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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 6 Hansard (17 June) . . Page.. 1926 ..
Territory Plan-variation No 206
Approval
Mr Corbell
presented the following paper:Land (Planning and Environment) Act, pursuant to Section 29-Variation No 206 to the Territory Plan-Commercial B2C (Group Centres) Land Use Polices-Calwell, Blocks 2, 5 and Section 72, and Chisholm, Block 7 Section 598, together with background papers, a copy of the summaries and reports, and a copy of any direction or report required.
Territory Plan-variation No 200
Approval
MR CORBELL
(Minister for Health and Minister for Planning): Mr Speaker, for the information of members, I present the following paper:Land (Planning and Environment) Act, pursuant to Section 29-Variation 200 to the Territory Plan-Residential Land Use Policies, Modifications to Residential Codes, and Master Plan Procedures-Garden City Variation, together with background papers, a copy of the summaries reports, and a copy of any direction or report required.
I ask for leave to make a statement.
Leave granted.
MR CORBELL
: Mr Speaker, the government's pre-election planning and land management policy for Canberra, "Planning for People", set initiatives and policies aimed at protecting Canberra's unique planning heritage and enhancing the quality of residential and urban amenity. The government was elected with a clear mandate to introduce stronger rules for dual and triple occupancy development and to create better policies and codes for residential development.In response to this commitment, in December 2001 PALM released draft variation 192 to the Territory Plan, which introduced a 5 per cent limit, per section, on dual and triple occupancy development. This was proposed as an interim measure, until a more comprehensive policy package was developed.
The more comprehensive package was released for public comment on 30 May 2002, in the form of draft variation No 200 to the Territory Plan, DV 200, the garden city variation. A total of 501 submissions were received in response to the exhibited draft variation, not over 700 as reported by the Standing Committee on Planning and Environment.
Of these, 278, or 56 per cent, were from residents of Downer. A recommended file version of draft variation 200 was submitted to the executive on 7 December 2002, in response to an executive direction. The submitted version was revised on 23 December 2003 to allow the development and planning system more time to be completed before being subject to new subdivision and change of use charge procedures.
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