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Planning and Development Act, pursuant to subsection 79(1)—Approval of Variation No 352 to the Territory Plan—Changes to various development tables, codes and definitions, dated 2 February 2018, including associated documents.
In accordance with the provisions of the act, this variation is presented with the background papers and copies of the summaries and reports. I ask leave to make a statement in relation to the papers.
Leave granted.
MR GENTLEMAN: I am tabling variation No 352 to the Territory Plan, which implements changes as a result of the ongoing monitoring of the Territory Plan. A number of matters were identified across different parts of the plan that required amendment to better meet the needs of government, industry and the community. The changes involved amendments to the types of development permitted in certain zones, including permitting an animal care facility in industrial zones. This will facilitate developments such as dog day care centres, which are an emerging use in the ACT.
Variation 352 includes two other site-specific changes, the first of which involves the removal of the public land reserve/nature reserve overlay on part of block 510 Stromlo that forms part of Greenhills centre on the Cotter Road. The Conservator of Flora and Fauna requested that the overlay be removed as the site is degraded and the use of the site is no longer consistent with a public nature reserve. The second site-specific change allows a place of worship on block 9, section 12, Hackett. This will formalise a long-term existing use on this site.
There are a range of revisions and refinements to provisions in the development codes in relation to boarding houses, allowable encroachments for pergolas, noise attenuation controls, water sensitive urban design requirements for water tanks and plumbing for single dwellings, adaptable housing requirements, open space and associated stormwater run-off requirements for multi-unit developments in the RZ1 and RZ2 zones, courtyard wall setbacks in the RZ1 and RZ2 zones, courtyard wall and private open space requirements at ground floor levels, and privacy and private open space provisions for multi-unit developments.
Finally, variation 352 clarifies and refines a number of definitions, including detached house and attached house, minor use, building line, datum ground level, front boundary, side boundary, rear boundary, habitable room, and setback.
Draft variation 352 was released for public comment from 9 June to 7 August 2017, allowing for extensions of time. The draft variation received 13 public submissions. A report on the consultation was prepared, responding to the issues raised in the submissions. The report is publicly available on the Environment and Planning Directorate’s website and will be tabled with the approved version of the variation.
The main concerns raised in submissions related to the proposed prohibition of childcare centres in industrial zones and removing the reference to neighbourhood plans from various development codes. These proposed changes have been removed from the variation to enable further work on the issues to be undertaken.
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