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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 8 Hansard (31 August) . . Page.. 2761 ..
MR SMYTH (Minister for Urban Services): Mr Speaker, for the information of members, I present the following paper:
Land (Planning and Environment) Act, pursuant to section 37-Direction in response to the resolution of the Assembly of 28 June 2000-Review of the Territory Plan is it relates to Variation 114 Heritage Places Register-Red Hill Housing Precinct to provide for a development intensity of not more than one dwelling on any block in the Red Hill Housing Precinct, dated 9 August 2000.
I seek leave to make a short statement.
Leave granted.
MR SMYTH: Mr Speaker, I now table a written direction in accordance with the Assembly's resolution of 28 June 2000, pursuant to section 37 of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991. On 23 May 2000, variation No 114 to the Territory Plan, the Heritage Places Register-Red Hill Housing Precinct, was tabled in the Legislative Assembly.
On 28 June 2000, the Assembly passed a resolution recommending that the executive direct the Planning Authority to review the Territory Plan to provide for a development intensity of not more than one dwelling on any block in the Red Hill housing precinct. As variation 114 was not disallowed by the Assembly and there are no provisions in the land act for the variation to be amended once the disallowance period is complete, variation 114 has been gazetted and has effect from 24 August 2000.
Planning and Land Management will, during the course of the review, consider the Assembly's resolution and other relevant matters when assessing and determining any development application in the area. Depending on the outcome of the review, any revision of the provisions in variation 114 will require another draft variation to the Heritage Places Register in the Territory Plan. Any variation will be subject to the consultation and other statutory processes set out in the land act for varying the Territory Plan.
MR CORBELL: Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make brief statement in relation to the paper presented by the minister.
Leave granted.
MR CORBELL: I thank members. Mr Speaker, I would like to place on the record my thanks to the minister and indeed the government for agreeing to this direction. By resolution the Assembly requested that a direction be made to the notional-I should stress the word "notional"-ACT Planning Authority. I understand that this is the first time that the land act has been used in this way.
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