Climate Change CouncilNovember 2011

draft ACT Planning Strategy

The draft ACT Planning Strategy...

sets the long term planning policy and goals to promote the orderly and sustainable development of the ACT, consistent with the social, environmental and economic aspirations of the people of the ACT.

Relationship to the Canberra Plan and other strategic plans

draft Planning Strategy derived fromextensive stakeholder and community engagement

draft Planning Strategy

derived from extensive

evaluation and research

• Evaluation of the Spatial Plan

• Urban Form Analysis

• Territory Plan Urban Principles Review - SGS

• Human Settlement Vulnerability and Adaptive

Capacity Assessment - AECOM

• Economic Impacts of Strategic Planning Decisions

for Canberra – Allen Consulting

draft Planning Strategy supported by 13 background papers that summarise the issues and challenges

City structure, form and land use

Housing

Transport and mobility

Climate change

Health and wellbeing

Social inclusion

Biodiversity

Food

Regional perspective

Employment - growth, change and location

Infrastructure

Population growth and demographic change

Resource consumption

9 strategies set a revised direction to build on Canberra’s

• planning legacy and the strength of its metropolitan structure

• its image, role and the business of being the ‘bush capital’

• position and location in a diverse region

9 strategies intended to create:

• diversity in the urban environment and greater choice in affordable,

sustainable living

• better urban amenity and social equity

• resilience to change – social, economic and the potential impacts of

climate change

focus on integrating land use and transport policies

• by distinguishing the direct public transport routes from the

‘commuter parkways’

• more people with more direct access to public transport

• more opportunities to live close to work and services, more

choice to take up ‘active travel’ options

Strategy 1

Strategy 4

Strategy 9

each strategy has

one identifiable target

and measure for

easier more

transparent reporting

on achievement

7 Principles established to guide decisions in the

implementation of the plan. These principles reflect the

intent of the strategy and can be applied at every scale, from

structure planning through to master plans.

Commitment to ongoing

conversations on the

future development and

implementation of the

strategy through the

master planning program