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Consultation open Monday 22 June to Monday 20 July 2026

What is this about?

This Housing Land Supply (Huntingfield) Order 2026 (the Order) under the Housing Land Supply Act 2018, is proposing to alter the original Housing Land Supply (Huntingfield) Order 2020 by:

  • expanding the Local Business Zone within the site, and
  • altering the relevant planning provisions which apply in the areas of land zoned General Residential and Inner Residential to better support the delivery of medium density housing across the site.

The Housing Land Supply Act was introduced to provide a more direct process for rezoning land to increase the supply of land for housing, particularly for social and affordable housing developments. Visit the Housing topic and fact sheet (PDF 813.2 KB) for more information about the Act and the process to make an order.

See the life cycle below for details of the order and key documents.

Housing Land Supply Order Huntingfield 2026 Map
The general area where the Order applies is shown in yellow

Background

The Housing Land Supply (Huntingfield) Order 2020 came into effect on 18 March 2020 and rezoned part of the land to Local Business, General Residential and Inner Residential. The remainder of the land was rezoned to Open Space.

Kingborough Council approved a subdivision for part of the land in 2021, containing of 218 residential lots. The initial stage of that subdivision has been built and released to the market.

To support the subdivision application to Council, Homes Tasmania prepared a site masterplan and medium density design guide.

After gaining approval for the subdivision and commencing detailed design work on the approved subdivision, site constraints and new infrastructure requirements were discovered. This created the need to alter the road layout near the area zoned Local Business, causing a redesign of the subdivision layout in that local area.

Homes Tasmania sought an amendment to the planning permit, which Kingborough Council approved. The amendment to the planning permit has resulted in a revised local road layout and a larger lot being set aside for local business, which is currently split zoned Local Business and General Residential making it problematic for future development of that business lot.

Lifecycle

Proposed Housing Land Supply Order

Details of the proposed Order

The proposed Order seeks to expand the Local Business Zone within the site and alter the relevant planning provisions of the original Housing Land Supply (Huntingfield) Order 2020.

Details of the site

The site is subject to the Housing Land Supply (Huntingfield) Order 2020 located at 1287 Channel Highway, Huntingfield.

The site originally comprised 4 land titles, CT 172715/1, CT172716/1, CT134371/1 and CT 131270/2, but part of the site has since been subdivided with some new smaller titles created.

The site has been in the ownership of Homes Tasmania, or its predecessor, since 1974 and has always been intended to be developed for housing.

The figure above refers to the site and its location in Kingston.

Have your say

Making a submission

Submissions may be made with respect to the relevant matters specified in section 13(2) of the Housing Land Supply Act 2018.

The relevant matters are as follows:

  • the suitability for residential use of the area of land
  • the suitability of the intended zone or
  • whether the Minister would, or would not, contravene section 5(2) or section 6 (1) or (2) of the Housing Land Supply Act 2018 by making a housing land supply order.

Have your say

Consultation will be open from 22 June to 5pm 20 July 2026. You can have your say by making a written submission and posting or emailing it to our office before the consultation period closes.

Key documents

The proposed Order (Housing Land Supply (Huntingfield) Order 2026) is contained in the Consultation Package and the original Order (Housing Land Supply (Huntingfield) Order 2020) is contained in the Planning Report.

Postal address

State Planning Office
Department of State Growth
GPO Box 536
Hobart TAS 7001

Email address

haveyoursay@stateplanning.tas.gov.au

Personal information

The Minister for Planning will consider all Housing Land Supply Order submissions in accordance with legislation before determining whether to table the proposed Order in Parliament or not. Where the Order is tabled, the submissions are included for Parliament’s review. Either House of Parliament can disallow (refuse) a proposed Order.

If the Minister for Planning determines not to table the proposed Order in Parliament, legislation requires the Minister to publish all submissions received and provide reasons for not tabling the proposed Order.

No personal information other than an individual’s name or the organisation making a submission will be presented to Parliament or published.

For further information, please contact the State Planning Office by emailing spo@stateplanning.tas.gov.au, or read the Tasmanian Government Public Submissions Policy.

Review of submissions

When they become available, the Minister's report will be tabled in Parliament and are available on the Parliament of Tasmania website.

Decision on Order

Awaiting decision.