Page 5303 - Week 13 - Tuesday, 15 November 2011
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consultation undertaken by the Planning and Land Authority since 2008 on planning policy changes. I also took into account the views of various stakeholders, including the Gungahlin Community Council, who expressed a desire for the commencement of the variation to occur as soon as possible.
Finally, I note the motion on transport infrastructure in Gungahlin that was adopted by this Assembly in October. Variation 300 puts in place a framework that addresses these issues and guides the development of major transport infrastructure, including a ring road around the town centre to divert through-traffic from Hibberson Street, and improvements to public transport infrastructure and the development of various traffic management arrangements, including the establishment of a shared zone in Hibberson Street.
I am pleased to table the approved variation to the territory plan for the Gungahlin town centre today.
Planning and Development Act 2007—variation No 310 to the territory plan
Paper and statement by minister
MR CORBELL (Molonglo—Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Minister for Territory and Municipal Services and Minister for Police and Emergency Services): I present the following paper:
Planning and Development Act, pursuant to subsection 79(1)—Approval of Variation No 310 to the Territory Plan—Removal of specified restrictions on use at Turner section 47 and part 63 and North of Macarthur and Wakefield Avenues (RZ4 Medium Density Residential Zone), dated 4 November 2011, together with background papers, a copy of the summaries and reports, and a copy of any direction or report required.
I ask leave to make a statement in relation to the paper.
Leave granted.
MR CORBELL: Variation 310 responds to three of the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Planning, Public Works and Territory and Municipal Services report No 9 of 2011. I tabled the government’s response to the report on 21 June. It addressed all 15 recommendations of the committee. In this regard, variation 310 is part of the implementation of the government’s response to the standing committee report.
Variation 310 implements recommendation 1 of the committee’s report by removing rule 21 from the residential zones—multi-unit housing development code. Rule 21 restricts development in medium density residential RZ4 zones north of Macarthur Avenue and Wakefield Avenue until such time as 23½ hectares of residential blocks in the RZ4 zone south of these streets have been developed for multi-unit housing.
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