Majura Valley Majura Valley is identified as a Future ‘Potential Area’, with no certainty that urban Majura Valley is already home to a diverse range of development will proceed. Additional industry, infrastructure, employment, land and facilities commentary and policy in the Plan will assist in supporting education and research, tourism and leisure, clarifying the status of potential future urban Defence operations and Canberra Airport. areas (noting that Majura Valley is not the only Expects that the future urban’ status of Majura area recognised as being a future urban ‘potential ‘potential Valley will deliver more employment land, including new area’). The relevant paragraph of section 3.3 has tourism and destination retail and it appears to been amended to read: acknowledge the advanced investigations by the ACT the foreseeable future, urban land in ‘For Government in regard to Eastern Broadacre planning. Metropolitan Canberra will comprise: Section 3.3 does not include the Majura Valley in the list the towns of Canberra Central, of location identified the foreseeable future, urban ‘for Woden/Weston Creek, Belconnen, Questions whether this land in metropolitan Canberra…’. Tuggeranong and Gungahlin is an error given plans for the area and suggests that it should be included. the villages of Hall, Oaks Estate and Tharwa The growth of Canberra Airport passenger and freight Molonglo and North Weston operations will see benefits flow through the region, but major benefits will reside close by in the Majura Valley, land at Hume, Mitchell and North and South Canberra and Queanbeyan. While DA86 Fyshwick. sets the planning framework for future urban growth in Urban land may also comprise areas identified in the valley, it is difficult to see where the amendment the Plan as a Future Urban Area’, deals with objectives and principles to expand this ‘Potential diverse employment zone or how future aviation and subject to certification by the National Capital freight growth at the Airport is acknowledged. This Authority.’ growth should be acknowledged in the context of Part Clause 3.3.3(a) has also been updated to reflect Two. the change.
Majura Valley Majura Valley is already home to a diverse range of industry, infrastructure, employment, land and facilities supporting education and research, tourism and leisure, Defence operations and Canberra Airport. Expects that the ‘potential future urban’ status of Majura Valley will deliver more employment land, including new tourism and destination retail and it appears to acknowledge the advanced investigations by the ACT Government in regard to Eastern Broadacre planning. Section 3.3 does not include the Majura Valley in the list of location identified ‘for the foreseeable future, urban land in metropolitan Canberra…’. Questions whether this is an error given plans for the area and suggests that it should be included. The growth of Canberra Airport passenger and freight operations will see benefits flow through the region, but major benefits will reside close by in the Majura Valley, North and South Canberra and Queanbeyan. While DA86 sets the planning framework for future urban growth in the valley, it is difficult to see where the amendment deals with objectives and principles to expand this diverse employment zone or how future aviation and freight growth at the Airport is acknowledged. This growth should be acknowledged in the context of Part Two. Majura Valley is identified as a ‘Potential Future Area’, with no certainty that urban development will proceed. Additional commentary and policy in the Plan will assist in clarifying the status of potential future urban areas (noting that Majura Valley is not the only area recognised as being a ‘potential future urban area’). The relevant paragraph of section 3.3 has been amended to read: ‘For the foreseeable future, urban land in Metropolitan Canberra will comprise: the towns of Canberra Central, Woden/Weston Creek, Belconnen, Tuggeranong and Gungahlin the villages of Hall, Oaks Estate and Tharwa Molonglo and North Weston land at Hume, Mitchell and Fyshwick. Urban land may also comprise areas identified in the Plan as a ‘Potential Future Urban Area’, subject to certification by the National Capital Authority.’ Clause 3.3.3(a) has also been updated to reflect the change.