Fig 1. Coastal dunes with Darwin Surf Life Saving Club on right, looking north Dec 2025.
Fig 2. Proposed rezoning of Lot 12719(A) from Conservation to Organised Recreation.
The proposal involves rezoning Lot 12719(A) from Conservation (CN) to Organised Recreation (OR).
- If approved; Lot 9316 and Lot 12719(A) would become one lot, Lot 12991 with an OR zoning.
- If not approved; Lot 9316 would retain its OR zoning and Lot 12719(A) its CN zoning.
Information is at PA2025/0395 – https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/planning-notices-online/notices#/index
Submissions close midnight 19 Dec 2025.
Friends of Lee Point do not support rezoning Lot 12719(A) from Conservation (CN) to Organised Recreation (OR).
In 2024, Casuarina Coastal Reserve (CCR) was officially declared a park and expanded in area. Lot 12719(A) and the adjacent Darwin Life Saving Surf Club (Lot 9316) are surrounded by CCR. The lots are also near Darwin’s last wildlife corridor.
Darwin Surf Life Saving Club has been operating successfully for many years with the surrounding land zoned CN. As such, the proposed rezoning is unnecessary.
The CN zoning on Lot 12719(A) must be retained to ensure impacts on CCR are minimised.