Notification rules · TAS

How to notify neighbours in Tasmania

Notice of discretionary planning applications, and the protection work notice you give before building near the boundary.

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Quick answer: for a discretionary application the council gives notice, unless it asks you to: a newspaper notice, an A4 sign at each public boundary and a letter to the owners and occupiers of all adjoining properties. People have 14 days to make a representation. Before protection work, you serve a notice on each adjoining owner, who has 21 days to respond.

Working out dates? The notice period calculator counts the days for you, including business days and holidays.

Free template: Protection work notice (TAS), ready to copy and print.

Discretionary applications

Who notifiesThe planning authority (council), unless it requires the applicant to
Who is toldOwners and occupiers of all adjoining properties. No distance is set
How long14 days, which council can extend by up to 14 more
NoticesA daily newspaper, the council office, and a sign of at least A4 as near as possible to each public boundary. Removing or covering the sign is an offence

Source: Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 (Tas), s 57. Checked 7 October 2026.

Source: Land Use Planning and Approvals Regulations 2024 (Tas), reg 8. Checked 7 October 2026.

Protection work notices

  • Before protection work, the owner must notify each adjoining owner, the building surveyor and, for plumbing, the permit authority (Building Act 2016 s 77).
  • The notice sets out the work, the protection work, the program and the building surveyor’s name.
  • The adjoining owner has 21 days to respond. No response counts as agreement.
  • Work cannot start until every adjoining owner has agreed or is taken to have agreed. Disagreements go to the building surveyor.

Source: Building Act 2016 (Tas), Part 9 (ss 75-81). Checked 7 October 2026.

Source: Building Regulations 2016 (Tas), Schedule 2. Checked 7 October 2026.

Beyond the people next door

Use our construction notice template for the wording, and keep the dated list of addresses you delivered to. If anyone later says they were not told, that list is your answer.

Council by council

City of Hobart

Who notifiesCouncil
Who is toldAll adjoining neighbours, in writing
How long14 days (the statutory period)

Notices also go in The Mercury, on the PlanBuild website and on every frontage of the property.

Source: Representations – City of Hobart; Currently advertised applications – City of Hobart. Checked 7 October 2026.

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