2. Empire Apartments Owners Concern regarding reduced amenity should Corporation Executive development be built to provisions of draft DCP. What measures will NCA take to ensure the The Territory Government Assesses development development guidelines are enforced? What against approved DCPs for sites along Canberra power does the NCA have to make a developer Avenue outside Designated Areas. The Territory has change finishes? responsibility for the assessment and ensuring that Specific concerns: development guidelines are enforced. Concern regarding possible building See 3.1 & 3.2 heights, why is a 50% increase in height deemed appropriate with this current DCP, and not with previous such as Empire Apartments and Bentley? The height restriction should include rooftop plant. Absence of equity of privacy provisions for See 3.3 Empire Apartments as there are for other homes to the west. See 3.6 Vehicular access adjacent to that of Empire Apartments for added congestion on Canberra Avenue should be moved to Dominion Circuit. The new development should be The Territory Government has responsibility for monitored by NCA to ensure compliance approval and oversight for development on the with the DCP. subject site, in line with an approved DCP. The site has not been rezoned. Canberra Avenue is Why has the area been rezoned as the RZ2 identified as a Main Avenue in the Plan. Special is restricted to 3 storeys? Requirements for Main Avenues apply to the site which state that development must conform to a DCP which seeks to secure the integrity of the Main Avenues as approaches to the Parliamentary Zone.
2. Empire Apartments Owners Corporation Executive Concern regarding reduced amenity should development be built to provisions of draft DCP. What measures will NCA take to ensure the development guidelines are enforced? What power does the NCA have to make a developer change finishes? Specific concerns: Concern regarding possible building heights, why is a 50% increase in height deemed appropriate with this current DCP, and not with previous such as Empire Apartments and Bentley? The height restriction should include rooftop plant. Absence of equity of privacy provisions for Empire Apartments as there are for other homes to the west. Vehicular access adjacent to that of Empire Apartments for added congestion on Canberra Avenue should be moved to Dominion Circuit. The new development should be monitored by NCA to ensure compliance with the DCP. Why has the area been rezoned as the RZ2 is restricted to 3 storeys? The Territory Government Assesses development against approved DCPs for sites along Canberra Avenue outside Designated Areas. The Territory has responsibility for the assessment and ensuring that development guidelines are enforced. See 3.1 & 3.2 See 3.3 See 3.6 The Territory Government has responsibility for approval and oversight for development on the subject site, in line with an approved DCP. The site has not been rezoned. Canberra Avenue is identified as a Main Avenue in the Plan. Special Requirements for Main Avenues apply to the site which state that development must conform to a DCP which seeks to secure the integrity of the Main Avenues as approaches to the Parliamentary Zone.
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