Page 4737 - Week 15 - Thursday, 21 November 1991
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Mr Wood: I have not, I am afraid.
MR COLLAERY: I cannot believe it. At page 73 of the draft Territory Plan it says this:
the relevant provisions of both the ACT (Planning and Land Management) Act and the ACT Government's Land (Planning and Environment) Bill make it clear that the focus of the Plan's statutory role is to be land use, and the processing of proposals for buildings, works and subdivision.
These are the operative words, and I really enjoin Mr Wood to listen. It talks about the focus being on buildings, works and subdivision - that is, the more philistine aspects of our Canberra culture - and it says:
pending proposed joint studies with the NCPA, the Territory Plan cannot at this stage incorporate a comprehensive strategy for the ACT's longer-term development.
It then goes on to say:
This is not to say that the Territory Plan will be devoid of strategic content. As noted in section 4.7, it responds to and elaborates upon a number of significant proposals contained in the National Capital Plan, especially with regard to urban consolidation and energy efficiency.
Nevertheless, the draft Plan is primarily concerned with drawing together, rationalising and updating numerous land use policies of the former NCDC to provide a basis for the new ACT planning and land management system.
So, the Authority clearly concedes that it, to use the words in the draft plan, "cannot at this stage incorporate a comprehensive strategy". Mr Moore is saying, "Let us preserve the strategic content of the residual strategy documents that control this great national capital". I remind Mr Wood that the words in the Territory Plan rely upon the quite significant proposals contained in the National Capital Plan. In other words, there is an inference there that the strategy can be found in the National Capital Plan. I remind Mr Wood of some aspects of the National Capital Plan. It says:
The pattern of centres is an integral feature of Canberra's development and forms a basis for the location and distribution of employment, retailing, commercial and community facilities. The hierarchal arrangement of functions gives residents convenient and cost effective access to a range of facilities and services.
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