Page 891 - Week 03 - Thursday, 2 April 2020
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supermarket shortly before going to auction; if so, why and how long before the auction was this change made.
(2) Has the Coombs Shops always been categorised as a CZ4 zone; if so, why were the Coombs Shops at any point promoted as allowing for a 1500 sqm supermarket site.
(3) What is the rationale for taking section 38 in Wright, which allows for a 1500sqm supermarket, to market so soon after the sale of the Coombs Shops.
(4) What was the decision-making process for determining the maximum size of the supermarkets allowed on the blocks in Coombs and Wright and who was responsible for making these decisions.
(5) Have any studies been done regarding possible traffic congestion around section 38 in Wright once the proposed development is completed; if so, what were the findings.
Mr Gentleman: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Yes. The change in the maximum size of the supermarket to 1000m2 was made to the sales and marketing material on 25 February 2015. This was to ensure that the resultant development on the land would be consistent with the pending new requirements of the Territory Plan for local centres.
The Coombs shops (Block 3 Section 36 Coombs) was sold on 4 March 2015.
(2) The Coombs local centre has been zoned by the Territory Plan as CZ4 (local centre) since the estate development plan (subdivision) development application was approved. The Coombs shops was initially advertised for sale allowing a supermarket of up to 1,500m2 gross floor area with a net selling area limited to 1000m2. This reflected the requirements of Draft Variation to the Territory Plan No. 304 (Commercial Zones) at the time of initial advertising.
(3) The Coombs local centre was taken to the market in the 2014-15 financial year (March 2015). Section 38 Wright was taken to the market in the 2017-18 financial year (December 2017), which was approximately 2½ years following the sale of Coombs local centre.
The 2-year buffer following the release of the Coombs local centre was considered a reasonable amount of time for the local centre to be developed and in operation. Any further delays in site releases were not considered to be in the interest of the Molonglo community.
(4) The reduction in the maximum size of supermarkets at local centres was in response to submissions received during public consultation on Draft Variation to the Territory Plan No. 304 (Commercial Zones) in 2013. There was no change to the maximum size of supermarkets in CZ5 (mixed uses) zones through the draft variation process.
(5) The two development applications lodged for Block 1 Section 38 Wright were both supported by traffic impact and risk assessment reports, prepared by experienced transport planning engineers.
The reports, prepared in October 2018 and December 2018 respectively, both considered a range of transport related issues in the immediate area, including possible traffic congestion.
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