Information and Newsletters
Eastern Curlews arriving at Lee Point late August from the arctic circle ie. Siberia. They make an amazing ~20,000km migration every year, leaving in Mar-Apr and returning Aug-Sept.
INFORMATION
Overarching document – Planning for Lee Point links to many sources of and explains why Darwin needs the NT Planning Commission to develop a comprehensive Area Plan for Lee Point/Binybara. This needs to happen before any significant development.
Newsletters – read past newsletters and sign up to our monthly newsletter to get the latest news.
Year in Images – What happened in: 2021, 2022, 2023
Save Lee Point Corridor Petition
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/save-lee-point-corridor-petition Map showing DHA housing project area, land inside orange line to be cleared, Stage 1, 2 and 3 already cleared. Petition to: Hon Tanya
Newsletter – late Aug 2024
Greetings Friends, This monthly newsletter (No. 43) includes; Shorebird Festival, Government planning, DHA under investigation, quiz, plants and wildlife.
Strategic Directions Planning Policy – Aug 2024 submission
Friends of Lee Point believe that Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) should be incorporated into planning policy and habitat corridors included on land use plans.
Newsletter – mid August 2024
Greetings Friends, This monthly newsletter (No. 42) includes; NT Election 2024, Government, DHA under investigation, quiz, plants and wildlife.
July 31 – Press conference at Parliament House
The ABC 7.30 Report on 30 July 2024 revealed that DHA was being investigated at a Territory and Federal level because of the alledged illegal clearing that happened at Lee Point in early May 2024. This is the press conference on the following day at Parliament House.
July 30 – Bowdens Breakfast
An enjoyable morning was spent greeting the traffic with signs like this. Event happened 7.30 – 8.15am Tuesday 30 July at Bagot Rd – Fitzgerald
Preliminary assessment of future housing at Lee Point
This paper (Oct 2020) Prelim Cost Benefit Lee Point explores sustainability and planning issues of future housing at Lee Point and focuses on the proposed Defence Housing Australia (DHA) development.
It briefly discusses the potential benefits of using most of land at Lee Point for ecotourism, acknowledges that much has changed since the Lee Point Area Plan was first introduced in 2015 and claims that Lee Point is at risk of becoming an urban sprawl from developments such as proposed by DHA.
It concludes that Darwin residents would welcome an urban planning study for Lee Point.
Planning Issues
The Northern Territory Planning Commission was set up by the NT Parliament late 2012 to act as an independent authority in the best interests of the community. Since it was formed the NT Government has involved the Commission in every (published) Area Plan except the Lee Point Area Plan.
The 2016 Australian Government’s Smart Cities Plan encourages housing to be located near jobs and (public) transport.
The 2015 Lee Point Area Plan does not represent the wishes and needs of the community nor meet government policy.
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