Planning System Restructuring and Two-Tier Delivery Model

The planning system has been reformed and restructured from a unitary system where all planning powers rested with the Department, to a new two-tier model of delivery whereby councils have primary responsibility for the implementation of the following key planning functions: • local plan-making; • development management (excluding regionally significant applications); and • planning enforcement. The Department retains responsibility for regional planning policy, the determination of regionally significant and called-in applications, and planning legislation. It also provides oversight, guidance for councils, governance and performance management functions.