Strategic framework: policies and land use plans
This page lists the strategic policies and strategic land use plans contained within part 2 of the Northern Territory (NT) Planning Scheme 2020 PDF (400.5 KB).
These policies and plans are taken into account by the minister for planning and the Development Consent Authority when they make planning decisions.
Read more about how the strategic framework works.
Strategic planning policies
Strategic land use plans
Strategic land use plans are listed below by region.
Darwin
Get the Darwin regional land use plan PDF (30.4 MB).
You can also find subregions below.
Darwin and Palmerston subregion
Get the:
- Archer area plan PDF (169.4 KB)
- Berrimah farm planning principles and area plan PDF (390.3 KB)
- Berrimah north planning principles and area plan PDF (504.0 KB)
- Central Darwin area plan PDF (37.2 MB)
- Central Palmerston area plan PDF (33.9 MB)
- Darwin inner suburbs area plan PDF (11.6 MB)
- Darwin mid suburbs area plan PDF (15.2 MB)
- Lee Point planning principles and area plan PDF (617.9 KB)
- Palmerston eastern suburbs planning principles and area plan PDF (827.3 KB).
Holtze to Elizabeth River subregion
Get the:
- Holtze to Elizabeth River subregional land use plan 2022 PDF (10.3 MB)
- Holtze urban planning principles and area plan PDF (515.0 KB)
Litchfield subregion
Get the:
- Litchfield subregional land use plan PDF (17.1 MB)
- Coolalinga and Freds Pass rural activity centre area plan PDF (2.7 MB)
- Howard Springs rural activity centre area plan PDF (1.9 MB).
Coomalie subregion
Get the:
Finniss subregion
Get the Finniss planning concepts and land use objectives PDF (16.0 MB).
Major remote towns and other areas
Get the area plan for:
- Ali Curung PDF (859.8 KB)
- Angurugu PDF (455.2 KB)
- Borroloola PDF (1.5 MB)
- Daguragu PDF (576.7 KB)
- Elliott PDF (725.4 KB)
- Galwinku PDF (3.1 MB)
- Gapuwiyak PDF (669.4 KB)
- Gunbalanya PDF (926.8 KB)
- Hermannsburg PDF (1.3 MB)
- Kalkarindji PDF (856.2 KB)
- Lajamanu PDF (1.3 MB)
- Maningrida PDF (2.4 MB)
- Milingimbi PDF (632.1 KB)
- Milyakburra PDF (1.2 MB)
- Ngukurr PDF (1.8 MB)
- Numbulwar PDF (3.4 MB)
- Papunya PDF (694.1 KB)
- Ramingining PDF (333.0 KB)
- Umbakumba PDF (407.3 KB)
- Wadeye PDF (678.5 KB)
- Wurrumiyanga PDF (899.7 KB)
- Yirrkala PDF (1.1 MB)
- Yuendumu PDF (388.7 KB).
Referenced documents: guidelines
This page lists reference guidelines under schedule 5 of the Northern Territory Planning Scheme PDF (286.3 KB).
These guidelines are referred to in certain development requirements of the planning scheme and provide information to help you meet those requirements.
The consent authority may refer to these guidelines when making a decision.
Australian standard AS2021-2015 acoustics - aircraft noise intrusion PDF (99.3 KB)
Community safety design guide PDF (3.5 MB)
Design guidance for development in central business in Alice Springs PDF (744.8 KB)
Design guidance to provide for services PDF (888.6 KB)
Land clearing guidelines PDF (3.3 MB)
NT land suitability guidelines PDF (1.1 MB)
Priority environmental management areas - Katherine land use plan extract PDF (184.5 KB)
Priority environmental management areas - Litchfield Shire PDF (2.9 MB)
Understand the NT Planning Scheme
The Northern Territory (NT) Planning Scheme is the 'rule book' for land use and development in the NT.
It is a legal document used by government, councils, industry and the community.
It contains maps, rules, policies and documents that guide what can be built where.
The planning scheme can be complex and confusing for non-technical users.
If you need help, speak to a planner or a private planning consultant for advice.
What the planning scheme covers
The planning scheme does the following:
- describes how land use may change to meet future needs
- identifies factors and risks that could affect land use - eg flooding
- sets controls that allow, prohibit or put conditions on land use
- provides guidance to help consent authorities make decisions
- states the level of flexibility allowed for decisions about development applications.
What is in the planning scheme
The NT Planning Scheme has four main parts:
- strategic framework - made up of strategic policies and plans that guide changes to land use
- overlays - that identify and give special rules for factors that could affect land use
- zones - that control the types of use and development allowed in an area
- development and subdivision requirements - provide direction on how a use or development should look or operate.
These parts work together to guide how development happens in the NT.
For individual development proposals, these parts tell you:
- if you need planning permission
- your assessment category and what gets considered during assessment
- the planning requirements you need to meet.
More information
Read more about how these components work together in part one of the NT Planning Scheme.
Amendments to the NT Planning Scheme 2020
This page lists changes that have been made to the Northern Territory Planning Scheme (NTPS) 2020.
The reasons for decisions are included in the documentation that amends the scheme.
Read more about how to amend the NT Planning Scheme.
Find planning scheme amendment proposals that are currently on exhibition on the Development Applications Online website.
List of amendments
Amendments to the scheme are listed below.
Amendment number and document | File reference | Description | Publisher | Publication date | Updated date |
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Amendment PA2020/0031 PDF (135.6 KB) | PA2020/0031 | Repeals the entire NT Planning Scheme and substitutes it with the NT Planning Scheme 2020. |
NT News | 31/07/2020 | 2022-09-01 10:31:01 |
Amendment 69 PDF (91.8 KB) | PA2022/0452 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by amending Schedule 3 (Exceptions) to allow for residential development associated with the Remote Housing Program to be exempt through to 30 June 2030, provided it is located within a residential zone or within a zone that allows for the use to be established. |
NT Government website | 31/03/2023 | 2023-03-31 08:00:09 |
Amendment 3 PDF (114.6 KB) | PA2020/0323 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 for minor alterations to strategic Land Use Plans. |
NT News | 30/10/2020 | 2022-09-01 10:31:05 |
Amendment 4 PDF (812.4 KB) | PA2020/0259 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone part NT Portion 1646 Townsite of Ngukurr:
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NT Government website | 30/10/2020 | 2022-09-01 10:31:13 |
Amendment 6 PDF (51.6 KB) | PA2020/0394 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to alter schedule 3 (exceptions) to allow for the temporary use of Lot 9200 Town of Nightcliff for the purpose of a shop until 21 October 2022. |
NT News | 30/10/2020 | 2022-09-01 10:31:23 |
Amendment 90 PDF (896.7 KB) | PA2023/0272 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to include an exception in Schedule 3 to allow clearing of native vegetation associated with rehabilitation at the former Rum Jungle Mine site. |
NT Government website | 29/09/2023 | 2023-11-27 15:32:59 |
Amendment 81 PDF (1.9 MB) | PA2022/0389 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to introduce New Location Specific Development Requirements. |
NT Government website | 29/07/2023 | 2023-07-31 15:38:27 |
Amendment 56 PDF (97.7 KB) | PA2022/0091 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by amending the Berrimah Farm planning principles and area plan. |
NT Government website | 29/07/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:30:49 |
Amendment 5 PDF (258.0 KB) | PA2020/0441 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme to introduce new overlay 3.11 (RCFR – Rapid Creek Flood Response). |
NT Government website | 29/01/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:35 |
Amendment 7 PDF (458.2 KB) | PA2020/0375 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to correct minor drafting errors. |
NT News | 27/11/2020 | 2022-09-01 10:31:40 |
Amendment 22 PDF (114.3 KB) | PA2020/0396 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme to update the Litchfield Subregional Land Use Plan policy document – Gunn Point. |
NT Government website | 27/08/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:49 |
Amendment 45 PDF (2.4 MB) | PA2022/0093 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by:
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NT Government website | 27/05/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:20 |
Amendment 43 PDF (1.4 MB) | PA2021/0336 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by rezoning Lot 7880 Hundred of Bagot:
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NT Government website | 27/05/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:22 |
Amendment 25 PDF (686.1 KB) | PA2019/0190 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning lot 1768 Town of Nightcliff (15 Francis Street Millner):
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NT Government website | 26/11/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:33 |
Amendment 11 PDF (1.4 MB) | PA2021/0027 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning lots 1257,1258 & 1259 Town of Nightcliff (1 Brooks Place, 37 Rapid Creek Road & 14 Aldridge Place, Millner):
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NT Government website | 26/02/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:10 |
Amendment 78 PDF (565.7 KB) | PA2022/0426 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by rezoning Lot 678 (7) Wills Terrace, Town of Alice Springs from Zone PS (Public Open Space) to Zone CP (Community Purpose), and replacing Table A to Clause 5.2.1 (Height Control in Alice Springs). |
NT Government website | 26/01/2024 | 2024-01-26 08:00:05 |
Amendment 91 PDF (1.0 MB) | PA2023/0317 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme to introduce a new Building Setback Plan for Lot 1353 Town of Nightcliff (42 Chapman Road, Rapid Creek). |
NT Government website | 26/01/2024 | 2024-01-26 08:00:03 |
Amendment 66 PDF (761.6 KB) | PA2022/0154 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning part of NT Portion 2079 and administrative lots 332 – 362 (inclusive) Townsite of Hermannsburg, Hermannsburg NT, from Zone FD (Future Development) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential. |
NT Government website | 25/11/2022 | 2022-11-25 08:00:12 |
Amendment 62 PDF (484.8 KB) | PA2022/0059 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning Lot 1 and 2 Hundred of Bagot (45 and 55 Girraween Road, Howard Springs) from Zone RL (Rural Living) to Zone RR (Rural Residential) to facilitate subdivision to create 4 lots. |
NT Government website | 25/11/2022 | 2022-11-25 08:00:20 |
Amendment 24 PDF (729.0 KB) | PA2021/0055 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme to rezone lots 1841, 1842 and 1843 Hundred of Bagot:
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NT Government website | 24/09/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:45 |
Amendment 85 PDF (78.2 KB) | PA2023/0190 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to include an exemption in Schedule 3 to allow temporary demountable structures at the Darwin Correctional Precinct until 30 June 2028. |
NT Government website | 23/06/2023 | 2023-06-23 08:00:02 |
Amendment 70 PDF (579.1 KB) | PA2022/0376 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning Lot 3060 Town of Darwin from Zone LR (Low Density Residential) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential). |
NT Government website | 22/12/2022 | 2023-01-17 13:59:49 |
Amendment 68 PDF (645.8 KB) | PA2022/0302 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning lot 3062 Town of Darwin from Zone LR (Low Density residential) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential). |
NT Government website | 22/12/2022 | 2022-12-22 08:00:08 |
Amendment 27 PDF (1.8 MB) | PA2021/0180 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone part lot 12448 (proposed lots 15468– 15601) Town of Palmerston:
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NT Government website | 22/10/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:30:56 |
Amendment 46 PDF (1.5 MB) | PA2022/0050 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning NT Portion 7879, Kilgariff, Alice Springs:
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NT Government website | 22/07/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:31 |
Amendment 15 PDF (221.2 KB) | PA2020/0412 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by rezoning lot 2975 Town of Darwin (15 Goldsmith Street, Fannie Bay):
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NT Government website | 21/05/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:30:58 |
Amendment 19 PDF (133.6 KB) | PA2021/0160 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by amending schedule 3 (exceptions) to allow for Lake Bennett Resort to be used in accordance with existing development permits. |
NT Government website | 21/05/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:30:46 |
Amendment 31 PDF (643.6 KB) | PA2021/0320 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone administrative Lot 169, Townsite of Ali Curung from Zone C (Commercial) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential) and amend the Ali Curung Area Plan to the extent of the rezoning. |
NT Government website | 21/01/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:28 |
Amendment 76 PDF (503.5 KB) | PA2023/0031 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone Lot 34 Hundred of Bagot from Zone RL (Rural Living) to Zone RR (Rural Residential) and subdivide to create 3 lots. |
NT Government website | 20/10/2023 | 2023-10-20 08:00:07 |
Amendment 50 PDF (75.5 KB) | PA2022/0151 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by amending schedule 3 (exceptions) to allow for the temporary installation of a skyline precinct (observation wheel and associated activations including mini-golf) at Stokes Hill Wharf from 1 June to 11 November 2022. |
NT Government website | 20/05/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:50 |
Amendment 104 PDF (650.2 KB) | PA2024/0041 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning part Lot 12432 Town of Palmerston from Zone FD (Future Development) to Zone PS (Public Open Space). |
NT Government website | 19/04/2024 | 2024-04-19 08:00:02 |
Amendment 12 PDF (253.3 KB) | PA2021/0029 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning lot 15251 Town of Palmerston from Zone FD (Future Development) to Zone CP (Community Purpose). |
NT Government website | 19/03/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:30:48 |
Amendment 29 PDF (3.8 MB) | PA2021/0294 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by:
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NT Government website | 17/12/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:48 |
Amendment 92 PDF (1.2 MB) | PA2023/0288 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to introduce a new Overlay to regulate development from encroaching into helicopter flightpaths at Royal Darwin Hospital. |
NT Government website | 17/11/2023 | 2023-11-17 08:00:03 |
Amendment 23 PDF (751.1 KB) | PA2021/0048 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme to rezone lot 5985 Town of Darwin (19 Lambell Tce, Larrakeyah):
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NT Government website | 17/09/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:57 |
Amendment 67 PDF (330.2 KB) | PA2021/0254 | Amend the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to:
Planning reform phase 2 stage 1. |
NT Government website | 17/02/2023 | 2023-02-17 08:00:19 |
Amendment 2 PDF (289.2 KB) | PA2019/0341 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to allow fully compliant dwellings defined ‘dwelling – group’ or ‘dwelling – multiple’ to be developed without consent in major remote towns. |
NT News | 16/10/2020 | 2022-09-01 10:31:37 |
Amendment 13 PDF (1.0 MB) | PA2021/0045 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning Lots 15285-15332 Town of Palmerston:
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NT Government website | 16/04/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:30:52 |
Amendment 10 PDF (162.1 KB) | PA2020/0349 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to include the Central Palmerston Area Plan in Part Two – Strategic Framework, and consequential changes to ‘Palmerston Eastern Suburbs Planning Principles and Area Plan’. |
NT Government website | 16/04/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:55 |
Amendment 93 PDF (758.1 KB) | PA2023/0175 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone Lot 3064 Town of Darwin from Zone LR (Low Density Residential) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential). |
NT Government website | 15/12/2023 | 2024-01-19 08:07:13 |
Amendment 95 PDF (564.1 KB) | PA2023/0343 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone Part NT Portion 1646 from Unzoned Land, Zone FD (Future Development), Zone PS (Public Open Space) and Zone C (Commercial) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential) (Gapuwiyak Area Plan). |
NT Government website | 15/12/2023 | 2023-12-15 08:00:07 |
Amendment 26 PDF (82.4 KB) | PA2021/0357 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by amending schedule 3 (exceptions) to allow the temporary use of Portion 1263 Hundred of Bagot (Charles Darwin National Park), Portions 2346, 2347, 2348, 2349, 2236, 1764, 1765 Hundred of Bagot, and Sections 6196 and 6210 Hundred of Bagot for ‘leisure and recreation’ (Side by Side Vehicle tours and storage) until 15 October 2022, subject to compliance with all other NT Legislation. |
NT Government website | 15/10/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:08 |
Amendment 86 PDF (2.2 MB) | PA2023/0211 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone part Lot 12432 Town of Palmerston from Zone FD (Future Development) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential) and Zone PS (Public Open Space) (Zuccoli Aspire), and include a new setback plan into Schedule 9. |
NT Government website | 15/09/2023 | 2023-09-15 08:00:03 |
Amendment 44 PDF (676.4 KB) | PA2022/0079 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning:
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NT Government website | 15/04/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:47 |
Amendment 58 PDF (657.3 KB) | PA2022/0223 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by:
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NT Government website | 15/02/2023 | 2023-02-15 14:42:06 |
Amendment 65 PDF (1.0 MB) | PA2022/0258 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning part lot 9370 Town of Nightcliff from Zone FD (Future Development) to Zone LR (Low Density Residential, Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential), Zone RR (Rural Residential), Zone PS (Public Open Space) and Zone SU (Specific Use Zone), and introducing a new Building Setback Plan into Schedule 9. |
NT Government website | 14/10/2022 | 2022-10-14 07:30:09 |
Amendment 87 PDF (1.6 MB) | PA2023/0205 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone part Lot 3333 Town of Katherine from Zone FD (Future Development) to Zone LR (Low Density Residential), Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential) and Zone PS (Public Open Space). |
NT Government website | 14/07/2023 | 2023-07-14 11:32:43 |
Amendment 83 PDF (538.5 KB) | PA2020/0451 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone part section 6003 Hundred of Bagot from Zone DV (Development) to Zone U (Utilities), and part section 7793 Hundred of Bagot from Zone DV (Development) to Zone U (Utilities) and Zone U (Utilities) to Zone DV (Development). |
NT Government website | 14/07/2023 | 2023-07-14 08:00:17 |
Amendment 14 PDF (2.3 MB) | PA2021/0090 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme to rezone part lot 790, Town of Borroloola (Garawa 2):
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NT Government website | 14/05/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:44 |
Amendment 79 PDF (960.0 KB) | PA2023/0099 | Amends Clause 5.7.2 animal related use (animal boarding and stables) of the NTPS 2020. |
NT Government website | 14/04/2023 | 2023-05-03 08:56:27 |
Amendment 40 PDF (1.0 MB) | PA2021/0128 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by rezoning Section 2980 Hundred of Bagot:
Minor consequential amendment to the Howard Springs Rural Activity Centre Area Plan. |
NT Government website | 13/05/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:30:45 |
Amendment 51 PDF (1.3 MB) | PA2022/0160 | Administrative amendments to the NT Planning Scheme 2020. |
NT Government website | 13/01/2023 | 2023-01-17 14:01:05 |
Amendment 30 PDF (565.8 KB) | PA2021/0346 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone part NT portion 1632 Townsite of Angurugu from Zone PS (Public Open Space) and LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential) to Zone CP (Community Purpose) and amend the Angurugu Area Plan to the extent of the rezoning. |
NT Government website | 12/11/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:54 |
Amendment 80 PDF (76.0 KB) | PA2023/0130 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by amending Schedule 3 (Exceptions), to allow for temporary installation of skyline precinct (observation wheel and associated activations including mini-golf) at Stokes Hill Wharf until 22 October 2023 |
NT Government website | 12/05/2023 | 2023-05-12 08:00:03 |
Amendment 34 PDF (148.9 KB) | PA2021/0432 | Amends Part 6 of the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to require a site and soil evaluation report to be prepared where no reticulated sewerage is available. |
NT Government website | 11/03/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:09 |
Amendment 39 PDF (1.4 MB) | PA2022/0003 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone part NT portion 1646 Townsite of Ramingining:
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NT Government website | 11/02/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:17 |
Amendment 32 PDF (690.5 KB) | PA2021/0197 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone Lot 3017 Town of Katherine (40 Giles Street) from Zone OR (Organised Recreation) and Zone PS (Public Open Space) to Zone TC (Tourist Commercial). |
NT Government website | 10/12/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:30:43 |
Amendment 88 PDF (293.4 KB) | PA2023/0320 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to introduce a new Building Setback plan for Lot 1350 Town of Nightcliff. |
NT Government website | 10/11/2023 | 2023-11-10 08:00:06 |
Amendment 74 PDF (1.2 MB) | PA2022/0427 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning Part NT Portion 1632 (administrative lot 252) Townsite of Umbakumba from Zone U (Utilities) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential) and amend the Umbakumba Area Plan. |
NT Government website | 10/03/2023 | 2023-03-10 09:31:13 |
Amendment 60 PDF (483.2 KB) | PA2022/0224 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning Part NT Portion 1632 Townsite of Umbakumba from Zone PS (Public Open Space) and Unzoned Land to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential) and amend the Umbakumba Area Plan. |
NT Government website | 10/03/2023 | 2023-03-15 09:49:05 |
Amendment 8 PDF (1.3 MB) | PA2020/0119 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to include the Coolalinga and Freds Pass Rural Activity Centre Area Plan. |
NT Government website | 10/03/2023 | 2023-03-10 08:00:10 |
Amendment 73 PDF (1.3 MB) | PA2022/0430 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning Part Lot 12433 Town of Palmerston from Zone FD (Future Development) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential), Zone C (Commercial) and Zone PS (Public Open Space) (Zuccoli Aspire 4D) and include a new setback plan into Schedule 9. |
NT Government website | 10/02/2023 | 2023-02-10 08:00:09 |
Amendment 54 PDF (2.3 MB) | PA2022/0122 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone Lot 2023 Town of Darwin from Zone SC (Service Commercial) to Zone MR (Medium Density Residential). |
NT Government website | 09/09/2022 | 2022-09-08 11:46:57 |
Amendment 82 PDF (86.4 KB) | PA2023/0123 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by amending Schedule 3 (Exceptions), to extend the temporary use of demountable structures for transitional housing in the Town of Borroloola and adjacent Townsite of Mara. |
NT Government website | 09/06/2023 | 2023-06-09 08:00:04 |
Amendment 99 PDF (623.4 KB) | PA2023/0344 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning part NT Portion 1646 Townsite of Maningrida, from Zone FD (Future Development) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density residential), and from Unzoned Land to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential) and Zone PS (Public Open Space). |
NT Government website | 09/02/2024 | 2024-02-16 08:00:05 |
Amendment 84 PDF (860.6 KB) | PA2023/0318 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone 2 parts of Section 4425 Hundred of Bagot from Zone R (Rural Living) to Zone CP (Community Purpose) and one part of Section 4425 Hundred of Bagot from Zone CP (Community Purpose) to Zone R (Rural Living). |
NT Government website | 08/12/2023 | 2023-12-08 08:18:31 |
Amendment 41 PDF (1.3 MB) | PA2022/0082 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning part section 5875 Hundred of Bagot from Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential) to Zone PS (Public Open Space). |
NT Government website | 08/04/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:07 |
Amendment 64 PDF (129.0 KB) | PA2022/0164 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by introducing an overlay to allow greater residential density in Zone LR in the Katherine East Locality. |
NT Government website | 07/10/2022 | 2022-10-07 13:18:33 |
Amendment 77 PDF (90.4 KB) | PA2023/0064 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by amending schedule 3 (Exceptions) to allow for mobile food and drink premises on public land. |
NT Government website | 07/04/2023 | 2023-04-07 08:00:02 |
Amendment 35 PDF (1.3 MB) | PA2021/0438 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone part NT portion 1637 (Administrative Lots 843-849 Townsite of Wadeye):
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NT Government website | 07/01/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:11 |
Amendment 36 PDF (1.4 MB) | PA2021/0434 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone Part Lot 5803 Town of Darwin (54 Cavenagh Street) and Part Lot 5804 Town of Darwin (58 Cavenagh Street):
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NT Government website | 07/01/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:15 |
Amendment 37 PDF (1.3 MB) | PA2021/0444 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone section 50 and part section 116 Hundred of Bray, Mandorah from Zone RL (Rural Living) & Zone R (Rural) to Zone M (Main Road). |
NT Government website | 07/01/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:34 |
Amendment 33 PDF (813.4 KB) | PA2021/0429 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 (Clause 1.3 – Exceptions) to exempt the development of lots 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 Town of Kalkarindji for the purposes of dwellings-single. |
NT Government website | 06/12/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:26 |
Amendment 28 PDF (1.2 MB) | PA2021/0228 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to rezone lots 6892 – 6911 Hundred of Bagot (Nightjar Road, Howard Springs) from SL 11 (NTPS 2007) to SL 1 (NTPS 2020). |
NT Government website | 06/12/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:30:51 |
Amendment 21 PDF (1.9 MB) | PA2021/0159 | Administrative amendments to the NT Planning Scheme 2020. |
NT Government website | 06/08/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:30:59 |
Amendment 61 PDF (1.4 MB) | PA2022/0252 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by amending the building setback plan relating to Boulter Road, Parkside Berrimah in schedule 9 (building setback plans). |
NT Government website | 05/08/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:52 |
Amendment 98 PDF (1015.1 KB) | PA2023/0369 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning part Lot 12433 Town of Palmerston from Zone FD (Future Development) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential) and Zone PS (Public Open Space). |
NT Government website | 05/04/2024 | 2024-04-05 08:00:09 |
Amendment 9 PDF (213.8 KB) | PA2020/0438 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by rezoning Part Section 7349 Hundred of Bagot (Makagon rd, Berrimah):
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NT Government website | 05/02/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:00 |
Amendment 72 PDF (77.8 KB) | PA2022/0484 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to amend Schedule 3 (Exceptions), to allow for the use of Section 6128 Hundred of Bagot (Manigurr-Ma – Centre for National Resilience) for temporary accommodation until 30 June 2031. |
NT Government website | 04/07/2023 | 2023-07-04 08:00:05 |
Amendment 42 PDF (38.8 KB) | PA2022/0011 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme to:
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NT Government website | 04/07/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:30:55 |
Amendment 20 PDF (99.1 KB) | PA2021/0166 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by amending schedule 3 (exceptions) to allow for the temporary installation of an observation wheel at Stokes Hill Wharf. |
NT Government website | 04/06/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:56 |
Amendment 16 PDF (571.7 KB) | PA2021/0047 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by:
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NT Government website | 04/06/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:31:25 |
Amendment 47 PDF (687.0 KB) | PA2022/0020 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning lots 2533, 2534, 2536, 2537, 2538, 2539 and 2540, (24, 26, 27, 29, 33, 35 and 37) Chittock Crescent and lots 2541, 2542, 2543 and 2544 (2, 3, 4 and 5) Managaji Road, Town of Tennant Creek:
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NT Government website | 03/06/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:39 |
Amendment 49 PDF (1.3 MB) | PA2022/0140 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning Lot 14481 Town of Palmerston from Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential) to Zone PS (Public Open Space). |
NT Government website | 03/06/2022 | 2022-09-13 14:45:47 |
Amendment 52 PDF (1.4 MB) | PA2022/0081 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning part Section 4106 Hundred of Bagot from Zone RR (Rural Residential) to Zone PS (Public Open Space). |
NT Government website | 03/06/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:30:54 |
Amendment 71 PDF (565.3 KB) | PA2022/0306 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning part Lot 8898 from Zone MR (Medium Density Residential) to Zone CP (Community Purpose). |
NT Government website | 03/02/2023 | 2023-02-09 10:39:52 |
Amendment 1 PDF (515.5 KB) | PA2020/0252 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to correct minor drafting errors. |
NT News | 02/10/2020 | 2022-09-01 10:31:04 |
Amendment 63 PDF (75.2 KB) | PA2022/0271 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to introduce a new exception to schedule 3 to allow for development associated with the Tiwi Islands road upgrade program. |
NT Government website | 02/09/2022 | 2022-09-02 08:00:13 |
Amendment 59 PDF (487.3 KB) | PA2021/0446 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by rezoning lot 3119 Town of Katherine from Zone SC (Service Commercial) to Zone LMR (Low-Medium Density Residential). |
NT Government website | 02/09/2022 | 2022-09-02 08:00:11 |
Amendment 94 PDF (73.2 KB) | PA2023/0195 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 by increasing the maximum floor area of Independent Dwellings in Urban Zones. |
NT Government website | 01/12/2023 | 2023-12-01 08:00:03 |
Amendment 18 PDF (550.8 KB) | PA2020/0414 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by rezoning Lot 89 Town of Tennant Creek (5 Noble Street, Tennant Creek):
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NT Government website | 01/10/2021 | 2022-09-01 10:30:57 |
Amendment 89 PDF (2.1 MB) | PA2023/0230 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme 2020 to introduce a new Building Setback Plan for Northcrest stages 2B and 3D. |
NT Government website | 01/09/2023 | 2023-09-01 09:19:21 |
Amendment 53 PDF (84.0 KB) | PA2022/0167 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme to allow for development associated with the Remote Housing Program to be exempt from clause 3.6 - land subject to flooding. |
NT Government website | 01/07/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:51 |
Amendment 48 PDF (942.3 KB) | PA2022/0141 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by rezoning part Section 7914 Hundred of Bagot from Zone SC to a Specific Use Zone. |
NT Government website | 01/07/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:12 |
Amendment 57 PDF (863.9 KB) | PA2022/0221 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by amending schedule 3 (exceptions) to extend the temporary use of demountable structures for transitional housing in the Town of Borroloola and adjacent Townsite of Mara. |
NT Government website | 01/07/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:02 |
Amendment 38 PDF (604.9 KB) | PA2021/0309 | Amends the NT Planning Scheme by rezoning Lot 1238 Town of Tennant Creek from Zone GI (General Industry) to Zone CP (Community Purpose), Zone LI (Light Industry) and Zone CN (Conservation) and subdivide into 4 lots. |
NT Government website | 01/04/2022 | 2022-09-01 10:31:38 |
Amendment 100 PDF (869.2 KB) | PA2024/0027 | Administrative amendments to the NT Planning Scheme 2020. |
NT Government website | 01/03/2024 | 2024-03-01 11:08:18 |
Previous planning schemes
To read the planning rules before the introduction of the NTPS 2020, read about the previous scheme.
NT Planning Scheme 2007
The NT Planning Scheme 2007 was the previous planning scheme for the Territory.
The documents in this section represent the NT Planning Scheme 2007 as in force on 30 July 2020.
To understand how the scheme changed since its introduction on 1 February 2007, read the amendments to the NT Planning Scheme 2007.
For planning controls before 1 February 2007, you can contact a planner.
Read the NT Planning Scheme 2007
NT Planning Scheme 2007 PDF (64.1 MB) - This is a large document and will take a while to download. Individual sections, linked below, will download much quicker.
The scheme needs to be read alongside referenced documents such as land use policies, guidelines and zoning maps.
Individual scheme sections
Instead of downloading the full NT Planning Scheme, you can get individual sections below:
Table of contents PDF (276.2 KB)
User guide to the Northern Territory Planning Scheme PDF (63.8 MB)
Part 1 PDF (319.9 KB) - including application of the planning schemes, exceptions and definitions
Part 2 PDF (3.7 MB) - planning principles and framework
Part 3 PDF (607.1 KB) - zones and zone purpose
Part 4 PDF (1.2 MB) - performance criteria for general, residential, commercial, industrial and non-urban use and development
Part 5 PDF (257.5 KB) - subdivision
Part 6 PDF (221.4 KB) - Aboriginal communities and towns
Part 7 PDF (316.4 KB) - transport and infrastructure
Part 8 PDF (47.3 MB) - area plans
Schedule
Schedule 1: schedule to clause 2.4 specific uses PDF (6.7 MB) - specific use zones and the associated special provisions
Schedule 2: schedule to clause 2.7 reference to policy PDF (64.2 KB) - policies that the consent authority must take into account when making a decision on an application.
Schedule 3: schedule to clause 2.8 reference to guidelines PDF (119.7 KB) - guidelines that all applicants must consider and that the consent authority must take into account when making a decision
Schedule 4: schedule to clause 12.1 Aboriginal community living areas PDF (243.3 KB) - parcels of land which are Aboriginal community living areas by law
Schedule 5: schedule to clause 12.2 towns on Aboriginal land PDF (197.0 KB) - parcels of land identified as towns on Aboriginal land for which specific use rights apply
Schedule 6: schedule to clause 1.3 sub-clause 2(l) exceptions PDF (197.5 KB) - parcels of land exempt from normal NT Planning Scheme requirements due to the continued use of a community or government facility established prior to 1 February 2007
Background material PDF (233.4 KB) - background material used in the development of the NT Planning Scheme
Zoning matrix PDF (422.9 KB) - an overview of the uses allowed in each zone
Amendments to the NT Planning Scheme 2007
Read the list of amendments to the NT Planning Scheme 2007.
Other references
Read the list of policies and guidelines referenced in the NT Planning Scheme 2007.
Referenced documents: policies
The following are policies listed under schedule 2: schedule to clause 2.7 of the Northern Territory (NT) Planning Scheme 2007.
All of the NT
NT compact urban growth policy 2015 PDF (145.0 KB)
Alice Springs
Alice Springs regional land use plan 2016 (amended 2019) PDF (23.1 MB)
Coomalie and Finniss
Coomalie planning concepts and land use objectives 2000 PDF (4.1 MB)
Finniss planning concepts and land use objectives 2002 PDF (16.0 MB)
Darwin
Central Darwin area plan PDF (40.9 MB)
Darwin regional land use plan 2015 PDF (31.7 MB) and study area and land use structures PDF (2.6 MB)
Darwin inner suburbs area plan 2016 PDF (10.3 MB)
Darwin mid suburbs area plan 2016 PDF (10.9 MB)
Capital city charter PDF (1.9 MB)
Katherine
Katherine land use plan 2014 (amended 2020) PDF (10.8 MB)
Katherine east area plan PDF (16.2 MB)
Litchfield
Litchfield subregional land use plan - electronic version PDF (20.5 MB) - high quality maps with detailed layers
Litchfield subregional land use plan - printable version PDF (34.4 MB).
Palmerston
Durack Master Plan
These documents are referred to in the Northern Territory Planning Scheme section on Palmerston (SP8).
Open space overlay PDF (1.7 MB)
Landscape guiding principles 1 PDF (6.5 MB)
Landscape guiding principles 2 PDF (5.2 MB)
Housing design principles 1 PDF (89.5 KB)
Housing design principles 2 PDF (1.4 MB)
Housing design principles 3 PDF (231.8 KB)
Housing design principles 4 PDF (1.6 MB)
Housing design principles 5 PDF (498.0 KB)
Housing design principles 6 PDF (246.4 KB)
Housing design principles 7 PDF (1.8 MB)
Housing design principles 8 PDF (1.5 MB)
Housing design principles 9 PDF (246.2 KB)
Housing design principles 10 PDF (1.5 MB)
Housing design principles 11 PDF (229.2 KB)
Housing location principles PDF (1005.8 KB)
Climate principles PDF (944.6 KB)
Tennant Creek
Referenced documents: guidelines
The following are guidelines listed under schedule 3: schedule to clause 2.8 of the Northern Territory Planning Scheme 2007.
Priority environmental management areas - Katherine PDF (189.2 KB)
NT land suitability guidelines PDF (566.5 KB) and clause 11.4.1 fact sheet PDF (141.2 KB)
Design guidance to achieve active frontages PDF (1.1 MB)
Design guidance for development in zone central business in Alice Springs PDF (749.1 KB)
Environmental guidelines for reclamation in coastal areas PDF (279.4 KB)
Rapid Creek flood study - Connell Wagner PDF (19.3 MB)
Rapid Creek flood study - Jacobs PDF (8.6 MB)
Priority environmental management areas – Litchfield Shire PDF (2.9 MB)
Background material
The following are background materials listed in the Northern Territory Planning Scheme 2007.
Berrimah north
Berrimah north drainage study PDF (21.4 MB)
Berrimah north stormwater quality management plan PDF (22.1 MB)
Central Darwin area plan
Central Darwin area plan needs assessment PDF (5.5 MB)
Darwin city master plan
For information about the Darwin city centre master plan, go to the City of Darwin website.
Darwin inner suburbs
Darwin inner suburbs plan needs assessment PDF (10.9 MB)
Darwin mid suburbs area plan needs assessment PDF (9.2 MB)
Durack master plan supporting documents
These documents are listed as background material in the notes related to Palmerston (SP8).
Housing affordability PDF (33.2 KB)
Moderate income price points PDF (34.0 KB)
Geotechnical assessment 1 PDF (11.8 MB)
Geotechnical assessment 2 PDF (4.2 MB)
Shared access way details PDF (5.8 MB)
Stormwater drainage strategy PDF (5.8 MB)
Traffic assessment PDF (5.6 MB)
Katherine east area plan
Katherine east area plan - needs assessment PDF (14.7 MB)
Superseded control plans (town plans)
Aboriginal community living area control plans - listed at schedule 4 of the Northern Territory Planning Scheme
Alice Springs town plan 1992 PDF (1.2 MB)
Alice Springs (south west districts) rural area plan 1988 PDF (47.4 KB)
Batchelor town plan 1981 PDF (142.1 KB)
Borroloola town plan 1984 PDF (225.4 KB)
Brewer Estate control plan 1990 PDF (18.9 KB)
Crab Claw Island control plan 1998 PDF (123.9 KB)
Darwin rural area plan 1983 PDF (1.1 MB)
Darwin town plan 1990 PDF (2.9 MB)
Development provisions Lake Bennett locality 2005 PDF (139.5 KB)
East Arm control plan 1998 PDF (20.9 KB)
Highways control plan 1984 PDF (284.6 KB)
Katherine rural area plan 1988 PDF (163.5 KB)
Katherine town plan 1981 PDF (580.2 KB)
Kings Canyon Wilderness Resort town plan 1987 PDF (25.0 KB)
Litchfield area plan 2004 PDF (5.4 MB)
Namarada area plan 1990 PDF (446.4 KB)
Palmerston town plan 1982 PDF (2.0 MB)
Pine Creek Highway management plan PDF (24.0 KB)
Tennant Creek control plan 1998 PDF (566.7 KB)
Town of Pellew control plan 1985 PDF (33.9 KB)
Superseded land use objectives, guidelines and concept plans
Alice Springs central area land use objectives and planning concepts (1996) PDF (6.2 MB)
Alice Springs structure plan 1999 and land use objectives PDF (8.6 MB)
AustralAsia Railway (NT Corridor) land use objectives (1996) PDF (1.5 MB)
Borroloola planning concepts and land use objectives (2001) PDF (3.6 MB)
Central Darwin land use objectives (1996) PDF (392.8 KB)
Central Darwin planning concepts and development opportunities (1996) PDF (6.5 MB)
Central Darwin planning concepts and land use objectives (1999) PDF (12.5 MB)
Cox Peninsula land use structure plan (1990) PDF (21.7 MB)
Darwin regional land use structure plan (1990) PDF (38.6 MB)
Darwin regional retail study (Jebb Holland Dimasi) (June 1995) PDF (9.0 MB)
Finnis land use structure plan (1990) PDF (26.7 MB)
Gunn Point Peninsula land use structure plan (1990) PDF (10.9 MB)
Katherine land use structure plan (1991) PDF (27.3 MB)
Katherine planning concepts and land use objectives (2001) PDF (8.5 MB)
Land in the vicinity of Darwin airport land use objectives (1997) PDF (41.9 KB)
Litchfield planning concepts and land use objectives 2002 PDF (21.0 MB)
Litchfield land use structure plan (1990) PDF (28.0 MB)
Litchfield district centres land use concept plans 1992 PDF (14.0 MB)
Mandorah land use concept plan (1990) PDF (13.7 MB)
Mataranka planning concepts and land use objectives (2001) PDF (3.1 MB)
Mt Johns Valley land use objectives and planning concepts (1996) PDF (16.0 MB)
Murrumujuk land use concept plan (1990) PDF (7.7 MB)
Pine Creek planning concepts and land use objectives (2001) PDF (7.8 MB)
Rapid Creek planning concepts and land use objectives (2000) PDF (4.8 MB)
Contact
For more information about the background material listed on this page, contact Lands Planning.