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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 4 Hansard (3 April) . . Page.. 1337 ..

MRS DUNNE (continuing):

I seek leave to move a motion authorising the publication of the report.

Leave granted.

MRS DUNNE: I move:

Question resolved in the affirmative.

MRS DUNNE: I move:

On behalf of the members of the Standing Committing on Planning and Environment, I am pleased to table the report on variation to the Territory Plan No 187, concerning the Heritage Places Register and the Red Hill housing precinct.

Draft variation 187 followed a review by Planning and Land Management, PALM, during 2000 of the Territory Plan and is related to draft variation 114, concerning the Heritage Places Register and the Red Hill housing precinct, to provide for a development intensity of no more than one dwelling on any block in the Red Hill housing precinct. This review was undertaken as a result of a resolution of the Assembly of 28 June 2000, at the time draft variation 114 was being tabled. As you can see, Mr Speaker, draft variation 187 has a complicated provenance.

The review examined the new policy initiatives included in draft variation 114 and found that they may not be adequate to protect the intrinsic character of the precinct, which is related to the high ratio of landscape area to built form. It was considered that the existing 10-metre front setback requirement may allow development to substantially intrude on the streetscape, where existing setbacks are much greater, thereby detrimentally impacting on the overall landscape character of the area. To protect the existing landscape setting and ensure sufficient separation between buildings, minimum side and rear setbacks were also recommended. Draft variation 187 responds to the recommendations made in that review.

On 14 February 2001, the Legislative Assembly passed a further resolution in accordance with subsection 37(2) of the Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991 recommending to the executive that the ACT Planning Authority be directed to implement policies which provide for a development intensity of not more than one dwelling on any block in the area known as the Red Hill housing precinct, as described in draft variation 114, relating to the Heritage Places Register and the Red Hill precinct.

As a consequence, draft variation 187 came into existence and was released for public comment by Planning and Land Management on 12 July 2001, with the closing date for comments being 27 August 2001. In the event, progress on draft variation 187 was slowed, due to the election in October 2001.

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