The draft Droughty Peninsula Structure Plan community engagement is open on Your Say Clarence, outlining a coordinated approach to growth across the peninsula over the next 20 to 25 years.
The draft plan covers approximately 394 hectares of undeveloped land and provides a long-term framework for housing, infrastructure, transport, services, open space and environmental and cultural values.
The plan provides for approximately 3,015 new homes and an additional 6,100 residents by 2050, with development proposed to occur progressively as the necessary infrastructure, services and community facilities become available.
The draft structure plan, supporting technical reports, and details about how to make a submission are available through the Droughty Peninsula Structure Plan page on Your Say Clarence.
The first engagement was held in 2025. This second engagement seeks feedback on how the plan will be implemented and governed and includes targeted discussions with landowners and service providers, including potential arrangements for funding shared infrastructure.
While the plan’s overall layout, proposed densities, open-space functions and key development principles are now generally established, matters raised through this engagement will be considered when the draft is reviewed.
This plan is important step towards carefully managing one of Greater Hobart’s most significant future residential growth areas, seeking to balance the need for new and diverse housing in line with the landscape, coastline, natural environment, and cultural heritage of the area.
It guides a staged development over decades, with clear requirements for infrastructure, services, and community facilities.
It builds on the Skylands Master Plan but covers a substantially broader area, encompassing all undeveloped land across Droughty Peninsula rather than only the Skylands landholding.
It has been informed by technical investigations, discussions with landowners and service providers, engagement with representatives of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, and the first phase of community engagement undertaken in 2025.
That engagement attracted 222 online survey responses, 33 email and written submissions, 11 phone calls and stakeholder meetings, as well as two community drop-in sessions.
Engagement is open until Monday, 7 September 2026.
Following the engagement period, feedback will be reviewed and presented to Council, together with any recommended changes, before the structure plan returns to Council for final consideration.