ISCCC calls for changes in proposed independent living and aged care facility in Weston Creek to improve consistency with the National Capital Plan and better respect important landscape vistas.
Have your say on phasing out single use plastic, and redevelopment of Narrabundah Gowrie Court site
The ISCCC has developed some guiding principles for consideration of the Housing Choices Discussion Paper and produced a series of recommendations responding to the proposals and questions outlined in that Paper.
The Canberra Times 10 December 2016. The ACT government has gone back to the drawing board on a large housing development behind the Red Hill shops, more than halving the planned number of homes to 240. More…
Canberra Times 27 May 2016 Dozens of run-down Housing ACT properties are being used as a dumping ground for the homeless, the mentally ill and those just released from the Alexander Maconochie Centre, according to residents of the ACT’s smallest suburb, Oaks Estate. More…
As foreshadowed in the Legislative Assembly debate on 10 March 2016, Minister Rattenbury has negotiated what he believes is more clarity and assurance that the character of the Red Hill development will meet the expectations of the Red Hill residents. More…
Minister for Planning and Land Management, Mick Gentleman, has responded on 31 March 2016 to the ISCCC letter of 10 March 2016 which requested the Legislative Assembly to refer the Omnibus Draft Variations for the Stuart Flats, Gowrie Court and the Red Hill Flats to be referred to the Standing…
The Canberra Times 14 March 2016 Sales of Canberra public housing properties have raised $100 million in the past three years, with expensive inner north and inner south assets among those sold to fund new accommodation across the ACT. More…
Canberra Times 10 March 2016 Greens balance-of-power Minister Shane Rattenbury has left open the possibility of further compromise on the Red Hill flats redevelopment, pushing back a decision till April. The Liberals attempted to overturn the planning change that allows development of four storeys or higher on a block of…
The ISCCC has written to the Legislative Assembly on 10 March 2016, re-stating its concerns with the Draft Variations 332, 333 and 334 for the redevelopment of Gowrie Court, the Stuart Flats and the Red Hill Flats respectively. The ISCCC also recommends that these Draft Variations be referred to the…
Planning Minister Gentleman has responded on 12 December 2015 to the petition requesting that the Red Hill public housing Draft Variation to the Territory Plan No 334 be redrafted taking into account more of the community’s concerns. More…
The Canberra Times 18 February 2016 Planning Minister Mick Gentleman approved an alternative zone change for Red Hill on Thursday to allow four-storey residential blocks. He also approved zone changes for the ageing Gowrie Court and Stuart Flats public housing units in Narrabundah and Griffith, which are also to be bulldozed to make way for new apartments.…
