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Annual Report 2020-2021, Northern Territory Planning Commission

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Title

Annual Report 2020-2021, Northern Territory Planning Commission

Other title

Tabled Paper 388

Collection

Tabled Papers for 14th Assembly 2020 -; Tabled Papers; ParliamentNT

Date

2021-10-27

Description

Deemed

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Made available by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory under Standing Order 240. Where copyright subsists with a third party it remains with the original owner and permission may be required to reuse the material.

Language

English

Subject

Tabled papers

Publisher name

Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory

Place of publication

Darwin

File type

application/pdf

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Copyright

Copyright owner

Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory

License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00042

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847479

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847480

Page content

ANNUAL REPORT 202021 | 18 Humpty Doo Rural Activity Centre Project status: Ongoing It is important to plan for growth of the Humpty Doo Rural Activity Centre in a way that maintains the amenity and lifestyle of the rural area. Humpty Doo is facing many challenges and with them come planning opportunities. These challenges include: meeting housing demand and choice for all stages of life; providing adequate infrastructure services to support growth within the boundaries of the activity centre; and identifying subregional transport connections to Noonamah and Howard Springs. Our focus on planning in the Humpty Doo Rural Activity Centre will help maintain the amenity and lifestyle of the rural area, ensuring there are reticulated services available to the growing population, and help protect the rural area from ribbon development. The Planning Commission, in 2018, conducted two stages of community engagement on the Humpty Doo Rural Activity Centre Area Plan. It became clear throughout the second stage of engagement that additional consideration of the local and regional road connections, including the Arnhem Highway, was required to progress the development of the area plan. Key considerations are the north to south road connection, how the local roads will intersect with the Arnhem Highway, and how these connections may improve movement north and south of the Arnhem Highway without compromising the existing Humpty Doo commercial centre. The Planning Commission and the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics, in partnership with Litchfield Council have continued to progress the Arnhem Highway Duplication Planning Study. Once the outcomes of the Arnhem Highway Duplication are known the Planning Commission will incorporate the findings into Stage 2B community engagement on the Humpty Doo Rural Activity Centre Area Plan. This is anticipated to commence in the latter half of 2021. Humpty Doo Rural Activity Centre