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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 8 Hansard (28 August) . . Page.. 2667 ..

MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND PLANNING

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

ANU Lease Variation - Turner

(First appeared on Notice Paper No. 91 of 17 June 1997)

Ms McRae - asked the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning -

Has the ANU applied for any variation to any leases it holds in Turner, and if so, when will this be dealt with.

Mr Humphries - the answer to the member's question is as follows:

. The ANU has one current application to vary a lease in Turner.

. The ANU lodged an application to vary the lease over Graduate House on Block 1 Section 41 Turner on 28 March 1996. The proposal is to vary the purpose clause of the Crown lease to use the land for one or more of the following purposes:

- residential purposes including serviced apartments provided that the maximum number of residential apartments including serviced apartments shall not exceed 400;

- hotel;

- motel;

- restaurant; and

- health facility.

. A preliminary assessment (PA) of the proposal was completed on 13 January 1997. The PA found that no further impact assessment was required.

. Following public notification of the application, 13 submissions were received. 11 objected to the proposal and 2 supported it.

. The lessee requested that the proposal be placed on a `Stop Clock' until 30 June 1997 to enable issues raised by residents of Havelock House (the adjoining lessee) to be addressed with a view to a satisfactory outcome for both parties. It is noted that the ANU has representatives on the Management Committee for Havelock House.

. On 2 July 1997 the lessee requested that the `Stop Clock' be removed to enable the assessment of the application to continue. The assessment is proceeding and is expected to be completed by 19 September 1997.

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