Page 2069 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 15 May 2013
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government’s commitment to a sustainable future and reinforces the long-term policy intention of a more compact and efficient city, in response to feedback from comprehensive community and key stakeholder consultation.
The planning strategy sets out clear actions under nine strategies to deliver the five outcomes. Some of these actions are immediate and urgent to initiate change, while others will commence and develop over the medium to longer term. The planning strategy calls for master plans to be done responding to areas of specific need and to meet our overall long-term planning objectives.
What are those long-term planning objectives? The long-term planning objectives are to create a more compact, efficient city by focusing urban intensification in town centres, around group centres and along the major public transport routes, and by providing a balance between greenfield development and urban revitalisation.
Therefore each master plan that is developed needs to set out the objectives and strategies to manage development and change in a particular area over time. They work within the context of what is important about a place and how to enhance its character and quality. Community involvement is essential in defining the scope and area for individual master plans. Generally speaking, the master plan program to date has used the following parameters: the creation of a precinct that provides an easy 10–15-minute walk along the streets and paths to a centre or to a rapid transit corridor; recognising natural and recognisable boundaries set by the landscape character and topographic features; the cultural and natural heritage; the gazetted suburb and district boundaries; and the existing land use policy.
The government’s strategy to date has been to focus our master planning efforts on those centres and transport corridors that are subject to potential change or redevelopment pressure. To support better integration between transport and land use planning, the government has prioritised our master plans for areas of future growth, making sure that land use and transport are properly integrated. We have funded this program to a tune of $2 million per year, and an additional $1 million for an additional year is about to be allocated.
The master plan program is providing and will provide long-term planning for our main transport corridors, town centres and group centres. It is worth highlighting that completed master plans to date include Dickson, Kingston, Kambah and Erindale, as well as the Tuggeranong town centre. We are following through on these master plans through the appropriate statutory amendment to the territory plan. That occurred yesterday in relation to Dickson, with variation 311. The fact that there was little comment on the variation at Dickson highlights the success of an effective and consultative master plan framework that brought a relatively broad community consensus on the key issues.
I will turn to the proposal in relation to Calwell. It is worth putting the request from Mr Wall in relation to Calwell into a broader context. There are already broad numbers of master planning studies underway, including Pialligo, Weston and Oaks Estate. Preliminary work has commenced on Woden town centre, Mawson group
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