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(4) What special opportunities were provided to members of the planning profession in Canberra to participate in working sessions leading to the determination of the technical papers;
(5) Which Canberra-based urban planning consultancies benefited from the briefs offered for work associated with the planning reforms.
Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Concerns raised by members of the planning profession in relation to the technical papers related mainly to:
• relationship of Crown leases to the Territory Plan;
• the role of purpose clauses, particularly in relation to commercial and industrial leases;
• the notion of a time-limited holding lease;
• the current system of change of use charge;
• the process for preparing and adopting policies for future urban land;
• incorporation of existing planning guidelines and policies into the Territory Plan;
• a system of complying certificates for single residences in greenfields areas and other small structures that don’t require development approval;
• advice from other agencies should be complied with, particularly if it is of a technical nature.
(2) How the Government proposes to resolve these matters is reflected in the Government Response to Community Comments on the Planning System Reform Project – November 2005 publication, which is available on the Planning and Land Authority’s website.
(3) A formal public consultation program was conducted for 8 weeks between 27 May and 22 June 2005. Late submissions were also accepted for approximately one week after that closing date.
(4) Members of the local planning profession were provided with an initial briefing on the scope of reform and invited via the local division of the Planning Institute of Australia to make comment. The local division of the Institute is also a member of the Minister’s Planning and Development Forum that has been continuously engaged in the development of the reform project. Further, several members of the planning profession in Canberra have participated on the Planning System Reform project’s Expert Reference Panel.
(5) All Canberra based planning consultancies were asked for expressions of interest in reviewing elements of the Territory Plan and more restricted select tendering for specialist parts of the project, such as the review of Change of Use Charge.
No expressions of interest were received from Canberra-based consultancies in respect to the Territory Plan and one local consortium that was unsuccessful for the Change of Use Charge work. The main consultancy appointed has an office in Canberra.
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