Page 552 - Week 04 - Thursday, 29 June 1989
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base of the Raiders. I am advised by both the Raiders and by Woodgers that its current commitments in that area have been met. Investigations by the department indicate that the situation does not in any way affect the Raiders' viability, and so it will not in any way influence their decisions about their future.
City Plan
MR KAINE: I also direct a question to the Deputy Chief Minister, and it refers again to an article in the Canberra Times this morning that talked about the development of part of Braddon which, according to the Canberra Times, includes sections 18 and 19, 20 and 28. There was an aerial photograph of the area so marked, and it talked about plans to go to eight-storey buildings in that area.
I have a copy of what I understand to be the draft proposal for public comment on that development; it refers to only sections 18 and 19, and it talks about building heights of only six storeys. Has there been some change to the document that has been put out for public comment on this development, or in this case is the Canberra Times wrong in including all four of those sections and an eight-storey development proposal?
MS FOLLETT: Mr Speaker, I might respond to that matter, as it is a planning issue. I will respond to the best of my ability, to say that in relation to sections 18 and 19 at Braddon we have been advised that the National Capital Planning Authority has released the draft proposal which sets out some proposed variations to the land use policy and to the development guidelines for those two sections, 18 and 19. The draft variation to policy has been released, as I think Mr Kaine has mentioned, for public comment, and the period for such public comment closes on 14 July.
There are a number of changes to the existing policy, but the most significant one of which I am advised is that lessees who wish to obtain approval for a development to the maximum height of six storeys must amalgamate two blocks. The Interim Territory Planning Authority, which is our Government's planning authority, has commented to the National Capital Planning Authority that such a policy could have a significant effect on some individual lessees who may wish to develop at a different time or for a different purpose from what is desired by their neighbours.
That is at the moment the extent of the advice that I have on that matter. It is an important matter, being in Braddon, which is an area, as you know, that is close to the city and therefore a planning-sensitive area, but that is the extent of the advice that I have on it at the moment. I trust that answers the question.
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