The ACT Government has been put on notice about any proposed densification of the inner south, with the area’s community council issuing its own district plan rejecting any attempt to rezone residential areas for multi-unit development.
The ISCCC Committee has produced a draft Inner South Canberra District Strategy, for submission when finalised to the planning Minister and Authority. Attached is the latest versiont 4), based on input from the ISCCC member groups and with reference to the outcomes of the ACT Government’s Inner South Canberra district planning workshop.
This is now open for public comment. This draft is also an item for discussion at the ISCCC Public Meeting on 14 September, which will unfortunately now have to be fully online, via Zoom.
This EIS process provides an important opportunity to review the extent to which the planning for
the precinct to date meets important Commonwealth and ACT Government requirements, specifically:
• Commonwealth – in relation to protection of the critically endangered Golden Sunmoth
• ACT Government – wide range of issues outlined in the Scoping Document.
Read the ISCCC submission
Doubts are growing about the progress of the signature Kingston Arts Precinct project, with inner south groups and the National Trust being met with a wall of silence.
ISCCC opposes lining Adelaide Avenue with flats: keep our green space and heritage values in this very special part of Canberra. Click to watch video
ISCCC June Newsletter appearing in City News contains the latest updates from around our contributing community groups
At the ISCCC public meeting on 11 May 2021, ACT Health provided an update on consultation and planning for the proposed redevelopment of Canberra Hospital. These are the slides presented to the meeting during the presentation.
ISCCC May Newsletter appearing in City News contains the latest updates from around our contributing community groups
The ISCCC has written to the ACT Government seeking various changes to the current ACT planning system to address several issues of concern It has offered to work with the Government in its current review of the planning system to resolve some of these problems
The ISCCC has written to the ACT Government opposing a proposed variation to the Territory Plan for a single development in Griffith. The development has no demonstrable public benefit will set an undesirable precedent for Canberra’s planning system
Below are the draft minutes for the ISCCC’s AGM on 10 November 2020, and the Chair’s report presented at the AGM: AGM Minutes Chair’s report
Read the final report on the ISCCC’s online inner south Canberra community survey, conducted in 2019/20, at: https://www.isccc.org.au/final-report-on-isccc-online-community-survey-2019-20
