More about the RPDC

Formation of the Commission

The Resource Planning and Development Commission Act 1997 established the Resource Planning and Development Commission (“the Commission”) as a statutory body.

From 1 January 1998 the Commission assumed the functions of the Public Land Use Commission, Sustainable Development Advisory Council and Land Use Planning Review Panel.

Acts are available from www.thelaw.tas.gov.au

Functions of the Commission

The Commission has the following principal functions:

to assess and approve local government planning schemes and planning scheme amendments;
to assess projects of State Significance;
to assess Draft State Policies;
to prepare the Tasmanian State of the Environment report;
to conduct inquiries into the use of public land;
to review the representations and the report of the Secretary of the Department of Primary Industries and Water relating to draft water management plans; and
to consider the draft development plan and any representations, statements and recommendations contained in a report of the Sullivans Cove Waterfront Authority.

Other Commission activities

The Commission has other roles in Government:

membership of the Marine Farming Review Panel; and
membership of the Nomenclature Board.

The Executive Commissioner also has responsibility for:

the conduct of Appeals under the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995;
chairing the Environment Protection Policy Review Panel in accordance with the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994.