Land zoning: How does Australia compare to Japan and North America?

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Johnny is an urban planner, population forecaster and spatial consultant with an extraordinary knowledge of places across Australia. He has been forecasting, analysing, and mapping Australia’s urban changes since the late 1980s and has worked as a land analyst for State Government in Victoria and a strategic planner for Blacktown City Council in NSW. As a Lead Consultant for .id, Johnny has completed projects informing Board-level decisions with the AFL, NRL Stockland, Red Cross and numerous education providers. Johnny undertakes comprehensive forecasting for Local Governments in Vic, WA, SA, NSW and NZ.

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  1. DR RODNEY JENSEN says:

    I am not keen on zones as the basis for development control. Zones facilitate box ticking as opposed to rigorous contextual and environmental assessment of land in terms of suitability for a specific form of development – and ability to meet performance objectives rather than prescriptive/often arbitrary development standards.

  2. Martin says:

    I also do not agree with Zoning, because it assumes all in the ‘zone’ is the same. But I have recently encountered problems with the “rigorous contextual and environmental assessment of land in terms of suitability for a specific form of development” as it can (and almost always does) become opinionated and subjective rather than objective. I tried to do a “New” build in a Heritage Conservation Area and was denied because basically “Council don’t like it” and I have no recourse, unless I want to drag it through courts – which I cannot afford to take the risk. So I am now stuck with a very old and decaying building. Of course my other option is to move out of the area, but I like the area.

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