Page 4288 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 25 October 2017
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Amendment negatived.
MS LE COUTEUR (Murrumbidgee) (10.37): I move:
Omit paragraph (2), substitute:
“(2) calls on the ACT Government to:
(a) not proceed with separate Territory Plan Variations for residential development proposals for Section 66, Kent Street Deakin, the Federal Golf Course and other sites immediately adjacent to Red Hill Nature Reserve; and
(b) only proceed with a joint Territory Plan Variation for the sites after completion of an integrated plan for Red Hill Nature Reserve and surrounding residential areas that:
(i) includes a detailed environmental plan to protect Red Hill Nature Reserve from the impact of the proposed developments;
(ii) addresses the joint transport and amenity impacts of the proposed developments;
(iii) includes a detailed investigation of the old Deakin tip site and rules out development in any areas that may be contaminated and unsafe; and
(iv) limits development to proposals that have been developed in close consultation with the community and have a reasonable likelihood of majority community support.”.
Members will note that I am only moving to replace the second paragraph, the “calls on the government”. I am in substantive agreement with Ms Lawder that there is a significant problem in the environs of Red Hill and that we are trying to do something that will work for the community, ensure that our natural environment is protected, ensure that the traffic and amenity issues are properly considered, be a holistic look at developments in that area and ensure that the community impact of the many potential developments are considered instead of the current process, which seems to be one by one by one.
We basically appear to be talking about at least two developments at this time. There has been some discussion of the current plan for the federal golf course—I believe it is their eighth try. Last century I lived in Garran—that is how long it has been going on for. The current intention is for 125 homes with a new golf club, swimming pool and gym in the middle of the golf course. That includes plans to upgrade the Gowrie Drive access roads, and that is one of the most problematic parts of the whole plan.
There is also a proposal for the old Telstra site on Kent Street, on the border between Deakin and Hughes, for 550 residential units. Both plans abut the Red Hill nature reserve. Both plans have been touted before. They both require Territory Plan
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