Comments on the draft Territory Plan
Council has provided the attached commentary to the Planning Directorate on the draft Territory Plan. It incorporates feedback received from the community. Thank you for your input Continue reading
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Items of interest regarding Weston Creek
Council has provided the attached commentary to the Planning Directorate on the draft Territory Plan. It incorporates feedback received from the community. Thank you for your input Continue reading
Council has participated in good faith in the Territory Planning Review. All comments we have received have been provided to the Planning Directorate for consideration. We thank everyone who contributed and provided sound advice. The District Strategy comments are: Continue reading
The Territory Planning Officers have been able to prepare us some higher resolution maps to assist our considerations of the proposed district strategies. These maps will allow you to zoom in further, and also include the names on key streets and avenues to help users orientate themselves better. The high-resolution maps do not provide representation of changes at a block… Continue reading
Council invites the Weston Creek community to the 22 February 2023 Public Meeting which will focus on the move towards electrifying the ACT, with a presentation by the Sub Zero ACT Community Group. We will also discuss Council’s proposed response to the draft District Strategies and Territory Plan. Continue reading
The Minister for Emergency Services has invited the community to visit the bushfire memorial on 18 January 2023 to pay their respects to those affected and acknowledge those involved in the immediate response and recovery efforts. There will be a commemorative event commencing from 6:30- 8.00pm (see details in document below). Council acknowledges the Minister’s efforts in ensuring this event is… Continue reading
You may have noticed the Government quietly posted revised bus timetables and service arrangements on the Transport Canberra website (https://www.transport.act.gov.au/…/new-timetable-for…) on Monday. Alternatively, you may have easily missed it. Council is unimpressed that we found out about these changes through the media, rather than by targeted local consultation by Transport Canberra as is the usual case. While there are some… Continue reading
Council, and other groups and individuals emphatically told the Planning Directorate that the consultation period for considering the draft district strategies and draft new Territory Plan were unreasonable. The Planning Directorate has this afternoon advised the new closing date is Friday 3 March 2023 (see email below). We again encourage as many people as possible to submit comments into this important work. Continue reading
Council invites the Weston Creek community to the 30 November 2022 public meeting which will focus on Planning Matters in Weston Creek. Senior executives from the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate will be attending to outline the proposed District Planning Strategies. Emma Davidson Murrumbidgee MLA will be accompanied by Minister Rebecca Vasserotti and Jo Clay MLA to discuss their… Continue reading
Council participated in the Legislative Assembly’s Justice and Community Safety Standing Committee on Dangerous Driving, through both a Submission and participation in hearings on 26 October 2022. The Legislative Assembly website contains Council’s submission Continue reading
Council lodged a substantive submission on the Planning Bill 2022 with the Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Planning, Transport and City Services. The Submission included the feedback received from the Community and has also attracted media interest from the Riot-Act Continue reading