Humpty Doo Rural Activity Centre Area Plan

The Humpty Doo Rural Activity Centre Area Plan was approved by the Minister for Lands, Planning and the Environment on 31 January 2025.

The Humpty Doo Rural Activity Centre Area Plan (HDAP) is a plan for the long term, facilitating development of new urban residential and rural residential land, additional commercial and tourist commercial opportunities within the existing activity centre, expansion of community facilities and public open space. The HDAP also integrates land use transport planning by identifying and confirming locations for new road networks and service infrastructure to support the Arnhem Highway duplication project.

The HDAP supports the land use concept plans and policies for Litchfield’s activity centres contained within the Litchfield Subregional Land Use Plan (2016), by providing a detailed planning framework for the Humpty Doo Rural Activity Centre.

The Planning Commission conducted extensive consultation during four separate phases, including incorporating the outcomes of the Arnhem Highway Duplication Planning Study including, a North-South connection either side of Arnhem Highway.

Key matters raised during consultation included:

• protection of waterways, lagoons and seasonal wetlands;
• identification of ecologically significant fauna and flora populations and habitat;
• rural character and amenity;
• concerns about additional traffic and associated light and noise population;
• infrastructure and the capability of infrastructure to service a growing population; and
• community facilities, including pedestrian and shared path networks.

The planning scheme amendment was on exhibition from Friday 5 July 2024 to Friday 2 August 2024.

To view the planning scheme amendment and reasons for the Minister's decision, visit Amendments to the NT Planning Scheme 2020 | NT.GOV.AU