 Town Planning & Development 

Concepts of planning & development are primarily approved under state Town Planning Acts & Regulations, which outline the procedures & protocols for various types of projects.Town Planning is a separate university degree discipline, which is usually guided by the interest of the general community & attempts to solve development problems.Individual project concepts are approved under Local Authority Codes which are generally Council Town Planners acting as the preliminary Assessment Authority to issue preliminary development approvals, or state bodies eg Transport, Main Roads, Port or Airport Authorities.