Devonport: planning zones, bushfire codes
The 20 planning zones mapped in Devonport, Tasmania, the hazard codes counted address by address, and which registers cover the council.
A report can be bought for most addresses in Devonport that are in the state address register, $9.90 including GST, paid once. This page is the free part: what the Tasmanian planning registers hold for the council. The report is for one address, and reads the planning, heritage and hazard registers listed below for it. Check an address in Devonport first: the check is free and states the total before you pay.
What this page covers
This page covers Devonport’s part of the Tasmanian Planning Scheme: its zones, its codes, and the hazard codes counted below as its Local Provisions Schedule maps them. Declared landslip areas, and land the building rules treat as bushfire-prone where the map does not show it, are not counted here. This page carries no recorded crime: we hold none for Tasmania, and a heading with nothing under it reads as though there is none to hold.
The local instrument the register names here is Devonport Local Provisions Schedule.
Bushfire, flood and other hazard codes in Devonport
What the government maps show. Not a risk rating.
- Flood-prone areas The Devonport Local Provisions Schedule maps no flood-prone area; the few addresses counted are on lots that a neighbouring council’s mapped area reaches. That is not a finding that the land is clear. A flood-prone area is a planning map, not a flood model: overland flow is often not in it. The code can also apply to land this map does not show, where the council has other evidence the land can flood. Flood-prone areas by council, on our map.
Bushfire-prone areas
- 2,469 on the map at the address point
- 27 on part of the lot only
- 296 at the edge only
- 10,396 not on the map
The planning scheme and the building rules also treat land within 100 m of 1 ha or more of bushfire-prone vegetation as bushfire-prone, whether or not this map shows it. See theLIST. Bushfire-prone areas by council, on our map.
How this is counted
2,496 of 13,188 addresses (18.9%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as a bushfire-prone area under the Bushfire-Prone Areas Code, in the council’s Local Provisions Schedule. On 2,491 of 13,026 lots · 27 on part of the lot only · 296 touch only the edge. The planning scheme and the building rules also treat land within 100 m of 1 ha or more of bushfire-prone vegetation as bushfire-prone, whether or not this map shows it.
Landslip hazard bands
- 336 on the map at the address point
- 756 on part of the lot only
- 121 at the edge only
- 11,975 not on the map
By the most severe band on the lot: High 25; Medium-active 11; Medium 342; Low 714. Every band counts, Low to High. Declared landslip areas under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 are a separate register and are not part of this count. See theLIST. Landslip hazard bands by council, on our map.
How this is counted
1,092 of 13,188 addresses (8.3%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as a landslip hazard band under the Landslip Hazard Code, in the council’s Local Provisions Schedule. By the most severe band on the lot: High 25; Medium-active 11; Medium 342; Low 714. On 1,086 of 13,026 lots · 756 on part of the lot only · 121 touch only the edge. Every band counts, Low to High. Declared landslip areas under the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 are a separate register and are not part of this count.
Coastal inundation
- 42 on the map at the address point
- 46 on part of the lot only
- 21 at the edge only
- 13,079 not on the map
By the most severe band on the lot: High 12; Medium 9; Low 67. Every band counts, and so does an investigation area: land where the band has not yet been set, not a band lower than Low. The code plans for sea level rise. See theLIST. Coastal inundation by council, on our map.
How this is counted
88 of 13,188 addresses (0.7%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as a coastal inundation hazard band or investigation area under the Coastal Inundation Hazard Code, in the council’s Local Provisions Schedule. By the most severe band on the lot: High 12; Medium 9; Low 67. On 87 of 13,026 lots · 46 on part of the lot only · 21 touch only the edge. Every band counts, and so does an investigation area: land where the band has not yet been set, not a band lower than Low. The code plans for sea level rise.
Coastal erosion
- 83 on the map at the address point
- 85 on part of the lot only
- 12 at the edge only
- 13,008 not on the map
By the most severe band on the lot: High 10; Medium 30; Low 10; investigation area 118. Every band counts, and so does an investigation area: land where the band has not yet been set, not a band lower than Low. See theLIST. Coastal erosion by council, on our map.
How this is counted
168 of 13,188 addresses (1.3%) are on a lot shown, in whole or in part, as a coastal erosion hazard band or investigation area under the Coastal Erosion Hazard Code, in the council’s Local Provisions Schedule. By the most severe band on the lot: High 10; Medium 30; Low 10; investigation area 118. On 167 of 13,026 lots · 85 on part of the lot only · 12 touch only the edge. Every band counts, and so does an investigation area: land where the band has not yet been set, not a band lower than Low.
Check an address in Devonport, free
Free: which registers cover the address. The report ($9.90 including GST): whether the lot is on them, and how much of it.
How these are counted
Counted from every address in our Tasmanian build (each LIST address whose land could be identified), in build 63 of 23 October 2026, out of the addresses on land each register covers; a share is given only where the register covers nine in ten of the council’s addresses. Addresses, not homes: an apartment building is many addresses on one lot, and a vacant block is one. “Part of the lot” counts land, not buildings: the mapped area may not reach the house. A lot the map touches only at the edge, within the map’s accuracy, is shown as “Check” in a report and is counted in the base but not as on the map, so a share can be low by up to the edge count in its row. These are counts of what the government maps show, by our method; they are not a risk rating, and a council’s own count of “properties” may not match them. See why unmapped is not clear.
Counts derived by WattleAddr from these registers, by our method. Addresses: LIST Address Points from theLIST ©State of Tasmania. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/; Lots: LIST Cadastral Parcels from theLIST ©State of Tasmania. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/; Zones, which decide whose Local Provisions Schedule applies: Tasmanian Planning Scheme - Zoning from theLIST ©State of Tasmania. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/; Hazard codes: Tasmanian Planning Scheme - Code Overlays from theLIST ©State of Tasmania. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/; Council boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3, 2021, Local Government Areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Address and parcel data: Land Tasmania (Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania), the creator. Tasmanian Planning Scheme data: Tasmanian Planning Commission, custodian, distributed by Land Tasmania through theLIST. Used under the licence named in each notice; none of them has reviewed or endorsed this report. The same holds for the counts on this page, which we derived: neither has reviewed or endorsed them. Licences: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia for theLIST data, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/; Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 for the council boundaries, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Which of our 27 Tasmanian planning registers map Devonport
- Attenuation CodePublishes nothing for this council
- Declared landslip areas (Mineral Resources Tasmania)One list for the whole State · updated 23 October 2026
- Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Protection CodeCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Local Historical Heritage CodeCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Natural Assets CodeCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Parking and Sustainable Transport CodeCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Potentially Contaminated Land CodePublishes nothing for this council
- Road and Railway Assets CodePublishes nothing for this council
- Safeguarding of Airports CodeCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Scenic Protection CodePublishes nothing for this council
- Tas bushfire proneCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tas coastal erosion highCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tas coastal erosion investigationCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tas coastal erosion lowCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tas coastal erosion mediumCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tas coastal inundation highCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tas coastal inundation investigationPublishes nothing for this council
- Tas coastal inundation lowCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tas coastal inundation mediumCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tas flood pronePublishes nothing for this council
- Tas landslip highCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tas landslip lowCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tas landslip mediumCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tas landslip medium activeCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tasmanian Heritage RegisterOne list for the whole State · updated 25 September 2026
- Tasmanian Planning Scheme - General OverlaysCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
- Tasmanian Planning Scheme - ZoningCovers Devonport · updated 18 November 2020
Planning zones mapped in Devonport
20 zones in use
- Agriculture
- Central Business
- Commercial
- Community Purpose
- Environmental Management
- General Business
- General Industrial
- General Residential
- Inner Residential
- Light Industrial
- Local Business
- Open Space
- Particular Purpose
- Port and Marine
- Recreation
- Rural
- Rural Living — Rural Living Zone A
- Rural Living — Rural Living Zone C
- Urban Mixed Use
- Utilities
The 20 distinct zones the register maps here, and how many separate areas each is mapped over. The map reference is the scheme’s own. A Tasmanian zone has no short alphabetic code, so the reference and the name are both carried rather than one being flattened into the other. Zone names are as the register publishes them, capitals and all. This counts mapped areas in the register, not properties: a zone over one large polygon may cover more land than a zone over fifty.
The zones as a table, with mapped areas
| Map reference | Name | Mapped areas |
|---|---|---|
| 108.21 | Agriculture | 12 |
| 108.16 | Central Business | 1 |
| 108.17 | Commercial | 4 |
| 108.27 | Community Purpose | 21 |
| 108.23 | Environmental Management | 12 |
| 108.15 | General Business | 1 |
| 108.19 | General Industrial | 4 |
| 108.8 | General Residential | 39 |
| 108.9 | Inner Residential | 1 |
| 108.18 | Light Industrial | 19 |
| 108.14 | Local Business | 14 |
| 108.29 | Open Space | 10 |
| 108.31 | Particular Purpose | 3 |
| 108.25 | Port and Marine | 1 |
| 108.28 | Recreation | 13 |
| 108.20 | Rural | 10 |
| 108.11.1 | Rural Living — Rural Living Zone A | 6 |
| 108.11.3 | Rural Living — Rural Living Zone C | 2 |
| 108.13 | Urban Mixed Use | 2 |
| 108.26 | Utilities | 14 |
Local controls named in the Devonport scheme
Specific Area Plans, Local Area Objectives, precincts and site-specific qualifications, under the names the scheme gives them. These are local instruments: they exist in Devonport and generally nowhere else, and a zone lookup alone does not show them.
Local Area Objectives
- Particular Purpose Zone - Elimatta Hotel Local Area Objectives 1
- Particular Purpose Zone - Waterfont Complex 2
Precincts and Defined Areas
- Devonport Showground Redevelopment Specific Area Plan 23
- Stony Rise Village Precinct A 1
- Stony Rise Village Precinct B 1
Specific Area Plan
- Devonport Regional Homemaker Centre and Stony Rise Vilage SAP 1
- Devonport Reserved Residential Land Specific Area Plan 5
- Devonport Showground Redevelopment Specific Area Plan 1
The local controls as a table
| Control | Kind | Mapped areas |
|---|---|---|
| Devonport Showground Redevelopment Specific Area Plan | Precincts and Defined Areas | 23 |
| Devonport Reserved Residential Land Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 5 |
| Particular Purpose Zone - Waterfont Complex | Local Area Objectives | 2 |
| Devonport Regional Homemaker Centre and Stony Rise Vilage SAP | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Devonport Showground Redevelopment Specific Area Plan | Specific Area Plan | 1 |
| Particular Purpose Zone - Elimatta Hotel Local Area Objectives | Local Area Objectives | 1 |
| Stony Rise Village Precinct A | Precincts and Defined Areas | 1 |
| Stony Rise Village Precinct B | Precincts and Defined Areas | 1 |
Registers that cover Devonport
21 of the 27 Tasmanian planning registers we hold map Devonport. Land in this council that is not in one of them is outside its mapped area, and that is a finding.
The 21 covering registers as a table, with what each maps
| Register | In Devonport | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| Tas landslip low | 1,841 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tas coastal inundation medium | 741 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tas landslip medium | 714 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tas coastal inundation low | 713 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Natural Assets Code Priority vegetation areas, waterway and coastal protection areas and future coastal refugia areas. |
323 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tas coastal inundation high | 256 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tasmanian Planning Scheme - Zoning The zone for every parcel under this council’s Local Provisions Schedule. It is the authorised planning map under s.80M of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993, not a derived or indicative layer. |
189 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Local Historical Heritage Code Local heritage places and precincts, and places of archaeological potential. |
161 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Safeguarding of Airports Code Obstacle limitation surfaces, public safety areas and noise exposure areas around airports. |
78 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tas coastal erosion medium | 70 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tas coastal erosion low | 40 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tasmanian Planning Scheme - General Overlays Specific Area Plans, Local Area Objectives, Precincts and Defined Areas and Site-Specific Qualifications: the locally named controls that a zone alone does not show. |
35 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tas coastal erosion high | 27 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tas coastal erosion investigation | 22 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tas landslip medium active | 9 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Protection Code Corridors either side of transmission infrastructure within which use and development is controlled. |
8 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tas bushfire prone | 7 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Tas landslip high | 3 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Parking and Sustainable Transport Code Parking precincts and areas with their own parking provision requirements. |
2 mapped areas | 18 November 2020 |
| Declared landslip areas (Mineral Resources Tasmania) Land declared an A or B landslip area by order of the Minister under Part 9A of the Mineral Resources Development Act 1995. The order is recorded on the title. Mineral Resources Tasmania describes A areas as land where no more development is allowed, and B areas as land where development is allowed under strict controls; ask Mineral Resources Tasmania what approval any works need. Every current declaration in the State; the boundaries are indicative, not surveyed. |
one list for the whole State | 23 October 2026 |
| Tasmanian Heritage Register Places entered in the Register under the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995, kept by the Tasmanian Heritage Council. One list for the whole State, separate from each council’s local heritage listing: a place is on it or it is not. |
one list for the whole State | 25 September 2026 |
Registers that leave Devonport unresolved
We hold 6 further Tasmanian planning registers, and a search of them in Devonport settles nothing. That is not a finding about the land.
6 of them name the councils they map, and none names Devonport: this council never published that control, so there is nothing here to search.
The 6 registers that settle nothing here, as a table
| Register | In Devonport | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| Attenuation Code Attenuation areas around activities whose emissions constrain sensitive uses nearby. |
publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Potentially Contaminated Land Code Land recorded as potentially contaminated by a previous use. Land absent from it has not been recorded, which is not a finding that it is clean. |
publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Road and Railway Assets Code Areas beside roads and railways within which access and development is controlled. |
publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Scenic Protection Code Scenic protection areas and scenic road corridors. |
publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas coastal inundation investigation | publishes nothing for this council | — |
| Tas flood prone | publishes nothing for this council | — |
Tasmanian council areas next to Devonport
The other Tasmanian council areas that share a stretch of land boundary with Devonport, in alphabetical order; councils across the State border or across open water are not listed. Sharing a boundary says nothing about hazards, zoning or crime on either side of it: each page has its own figures. Every council area in Tasmania is on one page.
Neighbours worked out by WattleAddr from the council boundaries (Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3, 2021, Local Government Areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0).
Sources
Reproduced verbatim, as the licences require.
Tasmanian Planning Scheme - Code Overlays from theLIST ©State of Tasmania Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.
Tasmanian Planning Scheme - Zoning from theLIST ©State of Tasmania Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.
Tasmanian Planning Scheme - General Overlays from theLIST ©State of Tasmania Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.
Proclaimed Landslip Areas (Mineral Resources Tasmania) © Mineral Resources Tasmania Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.
Tasmanian Heritage Register: Heritage Tasmania - the LIST © State of Tasmania Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/.
Council names and boundaries: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3, 2021, Local Government Areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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