Page 1736 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 5 May 2010
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Leave granted.
MS LE COUTEUR: Thank you. I now move my amended amendment:
Omit all words after “That this Assembly”, substitute:
“(1) notes that:
(a) the owner of the Dunlop shops site has a development application approved to build on the site, and is still within the legal timeframe to build;
(b) the owner of the site has recently lodged a new development application with ACTPLA that proposes an 800 square metre single storey commercial facility and no residential units; and
(c) the residents of Dunlop, like the rest of the ACT, need good access to local shops and community centres; and
(2) calls on the ACT Government to:
(a) work with the owner of the land to work through any problems in the construction of the shops as quickly as possible;
(b) provide the Members of the Legislative Assembly with a link to the current development application information on the ACTPLA site and to the new development application; and
(c) inform the Members of the Legislative Assembly of the progress on this issue by the end of 2010.”.
MS HUNTER (Ginninderra—Parliamentary Convenor, ACT Greens) (11.37): I would like to thank Mr Coe for bringing this motion to the Assembly. I have been interested in the contributions so far. The subject of community amenity in our suburbs is an important one, particularly in our outlying suburbs such as Dunlop. The history of Dunlop goes back some time. Unfortunately, it was developed in a way that led to it becoming a dormitory suburb—a suburb right on the border of New South Wales with housing and little else.
As Ms Le Couteur has noted, the positioning of this suburb provides some unique challenges for community amenity and services and it will need careful work to address them. However, as she has put forward in her amended amendment to this motion, there is currently movement in addressing the need for shops in Dunlop. I look forward to receiving information from the government about the progress of the development application on section 133.
Ms Le Couteur has just said that there are a number of planning issues across all electorates, Ginninderra included. She highlighted the issue of disused petrol stations. Mr Coe made some comment before about the Greens not having a good understanding of these issues. We have a very good understanding. We understand the
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