This document is a submission to the Legislative Council Hansard regarding the establishment of a select committee to review planning schemes and amendments in Tasmania. The submission supports the creation of the select committee and argues that the committee should focus on ensuring local community ownership and empowerment in planning processes. It states that local communities should have supreme authority over development in their areas. The submission also calls for restructuring planning objectives and law to better serve colloquially drafted goals based on up-to-date evaluations and voices of local residents.