Housing | Local

What is this about?

This Housing Land Supply (Sulphur Creek) Order (HLSO) under the Housing Land Supply Act 2018, proposing to rezone land adjacent to the roundabout between Preservation Drive and Bass Highway, Sulphur Creek.  The land is described by folios of the Register FR 188961/1, FR 188961/2 and FR 188961/3.

The land area of 18,368m2 is situated adjacent to the roundabout between Preservation Drive and Bass Highway, Sulphur Creek. The site is government land owned by the Crown and managed by Department of State Growth.

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.

Life cycle

Proposed Housing Land Supply Order

Details of the proposed Order

  • The site is currently zoned Utilities, and development of the site for housing is prohibited under this zone.
  • Rezoning the land will enable Homes Tasmania to increase the supply of social and affordable housing within the Central Coast Local Government Area.
  • The proposed Order, if approved, will result in part of the subject land being rezoned to the General Residential Zone.
  • The land area is 18,368m2.

Details of the site

  • The proposed Order relates to land situated adjacent to the roundabout between Preservation Drive and Bass Highway, Sulphur Creek, described by folios of the Register FR 188961/1, FR 188961/2 and FR 188961/3.
  • The site is owned by Crown and managed by the Department of State Growth. The area of land in the proposed Order has potential to yield up to 17 dwellings, dependent on the type of development proposed and the requirements of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and Brighton Local Provisions Schedule.
Have Your Say

Making a submission

Submissions may be made about the relevant matters contained in section 13(2) of the Housing Land Supply Act 2018.

The relevant matters are:

  • the suitability of the land for residential use
  • the suitability of the intended zone, or
  • whether the Minister would 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 16 February 2026 to 5pm 17 March 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

Postal address

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

Email address

spo@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

The Order amended the Central Coast Local Provisions Schedule under the Tasmanian Planning Scheme for the Central Coast municipal area by:

  • rezoning the land situated at Preservation Drive adjacent Howth Roundabout, Sulphur Creek described by folios of the Register FR 188961/1, FR 188961/2 and FR 188961/3, to the General Residential Zone.

The rezoning came into effect on 1 July 2026.