Container Refund Scheme - SPP Amendment 01/2022 and Planning Directive No. 9
What's new?
The Minister has made State Planning Provisions (SPP) Amendment 01/2022 and Planning Directive No.9. They came into effect on 24 January 2024 to enable the introduction of the Container Refund Scheme.
The Tasmanian Planning Commission has completed a review of the draft SPP amendment 01/2022 and draft Planning Directive No. 9 and provided a report on their findings. Visit the Tasmaninan Planning Commission website for details about their final report.
Summary
The Minister for Planning has made State Planning Provisions Amendment 01/2022 and issued Planning Directive No.9 - Container Refund Scheme - Exemptions and Special Provisions. Both came into effect from 24 January 2024.
The SPP Amendment 01/2022 and Planning Directive No. 9 together alter the State Planning Provisions to enable facilities for container recycling across Tasmania by:
- providing some definitions;
- altering an existing definition;
- adding exemptions;
- adding a new general provision; and
- altering car parking requirements in the Parking and Sustainable Transport Code.
The SPP Amendment 01/2022 applies in council areas where the Tasmanian Planning Scheme is in effect. The Planning Directive No. 9 applies in council areas where an interim planning scheme still applies.
Background
In 2022, the Tasmanian Parliament passed legislation to introduce a Container Refund Scheme across Tasmania. While the proposed scheme is modelled on schemes that exist in other Australian jurisdictions, it is also specifically designed to fit within Tasmania’s planning and regulatory system.
The Container Refund Scheme Act 2022 sets out the broad aims and requirements of the scheme. Other aspects of the scheme will take effect through Tasmania’s planning system, which sets out what and where various land uses are permitted - this requires changes to the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and remaining interim planning schemes, mostly in relation to waste transfer stations and where and how they operate.
Interim SPP Amendment 01/2022 and Interim Planning Directive No. 6 were previously made in 2022 to enable early consideration of proposals for the container refund scheme. The final SPP Amendment 01/2022 and Planning Directive No. 9 replace these instruments.
For more information about how the Container Refund Scheme will operate, see the background paper prepared by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE).
For more information on the review process for draft SPP amendments, see the Tasmanian Planning Commission website.
Key documents
- Amendment 01-2022 (PDF, 252.5 KB)
- Planning Directive No. 9 - Container Refund Scheme - Exemptions and Special Provisions (PDF, 371.7 KB)
Background documents
- Background Paper (PDF, 3.1 MB)
- Commissions final report on the SPP Amendment and the Planning Directive (PDF, 1.8 MB)
- Terms of Reference (PDF, 507.2 KB)
- Minister for Planning - Statement of Reasons for making interim SPP Amendment 01/2022 (PDF, 39.8 KB)
- Interim SPP Amendment 01/2022 (PDF, 155.2 KB)
- Interim Planning Directive No. 6 (PDF, 279.2 KB)
More information
More information about planning directives and circumstances where a Minister may issue an planning directive is available on this website.
If you have any queries about the SPP amendment or the interim Planning Directive, please contact the State Planning Office by emailing stateplanning@dpac.tas.gov.au, or phone 1300 703 977.