Maps of Canberra and the ACT

Summaries by ACT Planning and Land Authority

ACT Planning & Land Authority
http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/

The Commonwealth's Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988 allows for the ACT Legislative Assembly to make laws to establish a Territory Planning Authority and for that Authority to prepare and administer a Territory Plan. As a result the Territory Plan came into effect in October 1993 following an extensive process of public consultation and review by a Committee of the Legislative Assembly.

The Territory Plan
http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tplan/index.htm

The Territory Plan comprises of a written statement and a map. The written statement contains general planning principles (at Part A), sixteen specific land use policies eg commercial, residential, urban open space, etc. (at Part B), overlay provisions (at Part C) and definitions of terms (at Part D). The Territory Plan map shows the location and extent of areas affected by the various land use policies and overlays contained in the written statement. It identifies land use policies by different colours, and overlay provisions by distinctive borders and overlay codes.
The Territory Plan sets out the planning principles and policies that establish the framework for local planning decisions in the ACT.

Canberra by Suburbs Online
http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/actlic/cbsonline/

The Canberra by Suburbs Online website (CBSonline) is produced and maintained by the by the ACT Land Information Centre (ACTLIC) within the ACT Planning and Land Authority. CBSonline contains land information compiled primarily for planning and administrative use within the Authority. CBSonline is prepared from, but should not be taken as an authoritative copy of, Maps of Canberra By Suburbs, a publication also produced by ACTLIC.
The CBSonline site makes use of a map-based interface for allowing the user to search for a required map. A search for a suburb map based on a street name can be made. The search can be made by street name within a particular suburb, or within the whole of the ACT.