Project Update - August 2020

The City of Hobart and the Tasmanian Government are working in partnership with the community to develop the Central Hobart Precincts Plan (Precincts Plan) – a holistic plan to guide future development of Central Hobart.

The Precincts Plan project was launched in March 2020 with the release of a baseline report and an Economic, Demographic and Employment Study which, combined, detail the issues and opportunities in the Central Hobart Precincts area. A survey was also launched on the YourSay Hobart website for the community to provide feedback on the baseline report.

With the emergence of COVID-19 and the subsequent social and economic impact that has unfolded, a decision was made in May 2020 to pause the project until such time that the short- and long-term social and economic impacts of the pandemic are better understood and the assumptions in the baseline report can be updated to accurately reflect the present situation. A date of August 2020 was nominated for the situation to be reviewed and a decision made on restarting our stakeholder and community engagement, supported by updated research.

The project team have recently decided that given the ongoing uncertainty about the COVID impacts to the economy,it is still too early to review the economic projections made in the baseline report. The situation will be reviewed again in November 2020.

In the meantime, we are continuing to have open conversations with our stakeholders. As part of this work, the online survey and idea mapping tool will remain open on the YourSay Hobart website – to provide you with the opportunity to have your say on this important project. You can also email the project team at coh@hobartcity.com.au if you have any direct questions or comments about the project.

Thanks for your ongoing interest in this project.