Current Planning Scheme amendments

The exhibition period for the draft amendment has now closed.

The Planning Authority Committee will consider a report on the representations relating to the draft amendment in accordance with section 40K of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 at the Planning Authority Committee Meeting to be held on Wednesday 26 August 2026.

On 10 June 2026 the Hobart City Council acting as the Planning Authority Committee unanimously resolved that the draft amendment PSA-25-3 to include HOB-S11.0 Hobart Visitor Accommodation Specific Area Plan in the Tasmanian Planning Scheme - Hobart Local Provisions Schedule ('LPS') be certified and exhibited in accordance with the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993.

The documentation relating to the draft amendment can be viewed below.

Relevant documents

• Instrument of Certification(PDF, 1MB)
• Planning Authority Committee Meeting Minutes(PDF, 388KB)
• Planning Authority Committee Report(PDF, 253KB)
• Planning Authority Committee Agenda(PDF, 16MB)
• ERA Advisory supporting report(PDF, 2MB)
• Draft Hobart Visitor Accommodation SAP(PDF, 606KB)
• Professor Phibbs Report(PDF, 587KB)
• SGS Cost Benefit Analysis(PDF, 852KB)
• HOB-S11.0 Hobart Visitor Accommodation Specific Area Plan Map(PDF, 4MB)
• HOB-S11.0 Hobart Visitor Accommodation Specific Area Plan map - A3(PDF, 1MB)
• Visitor Accommodation Specific Area Plan - Suburbs and zoning shown(PDF, 10MB)
• Information sheet(PDF, 1MB)

On 24 April 2026 the Tasmanian Planning Commission (the Commission) approved an amendment to the Tasmanian Planning Scheme – Hobart.

This amendment is to remove inconsistencies between the Tasmanian Planning Scheme – Hobart and the State Policies and Projects (Macquarie Point Precinct) Order 2025 (the Order).

The Commission is required, under section 27A of the State Policies and Projects Act 1993, to amend a relevant planning scheme to remove any inconsistency between it and an order approving a project of State significance.

This amendment:

• Applies a new HOB-P13.0 Particular Purpose Zone - Macquarie Point Precinct to the project land specified by the Order and removes HOB-P11.0 Particular Purpose Zone - Macquarie Point from that land. The new particular purpose zone allows for the use and development approved by the Order, and retains provisions for other compatible uses and development that were previously allowed for on the site under HOB-P11.0.
• Renames HOB-P11.0 Particular Purpose Zone - Macquarie Point to HOB-P11.0 Particular Purpose Zone - 20 and 47 Hunter Street, retains that zone to 20 and 47 Hunter Street only (which are outside the project land specified by the Order), and deletes the provisions of that zone that are no longer applicable to those two parcels of land.
• Removes the heritage listing for the Red Shed from HOB-Table C6.1 Local Heritage Places.
• Makes a number of consequential minor adjustments to zoning and overlays and to the table HOB-Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Documents.

Hobart - Macquarie Point Project of State Significance Order 2025 Amendment(PDF, 1MB)

These changes are now visible on Listmap.

For further information please visit the Tasmanian Planning Commission website.

A representation is a written submission in support or in opposition to a draft amendment.

Representations must be:

• received during the exhibition period
• include the author's full name, contact phone number and postal address.

They can be submitted in various ways, including:

• emailed to representation@hobartcity.com.au (please note that representations sent to any other email address will not be accepted)
• mailed to the Chief Executive Officer, GPO Box 503, Hobart TAS 7001
• hand-delivered during office hours to the Customer Service Centre, 16 Elizabeth Street, Hobart.

Please note: submissions by email must be received no later than 11.59 pm on the closing date Submissions by mail or hand-delivered must be received no later than 5.15 pm on the closing date.

The Tasmanian Planning Commission's website has some information on making a representation which you can access on their website.

If you have further queries regarding scheme amendments, you can contact a Strategic Land Use Planner by email at strategicplanning@hobartcity.com.au.

The relevant planning legislation in Tasmania is the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 (LUPAA 1993). The section relating to representations can be found on the Tasmanian Government website.

You may have an opportunity to make a deputation (verbal presentation) to the Planning Committee. This option is not always possible due to tight and strict timeframes under the applicable legislation.

If you provided us with your contact details when you submitted your representation, we will update you on when the draft amendment will be considered by the Planning Authority Committee at one of its meetings. The number of deputations heard for an item are at the discretion of the Chair of the Planning Authority Committee. A deputation is not an essential part of the decision making process and if you do not wish to make a deputation then the concerns you have raised in your representation will still be taken into account.

Make a deputation

To lodge a request to make a deputation, please complete the form:

Online form