draft ACT Planning Strategy
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Transcript of draft ACT Planning Strategy
Climate Change CouncilNovember 2011
draft ACT Planning Strategy
The draft ACT Planning Strategy...
sets the long term planning policy and goals to promote the orderly and sustainable development of the ACT, consistent with the social, environmental and economic aspirations of the people of the ACT.
Relationship to the Canberra Plan and other strategic plans
draft Planning Strategy derived fromextensive stakeholder and community engagement
draft Planning Strategy
derived from extensive
evaluation and research
• Evaluation of the Spatial Plan
• Urban Form Analysis
• Territory Plan Urban Principles Review - SGS
• Human Settlement Vulnerability and Adaptive
Capacity Assessment - AECOM
• Economic Impacts of Strategic Planning Decisions
for Canberra – Allen Consulting
draft Planning Strategy supported by 13 background papers that summarise the issues and challenges
City structure, form and land use
Housing
Transport and mobility
Climate change
Health and wellbeing
Social inclusion
Biodiversity
Food
Regional perspective
Employment - growth, change and location
Infrastructure
Population growth and demographic change
Resource consumption
9 strategies set a revised direction to build on Canberra’s
• planning legacy and the strength of its metropolitan structure
• its image, role and the business of being the ‘bush capital’
• position and location in a diverse region
9 strategies intended to create:
• diversity in the urban environment and greater choice in affordable,
sustainable living
• better urban amenity and social equity
• resilience to change – social, economic and the potential impacts of
climate change
focus on integrating land use and transport policies
• by distinguishing the direct public transport routes from the
‘commuter parkways’
• more people with more direct access to public transport
• more opportunities to live close to work and services, more
choice to take up ‘active travel’ options
Strategy 1
Strategy 4
Strategy 9
each strategy has
one identifiable target
and measure for
easier more
transparent reporting
on achievement
7 Principles established to guide decisions in the
implementation of the plan. These principles reflect the
intent of the strategy and can be applied at every scale, from
structure planning through to master plans.
Commitment to ongoing
conversations on the
future development and
implementation of the
strategy through the
master planning program