Development Assessment Forum
- Useful Documents
- DAF Charter
- DAF Principles
- DAF Reporting Arrangements
- DAF Leading Practice Model for Development Assessment
- Guide for Writing Objective Rules and Tests
- Property Council's Reform Implementation Report Card
The Development Assessment Forum (DAF) is an independent think tank and advisory forum of government, industry, and the professions, which develops and recommends leading practices for planning systems and development assessment in Australia.
News from DAF
The Development Assessment Forum met in Melbourne on 1 June 2011
A presentation was made by the Productivity Commission about its study Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation: Planning, Zoning and Development Assessment.
The meeting also agreed two new projects for the 2011-12 work program. These are the:
- Improving Development Assessment Applications/Business Practices Project and
- Development Assessment Panels project.
A Communiqué from this meeting can be found here: [
PDF: 30 KB]
Productivity Commission released Final Report Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation: Planning, Zoning and Development Assessment
In April 2011, the Productivity Commission released the Final Report from its inquiry into the planning, zoning and development assessment.
The Development Assessment Forum made a submission to the Inquiry and consulted with the Commission during the Inquiry.
A copy of the DAF submission can be viewed at: http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/102550/sub058.pdf
More information on the Inquiry can be obtained from the Productivity Commission.
The Productivity Commission gave a presentation about the outcomes of the report to the Development Assessment Forum at its meeting on 1st June 2011. A copy of the presentation can be found here: [
PPT: 313 KB]
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