FOG’s request during consultation on the Exposure Draft The NCA intends to progress detailed policy of the Plan that the provision for extension of Empire review of individual Precinct Codes following Circuit through Stirling Park be removed was approval of Draft Amendment 86. The NCA acknowledged but did not receive a response. A road considers that this will provide the best through that area of Stirling Park would critically and opportunity to consider in detail the land uses for adversely affect nationally significant species and Stirling Park. There are currently no plans to ecological communities in the Park. For this reason FOG construct a road as provided for in the National asks that the provision for extension of Empire Circuit Capital Plan or any other major development through Stirling Park be removed from the National proposals. Capital Plan. We urge the Authority to consider a change in land use for Stirling Park (including the portion east of Haines Creek) from Capital Use’ to ‘National ‘Nature Conservation Area’, or, at the very least, that all of the uncontested lands that form the bulk of Stirling Park become a Conservation Area’. ‘Nature FOG’s recommendation made during consultation on the Reserves may still be declared under ACT Exposure Draft of the Plan for Conservation Government legislation without a specific ‘Nature Area’ to be a permitted land use listed in the precinct designated of Conservation Area’ under ‘Nature codes for Designated Areas has been set aside on the the National Capital Plan. The Australian Capital grounds that a Nature Conservation Area is defined as Territory (Planning and Land Management) 1988 area declared or intended to be declared under requires the Territory Plan to be inconsistent’ ‘an ‘not relevant ACT legislation to be a Reserve area ...’. Since, in with the National Capital Plan. The establishment the NCA’s view, it is unlikely that reserves will be of a nature reserve would be not inconsistent established in many precincts, it does not consider it with other permitted land uses. For example, the necessary to add Conservation Area’ to all definition of Space’ under the Plan refers to ‘Nature ‘Open precinct codes. However, FOG’s view is that not listing land used for conservation purposes. Conservation Area’ as a permitted land use in a ‘Nature
FOG’s request during consultation on the Exposure Draft of the Plan that the provision for extension of Empire Circuit through Stirling Park be removed was acknowledged but did not receive a response. A road through that area of Stirling Park would critically and adversely affect nationally significant species and ecological communities in the Park. For this reason FOG asks that the provision for extension of Empire Circuit through Stirling Park be removed from the National Capital Plan. We urge the Authority to consider a change in land use for Stirling Park (including the portion east of Haines Creek) from ‘National Capital Use’ to ‘Nature Conservation Area’, or, at the very least, that all of the uncontested lands that form the bulk of Stirling Park become a ‘Nature Conservation Area’. The NCA intends to progress detailed policy review of individual Precinct Codes following approval of Draft Amendment 86. The NCA considers that this will provide the best opportunity to consider in detail the land uses for Stirling Park. There are currently no plans to construct a road as provided for in the National Capital Plan or any other major development proposals. FOG’s recommendation made during consultation on the Exposure Draft of the Plan for ‘Nature Conservation Area’ to be a permitted land use listed in the precinct codes for Designated Areas has been set aside on the grounds that a Nature Conservation Area is defined as ‘an area declared or intended to be declared under relevant ACT legislation to be a Reserve area ...’. Since, in the NCA’s view, it is unlikely that reserves will be established in many precincts, it does not consider it necessary to add ‘Nature Conservation Area’ to all precinct codes. However, FOG’s view is that not listing ‘Nature Conservation Area’ as a permitted land use in a Reserves may still be declared under ACT Government legislation without a specific designated of ‘Nature Conservation Area’ under the National Capital Plan. The Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) 1988 requires the Territory Plan to be ‘not inconsistent’ with the National Capital Plan. The establishment of a nature reserve would be not inconsistent with other permitted land uses. For example, the definition of ‘Open Space’ under the Plan refers to land used for conservation purposes.
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