Launceston and Northern Tasmania was designated by UNESCO as a Creative City of Gastronomy in late 2021. This was in recognition of both the strength of our food culture and our intentions to use gastronomy as a creative lens to move towards sustainability. Gastronomy Northern Tasmania is a subcommittee of the Northern Tasmania Development Corporation. […]
Northern Tasmanian Regional Priority Projects reflect a range of health and well-being, built infrastructure, environmental health, economic and social initiatives that capitalise on our competitive advantages as a place where people, ideas and businesses can thrive and grow. Projects have been submitted by funding members and industry partners from across the region (both Lyons and […]
NTDC have undertaken a review of the region’s current population strategy. The key driver for this review was to help NTDC undertook a multi-stage investigation into an appropriate future focused population program for Northern Tasmania. Stage 1 of the project, a review of the 2019 Population Taskforce Strategy for Northern Tasmania. This coincide with the […]
Member Collaborations A central strength of NTDC’s ability to fulfill our purpose is in how we collaborate with our funding members, the Northern Councils: City of Launceston, West Tamar, Meander Valley, Northern Midlands, Break O’Day, Dorset and George Town. What this looks like? Representation of the combined priorities of northern councils to: Support for the […]
Northern Tasmania has the benefit of a cohesive and collaborative group of Council Managers and Senior Planners, who support sustainable development and better regional land use across the North. In partnership with the Regional Planning Group and the State Planning Office, NTDC will be reviewing and updating Northern Tasmania’s Regional Land Use Strategy (RLUS) as […]
The Northern Tasmania Intermodal Freight Terminal is a proposed terminal in or adjacent to the industrial precinct which is defined as a Specific Area Plan within the Tasmanian Planning Scheme, and aims to integrate rail, road and air freight transports modes with logistical and value-adding industrial activities. The proposed Northern Tasmania Intermodal Freight Terminal would […]