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.
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
The ISCCC has asked the ACT Planning Minister to introduce two reforms to the ACT planning system, in addition to other welcome initiatives that have already occurred. These new reforms are (1) tighten up planning approvals for knock down/rebuilds and (2) place old Development Applications (DAs) on the Planning Directorate…
The Inner South Canberra Community Council has called on the ACT Government to extend its waste recycling ban to cover the proposed expansion of the Fyshwick Metal Recycling Facility. This project has detrimental environmental impacts similar to the two other projects that have been blocked.
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
ISCCC submission to National Capital Authority on 22 May 2020 in response to Proposed Phase 2 Boardwalk and Land Reclamation in West Basin (Block 23 Section 33 Acton Waterfront).
The Inner South Canberra Community Council believes that DV 369 as it currently stands is a step in the right direction but needs to be redrafted to simplify it and provide a framework for implementing other important actions in the ACT Government’s Living Infrastructure Plan. This would help ensure the protection…
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