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PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE -
STANDING COMMITTEE
Report on Draft Variation to the Territory Plan - Kaleen
MR DE DOMENICO (3.13): I present report No. 22 of the Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure on the draft variation to the Territory Plan, Kaleen, section 117, part block 20, Bocce Club, together with a copy of the extracts of the minutes of proceedings. This report was provided to the Speaker for circulation on Friday, 18 March 1994, pursuant to the resolution of appointment. I move:
That the report be noted.
Madam Speaker, the draft variation was referred to the PDIC by the Minister on 11 February 1994. The committee considered the draft variation at its meeting on 18 February 1994, when it resolved to invite persons affected by the variation to address the committee. Subsequently the committee conducted public hearings on 11 March and heard from the following persons: Mr Spagnolo from the Bocce Club; Mr Dowling and Mr Potts for the architect and builder; Mr Niemann, who is a local resident; Mr Griffin-Warwicke and Mr Handley from the Belconnen Community Council; and representatives of the ACT Planning Authority. The committee asked the Planning Authority to provide supplementary information on the proposal's compliance with the provisions of the ACT residential code and the proposal's effect in relation to the 100-year flood level.
The committee carefully considered the information provided by the witnesses and the Planning Authority. The committee's unanimous view is that the draft variation should go ahead, with the detailed provisos outlined in the report. I do not intend to list these, but I want to comment on three key aspects. Firstly, the committee has asked that the landscape master plan and subdivision plan be shown to local residents and that it also come back to the committee. The committee has asked that mature trees be planted on the site rather than smaller specimens, which commonly fail to take hold. This reflects the committee's emphasis on the protection and encouragement of mature treescapes in Canberra, which is an issue before the committee in considering the Planning Authority's proposals for residential guidelines in certain parts of Canberra. The other point is that the committee took careful note of the advice from the Department of the Environment, Land and Planning that the financial return to the Canberra community from betterment on this site is about $974,000, which is almost double the amount that would come to the community if the lease were returned to the Government and the site subsequently auctioned.
In conclusion, Madam Speaker, I thank the members of the committee for their careful consideration of the draft variation. I am sure that the former chairman of the committee, Mr Lamont, would endorse this comment.
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