Page 1496 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video
considerable period of time for people to make comments. The Planning and Land Authority will assess the development application against the provisions in the territory plan against the legislation and against the legislative framework that is in place.
Having said all of that, I will spend the remaining 90 seconds on the amendment I have put forward. The amendment seeks to make a series of factual statements about the process for the assessment of the particular development application, notes a number of Mr Coe’s points and accepts a number of those, acknowledges the public meeting that was held and calls on the Assembly to allow, without interference, the independent statutory authority to assess the development application against the requirements of the Planning and Development Act and the territory plan.
I note in closing that all members of the Assembly received an email from an attendee at the meeting who put forward a range of comments. All I would observe on all of this is that that is obviously the view of one individual. That he rejects that Mr Coe is acting in the best interests of local residents, and is in fact acting only in his self-interest of getting elected, is an interesting view. Obviously there are a diverse range of views. Having been to more than a few meetings like this over my career in this place, I am well aware that there are a variety of different interpretations of what is said and done. I acknowledge receipt of this particular email, as I am sure all members of the Assembly do, and I look forward to Mr Coe’s response to it. I formally move the amendment circulated in my name:
Omit all words after “That this Assembly”, substitute:
“(1) notes:
(a) the important role the Jamison Centre plays in the community for residents, shoppers and traders;
(b) the considerable private sector investments made to parts of the Group Centre in recent years;
(c) that a development application has been submitted to the independent statutory authority, the ACT Planning and Land Authority, for the redevelopment of the old Jamison Inn site and is subject to the statutory assessment processes outlined in the Planning and Development Act 2007;
(d) that the development application is currently on public notification and the community is invited to make submissions until 5 May 2011;
(e) the requirements for notification in relation to development assessments is subject to further clarification through the Planning and Building Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 that was introduced to the Assembly on 31 March 2011;
(f) the ACT Planning and Land Authority introduced new requirements for consultation and public notification for certain development applications (in all areas except the City, Town Centres and industrial zones) on 1
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video