Mapping and analysis of laws influencing built environments for walking and cycling in Australia

Nau, Tracy; Perry, Sean; Giles-Corti, Billie; Bellew, William; Bauman, Adrian; Smith, Ben J.

doi:10.1186/s12889-022-14897-w

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Implementation and monitoring of planning laws

From: Mapping and analysis of laws influencing built environments for walking and cycling in Australia

	NSW	VIC	TAS	WA	SA	NT	ACT	QLD
Jurisdiction-wide provisions
28/ A single source of default, comprehensive provisions applying jurisdiction-wide for design and planning	^⊠	^✪	^✪	^⊠	^✪	^✪	^✪	^⊠
Design review
30/Addresses design review panels	^✪	^○	^⊠	^✪	^✪	^⊠	^✪	^⊠
30a/By requiring establishment of design review panels	◊	◊	NA	◊	◊	NA	^○	NA
30b/By allowing the establishment of design review panels	^✪	◊	NA	◊	^✪	NA	◊	NA
30c/By allowing the establishment of committees (but not design review panels specifically)	◊	^○	NA	^✪	◊	NA	◊	NA
30.1/Specifies circumstances where design review is required	^✪	^⊠	NA	^□	^⊠	NA	^✪	NA
*Strength of addressing design review*^a	Strong	Partial	Weak	Partial	Partial	Weak	Strong	Weak
Monitoring and enforcement
29/Responsibility for enforcement	^○	^✪	^✪	^✪	^⊠	^✪	^⊠	^⊠
31/Performance monitoring	^✪	^□	^✪	^⊠	^✪	^□	^⊠	^⊠
31.1a/Allows Minister to set targets	◊	NA	◊	NA	^✪	NA	NA	NA
31.1b/Allows a Minister to appoint a responsible authority for evaluation	◊	NA	^✪	NA	◊	NA	NA	NA
31.1c/ Specifies responsibility for evaluation	^✪	NA	^✪	NA	^✪	NA	NA	NA
31.1d/Sets out obligations for reporting	◊	NA	^✪	NA	^✪	NA	NA	NA
31.1e/Requires statutory instruments to address reporting obligations	^✪	NA	◊	NA	◊	NA	NA	NA
*Strength of addressing enforcement and monitoring*^b	Strong	Partial	Strong	Partial	Partial	Partial	Weak	Weak
Overall strength of addressing implementation and monitoring^c	Partial	Partial	Partial	Weak	Partial	Partial	Partial	Weak

^✪Yes
^○Yes with caution note
^⊠No
^□No with caution note
NA Not applicable, because this question was conditional on satisfying an affirmative answer to the preceding parent question
◊Not selected as a response option (a different option/s selected instead)
NSW New South Wales, VIC Victoria, TAS Tasmania, WA Western Australia, SA South Australia, NT Northern Territory, ACT Australian Capital Territory, QLD Queensland
^aStrength of addressing design review classified as Strong if Yes to 30 (i.e. addresses design review panels), and 30.1 (specifies circumstances where design review is required); Partial if Yes to 30 and No to 30.1 (i.e. addresses design review panels but does not make design review mandatory in any circumstances); Weak if No to 30 (i.e. does not address design review panels)
^bStrength of addressing enforcement and monitoring classified as Strong if Yes to 29 (responsibility for enforcement) and 31 (performance monitoring); Partial if Yes to 29 (responsibility for enforcement) or 31 (performance monitoring); Weak if No to both 29 (responsibility for enforcement) and 31 (performance monitoring)
^cOverall strength of addressing implementation and monitoring classified as Strong if Yes to 28 (single source of default comprehensive provisions applying jurisdiction-wide for design and planning) and two Strong ratings for design review and enforcement and monitoring; Partial if No to 28 and two Strong ratings for design review and enforcement and monitoring, Yes to 28 and at least one Strong/Partial rating for design review and enforcement and monitoring; Weak if No to 28 and two Weak/Partial ratings, or Yes to 28 and two Weak ratings for design review and enforcement and monitoring

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