Planning

This report reviews and compares processes and tools for access management employed in Australia and New Zealand. It highlights both commonalities and wide variations in practice in dealing with proposals for new points of access (driveways and minor roads) and in the management of existing access points. The report details and discusses current access management policy, guiding principles, legislation, powers and responsibilities, planning and development control processes, management tools and guidelines, including their provision for pedestrians, cyclists and buses. Costs of access management administration and how to reduce them, and possible changes to processes, are canvassed. Some benchmark practices are noted and matters for further consideration are put forward.