Page 1098 - Week 04 - Thursday, 29 March 1990
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Hill Station Homestead
MR KAINE: Mr Speaker, I would like to provide the answer to a question from Mr Wood about the Hill Station Homestead and his concern that that should not be demolished upon change of ownership. I would like to inform Mr Wood that the arrangements in place to protect heritage sites were implemented in February 1989 by amendment of the Buildings (Design and Siting) Act. These amendments require the Chief Territory Planner, in granting design and siting approval, to take account of the heritage significance of a place. To implement this requirement, the Interim Territory Planning Authority and the Heritage Unit of my department have compiled a schedule of heritage sensitive places in the ACT. Hill Station is on that schedule.
Building applications, including demolition, for places in the schedule are referred by the Chief Territory Planner to the ACT Heritage Committee for advice. The Chief Territory Planner is required to consider this advice in making his decisions. Where the Chief Territory Planning Officer refuses all or part of an application, the applicant has recourse to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Dickson - Redevelopment
MR KAINE: Another question to me was from Ms Follett regarding the delays in the proposed redevelopment of the Dickson Tradesmen's Union Club. She asked the supplementary question about the old Dickson Hotel site. I was a little confused as to how the second question could be supplementary to the first, but I will provide answers to both.
In connection with the proposed Dickson redevelopment, Mr Speaker, officers of the ACT Government Service have had protracted discussions with the Canberra Tradesmen's Union Club in order to advance its proposal of redevelopment in Dickson. In order for the proposal to progress, a variation to the existing land use policy in Dickson is required. The Dickson group centre draft variation to policy was released for public comment in April 1989 with a closing date of 26 May 1989.
Because many of the comments received raised serious questions concerning the fundamental premises behind the plan, the Interim Territory Planning Authority is reviewing the most important elements, particularly the extent of retail and commercial development and the consequent parking and transport issues. The ITPA expects to complete this review in April. Until the proposed variations to the policy plan have been finalised, consideration of redevelopment proposals cannot proceed.
In connection with the old Dickson Hotel site, the situation is that the lessee for the site is currently in
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