Statutory Land Use Planning
PostgraduateTAS-KGA5122027
Course information for 2027 intake
Tasmania's planning system rests on a legal framework. Use case studies to examine natural justice and sustainability. Then interpret planning schemes and development applications central to day-to-day planning practice.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 14 Feb 2027
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 22 Feb 2027
- Price from
- $6,764
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Statutory Land Use Planning
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Evaluate statutory planning processes associated with plan making, implementation and administration.
- Analyse relevant acts and planning schemes to assess typical plan making.
- Recommend planning actions that are sympathetic to social, physical, and statutory contexts.
- Planning action
- Planning schemes
- Planning processes
- Presenting your Task 1 Planner's Report
- Densification
- Site visit (virtual)
- Transport Planning
- Higher-level Instruments
- Presenting effective statutory arguments
- Aboriginal heritage and the planning system
This subject will give you an insight into the legal basis of planning in Tasmania. We cater to people wanting to practice as planners and those wishing to become more informed citizens by better understanding the key legal principles and practices of planning. We discuss concepts of natural justice and rule of law through case studies. Considerable attention is paid to the analysis of development applications, since these are central to much of the day-to-day business of planning as well as understanding contentious applications. This subject is a core component of the educational requirements of the Planning Institute of Australia.
All students enrolled in this subject are required to complete an assurance-of-learning task. This task gives teaching staff a chance to engage directly with you, verifying your mastery of the material without assistance from AI tools. This is required of everyone, including online students. You may need access to a microphone and camera if you are online. There will be a scheduled time in which you will complete these assessments, provided well in advance to students on MyLO, the university's learning management system. Contact the Unit Coordinator prior to enrolment (Emma Little - EJ.Little@utas.edu.au) to discuss ways in which you can access a place with microphone and camera settings if you do not have these items in the place that you study.
- Planning Assessment (30%)
- Planning Discussions. You must pass both the discussions to pass the subject overall. (40%)
- Planning Report (30%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- TAS-URP-GCE-2027 - Graduate Certificate in Urban Planning
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Weekly two hour workshop held on campus with a Zoom link for those studying by distance. Twice a semester there is a three-hour session in place of the usual two-hour workshop that is dedicated to a site visit further from campus. There is an online option for those unable to attend, but we are always happy to be joined by online student for site visits.
Study load
- 0.25 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 20 to 24 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Urban Planning
PostgraduateTAS-URP-GCE