tasmania it is claimed that Council's operate as "Planning Authorities" and under a Council's Interim Planning Scheme 2013, as a 'Planning Authority', Councils control the use and development within a municipality.
The scheme contains state and local planning policies, zones, overlays and other provisions that affect how land can be used and developed. So, you may require a planning permit for:
interestingly in Launceston Council approved a development that a large number of 'representors' objected to on multiple grounds but importantly in many cases because the development fell outside the provisions of the planning scheme.
Of equal interest, at the same meeting, Councillors overwhelmingly rejected a development that Council's 'Planning Department' recommended for approval.
The class of decision making turns out to totally subjective and arguably 'not authoritative' against the background that the Councillors function as 'reactive approvers and disapprovers' without proactively engaging in planning policy development and certainly not in consultation or collaboration with their constituency.
Clearly citizen participation is not the heart of urban planning in Launceston and the notion that it could or should be, on the evidence, is not even on the agenda nor is it likely to be anytime soon.
The scheme contains state and local planning policies, zones, overlays and other provisions that affect how land can be used and developed. So, you may require a planning permit for:
- Construction and works relating to a dwellin
- Development of multiple dwellings Subdivision
- Demolition or relocation
- Changing the use of the land or a building
- Setting up a new business or expanding a new business
- Carrying-out exterior works to a dwelling
- Installation of signage
interestingly in Launceston Council approved a development that a large number of 'representors' objected to on multiple grounds but importantly in many cases because the development fell outside the provisions of the planning scheme.
Of equal interest, at the same meeting, Councillors overwhelmingly rejected a development that Council's 'Planning Department' recommended for approval.
The class of decision making turns out to totally subjective and arguably 'not authoritative' against the background that the Councillors function as 'reactive approvers and disapprovers' without proactively engaging in planning policy development and certainly not in consultation or collaboration with their constituency.
Clearly citizen participation is not the heart of urban planning in Launceston and the notion that it could or should be, on the evidence, is not even on the agenda nor is it likely to be anytime soon.
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