The Potential Agricultural Land Initial Analysis mapping layer was produced as part of the agricultural land mapping project commissioned by the Department of Justice, Planning Policy Unit on behalf of the Minister for Planning and Local Government to assist local government in applying the Agriculture Zone as part of the Local Provisions Schedules in the Tasmanian Planning Scheme. The agricultural land mapping project aims to provide support for the recalibrated rural zones in the State Planning Provisions, the Rural Zone and Agriculture Zone, specifically to provide guidance to local government in spatially applying the Agriculture Zone. This layer represents the land identified and mapped through the initial analysis of the project as outlined in the Agricultural Land Mapping Project - Background Report: http://planningreform.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/390874/Agricultural_Land_Mapping_Project_-_Background_Report_-_May_2017.pdf. This layer should be viewed in conjunction with the Land Potentially Suitable for the Agriculture Zone mapping layer. It is provided to assist with the interpretation of the Land Potentially Suitable for the Agriculture Zone mapping layer as an additional analysis tool for determining the suitability of the land for the Agriculture Zone. The mapping should also be used in conjunction with Guideline No. 1 - Local Provisions Schedule (LPS): zone and code application: http://www.planning.tas.gov.au/news/news_items/guidance_for_drafting_lps.

The dataset was created using the methodology outlined in the Agricultural Land Mapping Project â Background Report: http://planningreform.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/390874/Agricultural_Land_Mapping_Project_-_Background_Report_-_May_2017.pdf.