Public land is a very important asset for the state, allowing it to provide a host of services and functions and to plan for the future of the nation. The Land Development Agency Act 2021 requires the LDA to produce a Register of Relevant Lands and a Report on Relevant Public Land. Both of these tools facilitate the identification and assessment of the potential of relevant public land to provide affordable housing both now and in the future.
Report on Relevant Public Land
The Report on Relevant Public Land it the first-of-its-kind and is designed to serve as a strategic and on-going process to assess the potential of underutilised state-owned lands and to support in building a pipeline of potential land for the provision of affordable housing into the future. This first report identifies 83 parcels of land and assesses them as having the potential to deliver up to 67,000 new affordable homes over the medium to long term.
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Register of Relevant Public Land Map
The Register of Relevant Lands is a public web map showing all relevant public lands. It is a requirement of the LDA Act 2021 that the Agency establish and maintain a register of all relevant public land and land owned by the agency or a subsidiary DAC. The LDA will continue to update the register as required.
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Section 53 Notices - Proposal to dispose of relevant public land
Under Section 53 of the LDA Act, it states that a relevant public body shall not dispose of relevant public land unless the body has given notice and offered the land for sale to the LDA first. This requirement is to ensure that any relevant public land being disposed of is assessed to see if it is fit for use for the purposes of the LDA Act, primarily the provision of affordable housing. Within a Section 53 notice comprehensive information should be provided to the LDA to ensure adequate information is available to assess the lands and respond in a timely manner.
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