The ISCCC issues newsletters from time to time both by email and by letter box drops, and sometimes in conjunction with resident groups. The newsletters can be read by clicking on the articles below.
Canberra’s community councils have long been concerned about the management of concessional leases by successive ACT Governments. Too often we have seen organisations obtain windfall gains by converting their concessional leases to purposes other than those for which they were originally granted. Instead of being available to the community for…
The Land Development Authority has issued a newsletter to report on the latest developments on the proposed Yarralumla Brickworks and Environs project. A revised strategic plan will be announced in February 2015, when further opportunities for public comment have been promised. More…
The ISCCC and Yarralumla Residents Association had a very poductive meeting in late October with the Chief Minister on community concerns about asbestos issues at the Canberra Brickworks development.
The proposed redevelopment of three public housing complexes in inner south Canberra will directly impact on many of our residents, in areas such as urban amenity, traffic volumes, accommodation of existing public tenants, open space, building heights and so on.
Over the past few weeks the Inner South Canberra Community Council has worked hard with the ACT Government and local residents’ groups to ensure there is effective public consultation on proposed variations to the Territory Plan which will vitally affect our communities.
Governments come in for well-deserved criticism when they do not properly consult the community on development projects that deeply affect local residents. However, bouquets to ACT Planning and Land Authority which has initiated a very early consultative process with the Inner South Canberra Community Council in relation to a series…
One of the biggest issues currently before the ISCCC is the ACT Government’s plan to build a massive new residential development for about 4,000 people on both sides of Adelaide Avenue, near where it meets Cotter Road, adjacent to the Canberra Brickworks.
The Inner South Community Council has, once again, closely engaged with planning and politics on behalf of the local community. Readers may not be aware that the Planning and Development (Project Facilitation) Amendment Bill 2014 was introduced to the Assembly, in March. This legislation was to take effect this month.
Although Canberra is only a century old, the city’s built heritage is being eroded every day. Residents’ groups, community councils and other organisations such as the National Trust are forever having to fight rear-guard actions to save what we should be preserving for the benefit of future generations.
Quality urban planning is high on the Inner South Canberra Community Council list of priorities. The inner south must address many challenges if it is to retain its status as one of the best places to live in Canberra. These include the push for densification, ageing infrastructure, transport pressures, loss…
Welcome to another news update from the Inner South Canberra Community Council. Since we last wrote in December 2010 the ISCCC has continued to participate in a range of planning matters including:
