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Planning and Development Links

For advice on these issues, contact your local Community Legal Centre OR EDO Tasmania

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Below you will find a list of all the links that have been categorised as “Planning and Development”

Boundary Fences

Information about organising boundary fencing with your neighbour.

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Organisation Address: 1/18 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia

Phone: (03) 6220 2777

Web Address: http://tlaw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Boundary-Fences-Client-Guide3.pdf

Link Owner: Tierney Law

Also in: Boundary Fences

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Certificate of Title

A Certificate of Title is a record of all current information relating to a parcel of land, including the names of the current owner, and is the official record of who owns a piece of land.

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Phone: 1800 682 468

Web Address: http://girlsgottaknow.com.au/housing/buying-a-house/certificate-of-title/

Link Owner: Girls gotta know

Also in: Housing , Planning & Development

What you can build

Some building work can be done without a permit or getting a builder surveyor involved, other work requires approval.  Find out more in this fact sheet.

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Organisation Address: 110 Collins St, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia

Phone: 1300 135 513

Web Address: http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/building/consumer_building_information/what_you_can_build

Link Owner: Department of Justice

Also in: Boundary Fences , Housing , Local Government , Planning & Development

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Building a shed in Tasmania

This Fact Sheet covers the requirements for non-habitable buildings such as sheds, garages and carports, and larger farm sheds.

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Organisation Address: 110 Collins St, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia

Phone: 1300 135 513

Web Address: http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/366191/Fact_Sheet_-_Sheds_and_similar_structures_-_Building_Act_2016.pdf

Link Owner: Department of Justice

Also in: Local Government , Planning & Development

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Resolving building disputes

If you have engaged a builder to build or renovate your home, your builder must give you a Residential Building Consumer Guide explaining your rights and responsibilities.

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Organisation Address: 110 Collins St, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia

Phone: 1300 135 513

Web Address: http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/building/disputes

Link Owner: Department of Justice

Also in: Consumer Law , Owning Property , Planning & Development

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Boundary fences

 Boundary fences fact sheet.

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Organisation Address: 158 Liverpool Street, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia

Phone: 1300 366 611

Web Address: https://www.legalaid.tas.gov.au/factsheets/boundary-fences-fact-sheet/

Link Owner: Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania

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Planning and Development

Planning laws in Tasmania are part of the Resource Management and Planning System (the RMPS), which explicitly encourages public involvement in resource management and planning decisions.

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Organisation Address: 131 Macquarie Street, Hobart, TAS, 7000, Australia

Phone: (03) 6223 2770

Web Address: http://www.edotas.org.au/haveyoursay/ongoing-opportunities/planning-and-development/

Link Owner: Environmental Defenders Office

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Tasmanian Planning Reform

Information about Tasmanian Planning Reform

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Phone: (03) 6166 1429

Web Address: http://planningreform.tas.gov.au/

Link Owner: Tasmanian Government

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