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This facility can be used to draft, lodge and track the progress of your planning application.
If you are a first time user of this facility you will need to create an account.
If you need assistance with the preparation of your application, you can book a meeting with a Planner .
News
Office Closure-Christmas 2025
Development Assessment Services and Lands Planning will be closed from 24 December 2025 through to 1 January 2026.
Our office will reopen after the Christmas closure at 8am on Friday 2 January 2026.
For more information relating to planning in the NT, please visit https://nt.gov.au/property/land-planning-and-development
Date Added: 2016-11-24
First Advertising of Applications for 2026
The first advertisement for all planning applications for 2026 will be published online Friday 9 January 2026.
To make the first exhibition date of 2026, applications need to be lodged by Wednesday 17 December 2025.
Date Added: 2020-12-09
New Declared Classes of Planning Scheme Amendments
On 27 August 2025, the Minster for Lands, Planning and Environment declared classes of planning scheme amendments that do not require public exhibition.
The declaration, made under section 11(3) of the NT Planning Act 1999, is another tool government is using to cut timeframes associated with proposals to amend the NT Planning Scheme 2020. The classes include those recommended by the recent Approvals Fast Track Taskforce, together with additional measures that remove duplicative exhibition and provide an accelerated assessment pathway for eligible low-risk amendments.
Check out the declaration here: Declaration under section 11(3) of the Planning Act 1999 - class of amendments
For further information please contact Lands Planning on (08) 8999 8963 or email planning.ntg@nt.gov.au.
Date Added: 2025-09-01