reconstructed as 35m high buildings. They should remain sitting in a park-like landscape. There is a need to balance the heights, mass and design of buildings at these the key points the vertices of the National Triangle so that the land axis intersection does not appear as a mid point hiatus in the triangle geometry. Section 4.12 Lake Burley Griffin and Foreshores Precinct The National Capital Plan is a planning document Code rather than a management document. A number of matters of concerns to the Lake Burley Griffin The Guardians welcomes that the NCA is proposing a Guardians are more appropriately addressed Master Plan for Lake Burley Griffin and Foreshore through management plans. The nature of landscapes as set out in the Consultation Report at Item planning and land management in the ACT also 3.3.4. The proposal suggests that the review of Precinct means that the ACT Government may have Codes will commence once the new format and structure responsibility for areas considered by the of the Plan is in place, and the Burley Griffin and ‘Lake Guardians as appropriately forming part of Lake Foreshores Precinct Code’ will form an early stage of Burley Griffin and its foreshore land. Other areas Precinct Code review. may form part of other Precincts within The purpose of the plan is to identify character, quality Designated Areas (such as Jerrabomberra and the relationship of components of the Lake. All of Wetlands) a review of the Lake Burley Griffin – the significant landscape that is used by the public and Foreshores Precinct Code may necessitate containing the bike path and walking the developed changes to other parts of the Plan. parks, the wetlands and narrow landscape strips that The NCA undertook an assessment of Burley ‘Lake encircle the Lake, strongly contribute to Canberra's Griffin and Adjacent Lands’ and in 2010 beauty, vistas to and from the lake and public use that nominated the place for the Commonwealth must be included in the master plan delineation. Heritage List. No decision on the listing has been Therefore the delineation of the Lake Burley Griffin made, however Burley Griffin and Adjacent ‘Lake Foreshores Precinct of Figure 111 is not an appropriate Lands’ is on the NCA’s heritage register. The NCA
reconstructed as 35m high buildings. They should remain sitting in a park-like landscape. There is a need to balance the heights, mass and design of buildings at these the key points the vertices of the National Triangle so that the land axis intersection does not appear as a mid point hiatus in the triangle geometry. Section 4.12 Lake Burley Griffin and Foreshores Precinct Code The Guardians welcomes that the NCA is proposing a Master Plan for Lake Burley Griffin and Foreshore landscapes as set out in the Consultation Report at Item 3.3.4. The proposal suggests that the review of Precinct Codes will commence once the new format and structure of the Plan is in place, and the ‘Lake Burley Griffin and Foreshores Precinct Code’ will form an early stage of Precinct Code review. The purpose of the plan is to identify character, quality and the relationship of components of the Lake. All of the significant landscape that is used by the public containing the bike path and walking the developed parks, the wetlands and narrow landscape strips that encircle the Lake, strongly contribute to Canberra's beauty, vistas to and from the lake and public use that must be included in the master plan delineation. Therefore the delineation of the Lake Burley Griffin Foreshores Precinct of Figure 111 is not an appropriate The National Capital Plan is a planning document rather than a management document. A number of matters of concerns to the Lake Burley Griffin Guardians are more appropriately addressed through management plans. The nature of planning and land management in the ACT also means that the ACT Government may have responsibility for areas considered by the Guardians as appropriately forming part of Lake Burley Griffin and its foreshore land. Other areas may form part of other Precincts within Designated Areas (such as Jerrabomberra Wetlands) – a review of the Lake Burley Griffin and Foreshores Precinct Code may necessitate changes to other parts of the Plan. The NCA undertook an assessment of ‘Lake Burley Griffin and Adjacent Lands’ and in 2010 nominated the place for the Commonwealth Heritage List. No decision on the listing has been made, however ‘Lake Burley Griffin and Adjacent Lands’ is on the NCA’s heritage register. The NCA
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