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COMMITTEE OF REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
George M White, Chairman; Sir Rupert Myers and Professor M Neutze, Members.

Transcript of proceedings, taken by the Commonwealth Reporting Service (Hansard), collated into 18 volumes and page-numbered sequentially 1-1282. Names of those giving evidence are appended to each submission.

18 vols

20 September 1982 - 8 March 1983

1

Vol 1: Page 1: National Capital Development Commission (NCDC); A J W Powell, G C Shannon, M M B Latham.

20 September 1982

1

Vol 2: Page 81: Department of the Capital Territory; A S Blunn, R J Corrigan, W E Lawrence.

21 September 1982

1

Vol 3:
Page 153: Ros Kelly, MHR for Canberra; R J Kelly.
Page 169: Department of Transport and Construction; P McGrath, B  Bowden, R McIntyre.
Page 202: ACT Council for Social Services (ACTCOSS); C Moore, C Land, J Evans.
Page 223: Real Estate Institute of the ACT (REIACT); A L Vickers, K J Wilson, G E Werrell.

22 September 1982

1

Vol 4:
Page 247: ACT Schools Authority’ R Mitchell, G I Wall.
Page 260: Building Standards Committee; G F Williams, P Wyrdeman.
Page 277: Canberra College of Advanced Education (CCAE;) R K Johnson
Page 293: Australian Institute of Valuers; B V Raison.
Page 310: Building owners and Managers Association (BOMA); A Kenyon, M Milne, B Johnson.

23 September 1982

1

Vol 5:
Page 329: Peter Gateley, student valuer and land surveyor, private submission.
Page 335: Public Land Association; C Donohue, A Morrison.
Page 347: K G Enright, lecturer at Canberra College of Advanced Education, private submission.
Page 361: Action for Public Transport Group; C L Watson, G Watts.
Page 371: Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, ACT Chapter; E Schick, P Copping.
Page 380: Australian Institute of Urban Studies (AIUS); L R Neilson.

24 September 1982

1

Vol 6:
Page 403: Royal Australian Planning Institute; M R Hardman, J Butler, J J Bayly.
Page 435: Ken Fry, MHR for Fraser; K L Fry.
Page 453: Department of Home Affairs and Environment; P Grills, E M Anderson, D Bradley.

25 October 1982

1

Vol 7:
Page 482: Canberra Association for Regional Development (CARD); R Schall, L Burgess, D Killen.
Page 516: ACT House of Assembly; P Vallee.
Page 536: Department of Finance; M Keating, W Cushing, E Mathews.
Page 559: Department of Administrative Services; J R Clark, R Kohlhase.
Page 565: Master Builders Association of the ACT; P M Berents, C Gustavsen, F Marr.

26 October 1982

1

Vol 8:
Page 576: Liberal Party of Australia, ACT Division; M E Reid, J W Leedman, T R McGhie
Page 594: National Capital Development Commission (NCDC); A J W Powell, M M B Latham, N Ingham. 
Page 621: Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA); R N Johnson, G T Butterworth, I Thompson.

27 October 1982

1

Vol 9:
Page 642: Yarrowlumla Shire Council; J A MacDiarmid, E Buchtmann, H G Doust.
Page 658: Ray Margules, forestry consultant and landscape architect, private submission; S R Margules.
Page 665: Brian Darke, former officer of NCDC, consultant, private submission; B C Darke.
Page 677: Ginninderra Community Council; G Caldersmith, B Wells.
Page 693: Australian Telecommunications Commission (Telecom Australia); J C Whybourne, P A Clark.

28 October 1982

1

Vol 10:
Page 731: A J R Yencken, management consultant, private submission.
Page 741: Save Glebe Park Committee; D Wilson, J Clarke.
Page 755: Canberra TAFE; A J Fleming.
Page 763: Australian Labor Party, ACT Branch (ALP); S Craven, B V Shaw, J Scutt.
Page 786: Association of Drafting, Supervisory and Technical Employees (ADSTE); D Valentine, B Callaghan.
Page 797: Australian Heritage Commission; M Bourke, K Charlton.

29 October 1982

1

Vol 11:
Page 812: National Capital Development Commission (NCDC); A J W Powell, M M B Latham, N Ingham.
Page 855: J P Wood, lecturer at Canberra  College of Advanced Education, private submission.
Page 862: P R Cullen, lecturer at Canberra College of Advanced Education, private submission.
Page 872: Belconnen Chamber of Commerce; E M J Lonie, L R Holley.
Page 883: Council of P and C Associations; P Boldra, H Waring.
Page 893: ACT Electricity Authority (ACTEA); W E Bolton, J W Slater, B W Birch.

29 November 1982

1

Vol 12:
Page 904: R L Wettenhall, research interest in statutory corporations, private submission.
Page 923: Canberra Development Board; L M Muir, N A Whiffen.
Page 944: Darrell Killen, private submission; E D L Killen.
Page 958: Pedal Power (ACT) Inc; G J Wilson, R J Hewitt.
Page 966: Richard Head, private submission; R N Head.
Page 979: John Singer, private submission; J G Singer.

30 November 1982

1

Vol 13: Page 987: National Capital Development Commission (NCDC); in camera evidence. Confidential; A J W Powell, G C Shannon, M M B Latham.

1 December 1982

1

Vol 14:
Page 1023: Gareth Roberts, private submission.
Page 1038: Hans Westermann, professor of town planning, private submission.
Page 1066: P D Day, lecturer at Queensland University, private submission.
Page 1084: Museum of Australia Interim Council; A T Dix, G M Carnegie.
Page 1095: Association of Consulting Engineers Australia; P Hein, C Price, P H Manger.
Page 1107: Australian Institute of Landscape Architects; C Bull, D Chesterman, D Conybeare.

2 December 1982

1

Vol 15: Page 1121: Department of the Capital Territory, in camera evidence. Confidential; A S Blunn, W E Lawrence, R Corrigan.

2 February 1983

1

Vol 16: Page 1162: ACT House of Assembly; P Vallee.

2 February 1983

1

Vol 17: Page 1183: National Capital Development Commission (NCDC); A J W Powell, M M B Latham.

3 February 1983

1

Vol 18: Page 1231: Canberra Association for Regional Development (CARD); R Schall, L Burgess, D Killen.
Page 1258: Department of the Capital Territory; A S Blunn, R J Corrigan, G J Fraser.

8 March 1983

NCDC REVIEW COMMITTEE WORKING PAPERS

1

- Terms of reference
-  Abbreviations used in the report
- Holograph notes on submissions

- Report by Chairman George M White of a visit to new town corporations in UK

- National  Capital Development Commission comments on Department of the Capital Territory case study on Bruce development

- ‘Canberra’s Urban Design. Submission to the Committee of Review of the National Capital Development Commission’. May 1983.

1 folder

May 1983

1

- Else-Mitchell, R. ‘Land Use Planning and Control in the ACT’.

- National  Capital Development Commission. ‘Response to Committee of Review on Economic Development of Canberra including the future role, function and nature of the Canberra Development Board.’ April 1983.

- ‘Commission Liaison with NSW and Sub-regional Local Government Authorities’.

- Papers on ACT leasing arrangements.

1 folder

February – April 1983

1

NCDC Review Committee Tour – briefing notes and map:

Lake Ginninderra foreshores – Emu Bank; Melba Flats (Baringa Gardens); Ginninderra Creek housing development; Belconnen Golf Course; Section 100 Yarralumla; Erindale District Centre; Narrabundah Regeneration; Section 42 Campbell; East Ainslie infill site; section 31 Ainslie; Torrens Street, Braddon; Glebe Park.

1 folder

1 December 1982

1

- National Capital Development Commission. ‘Responses to Allegations and Statements in Submissions and Evidence about Commission Operations. May 1983

- Canberra – City Section 38 Development Conditions. National  Capital Development Commission, 1982.

- Department of Territories and Local Government. Site for Quality High Rise Residential Development; Restricted Auction Block 4 Section 8 City. 26 July 1983.

- National Capital Development Commission. ‘Notes on selected aspects of NCDC planning and development functions: Town planning appeals related to lease, building and development control matters’. Supplementary paper to submission no 3 to the NCDC Review Committee. March 1983.

1 folder

March – July 1983

INQUIRY INTO CANBERRA’S LEASEHOLD SYSTEM 1988 –
Submissions to House of Representatives and Senate Standing Committees on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure

1

Neutze, Max. The Canberra Leasehold System. Report commissioned by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the ACT.

2 copies

1988

2

Submission 1: ACT Administration

June 1988

2

Submission 2: Australian Institute of Urban Studies, ACT Division

September 1982

2

Submission 4: Ed Wensing

12 May 1988

2

Submission 6: NCDC Review

May 1988

2

Submission 7: Peter Harrison Inquiry into Leasehold

June 1988

2

Submission 11A: ACT Administration, Office of Industry and Development, Supplementary Submission

June 1988

2

Submission 14: Real Estate Institute of the ACT Ltd (REIACT)

June 1988

2

Submission 18: Building owners and Managers Association (BOMA), Canberra Association for Regional Development (CARD), Master Builders, Construction and Housing Assoc of ACT

July 1988

2

Submission: Conservation Council of the South-East Region and Canberra, Submission 7 and supplementary submission

30 May and 15 July 1988

2

Response by Prof Neutze to Subcommittee ACT Administration

July 1988

2

Correspondence and transcripts of evidence by Max Neutze to Senate Standing Committee on Transport, Communication and Infrastructure

1 folder

July 1988

SUBMISSIONS AND DISCUSSION PAPERS PRESENTED TO COMMITTEE OF REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

2

Synopses of submissions

1 folder

2

Submissions:

1, 1b. O Pumpurs of Deakin (including original submissions)

2, 2b. P D Day, University of Queensland, Department of Regional and Town Planning

3. Patricia P Linford

4. Brian C Darke

5. Building Standards Committee, “Review of Building and Development Control in ACT”

6. Young Liberal Movement of Australia (ACT Division)

7. Public Land Association 

8. Australian Institute of Valuers (including articles from The Valuer October 1979, and ACT BOMA News May 1982)

9.  Margules and Associates, Landscape Architects

10. P Gately, Student Valuer

11.  Australia Post

12. K G Enright, Canberra College of Advanced Education

13. Association of Consulting Engineers Australia, Federal Office

14. Building Owners and Managers Association of Australia Ltd

15, 15b. Richard N Head

16. John Wood, Canberra College of Advanced Education

17. Barry Rutter, Management Sciences

18. Canberra College of Advanced Education

19. Ron Elstob, Senator for South Australia

20. Council of Social Service of the ACT Inc (ACTCOSS)

21. University of Queensland, Department of Regional and Town Planning

22. E S Knight and Co, Consulting Actuaries

23. Liberal Party of Australia,  ACT Division

24. Real Estate Institute of the ACT (REIACT)

25. Hans L Westerman

26. Gareth E Roberts, Professor of Architecture and Dean of Faculty of Architecture, University of NSW

27. E D L Killen, personal submission

28. Doug Everingham, MHR for Capricornia

29. David MacGibbon, Senator for Queensland

30 and supplement. ACTION for Public Transport

31. Department Administrative Services

32. National  Capital Development Commission members of Association of Drafting Supervising and Technical Employees (ADSTE)

33, 33b. Pedal Power ACT Inc

34. Canberra Development Board

35. Ginninderra Community Council

36. Telecom Australia

37. Holt Resident Action Committee

38. A J R Yencken

39. B R Archer, Senator for Tasmania

40. Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (ACT Chapter)

41. Yass Shire Council

42. Queanbeyan City Council

43. R H Webster

44, 44b. Department of Transport and Construction.

3 folders

2

45c. National Capital Development Commission. Notes on Selected Aspects of NCDC Planning and Development Functions. Submission no 3.

45d. National Capital Development Commission. Land Use Planning and Control in the ACT and the Australian States. Submission no 4.

45e. National Capital Development Commission. Canberra; the Future City. Submission no 5.

3 books

September – December 1982

3

46, 46b, 46c, 46d. Department of the Capital Territory. Submissions 1-4.

4 books

July 1982 – March 1983

3

48, 48b. Royal Australian Planning Institute

49. Woden Constructions Pty Limited

50. Ken Fry, MHR for Fraser

51 and supplementary letter. Museum of Australia Interim Council

52 and attachment Australian Heritage Commission Act. Australian Heritage Commission

53. ACT Schools Authority

54. Canberra College of Technical and Further Education (Canberra TAFE)

1 folder

3

55, 55b. Canberra Association for Regional Development (CARD)

2 books

3

56. Planning Workshop Pty Ltd

57. Save Glebe Park Committee

58. John Singer, Valuer

59. Department of Finance

60. Yarrowlumla Shire Council, NSW

61. Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch)

62. Australian Institute of Urban Studies

63. Peter Cullen, Canberra College of Advanced Education

64, 64b, 64c. ACT House of Assembly. Reports 2 and 6; Report 5 Proposed Developments on Golf Courses.

65. Department of Home Affairs and Environment. Includes legislation and notes on Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 1974 and its procedures

66. Master Builders’ Association ACT

67. Edwards Madigan Torzillo Briggs International Pty Ltd, Architects and Planners

68. Ros Kelly, MHR for Canberra

69. L K Stevens, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne.

70. Loma Ruddock

71. Australian National University

72. Australian Institute of Landscape Architects

73, 73b. Royal Australian Institute of Architects

74. ACT Council of parents and Citizens Associations Inc.

75. Larry Noye, Journalist and Researcher

76. International Solar Energy Society, ANZ Section (includes synopsis)

77. Office of ACT Further Education (includes synopsis)

78. ACT Electricity Authority

79. Belconnen Chamber of Commerce

80. ACT Heritage Committee

81. National  Capital Development Commission Section Committee of Administrative and Clerical Officers Association

82. John Unger, Urban Research Unit, Australian National University

83. R L Wettenhall, Canberra College of Advanced Education, School of Administrative Studies

84, 84b. Print Handicapped Radio of the ACT

85. Black Mountain Cable Car

86 and attachment. Brian Barlin; National  Capital Development Commission Yarralumla Local Centre Draft Policy Plan, 1982.

87. Canberra Visitor and Convention Bureau

88. National Trust of Australia (ACT)

89. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Aboriginal Sites in the ACT and Their Management

4 folders

90. Francis Robert Martin on behalf of Francis William Martin, architect

1 bundle

4

91. R and B Constructions

92. Barry Reid, Member, ACT House of Assembly

93. NSW Department of Environment and Planning

- Alan Foskett, Confidential Submission to Committee

- George Warrick-Smith, personal submission

- Bob Meyer. Summary of Matters to be Raised with NCDC Review

- Paul Reid, National  Capital Development Commission. 2 submissions

- National Capital Development Commission. Response to Canberra Association for Regional Development Inc (CARD), February 1983

- National Capital Development Commission. Response to R and B Constructions submission, March 1983

1 folder

4

Information papers supplied to NCDC Review Committee on request: A S Blunn, Department of Capital Territory
- Population Growth and Infrastructure.
- Purpose of lease other than as an instrument of land use control.

- Criteria governing decision to offer leases publicly or enter into negotiations.

- Attitude to perpetual leases in the ACT
- Government non-acceptance of 1979 PJC recommendation that Minister be final arbiter of National  Capital Development Commission policy plans

Notes on public hearings 20 September 1982 and questions for National  Capital Development Commission

1 folder

ACT MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS AND BUDGETS USED BY THE COMMITTEE

4

Department of Interior- Canberra Municipal Accounts 1969-70

1969 – 1970

4

Department of the Capital Territory. Canberra’s Municipal Accounts 1973-74 and 1974-75; 1978-79

2 booklets

1973 – 1979

4

Department of the Capital Territory. City of Canberra Municipal Budget 1977-78.

1977 – 1978

4

Department of the Capital Territory. City of Canberra Municipal Budget Papers 1979-80, 1980-81; 1982-83

3 booklets

1979 – 1983

4

Department of the Capital Territory. Fees and Charges

17 August 1982

4

Commonwealth of Australia. Estimates of Receipts and Expenditure for Territorial and Municipal Works and Services in the Australian Capital Territory 1986-87, Incorporating City of Canberra Municipal Services Budget, Water Supply Services Budget, Sewerage Services Budget

1986 – 1987

4

Territorial Account (Tentative) for the Australian Capital Territory 1975-76, 1979-80, 1980-81

3 booklets

1975 – 1981

4

Joint Committee on the ACT. State and Municipal Costs and Revenues Inquiry. Transcript of Evidence

24 October 1972

4

Inquiry into Finances of the ACT by the Commonwealth Grants Commission. Department of the Capital Territory submissions: Submission 1: Principles and methodology

Discussion Paper 1: Matters for Consideration During Formative Years

Background Paper 1: ACT An Overview

Background Paper  2: ACT Government Programs, Activities and Functions Vols 1 and 2.

5 volumes

August – November 1982

4

Transcript Commonwealth Grants Commission: Inquiry into the Financing of Works and Services Provided in Respect of the ACT

12 August 1982

GOVERNMENT ANNUAL REPORTS USED BY COMMITTEE

5

National Capital Planning Authority. Annual Reports

3 volumes

1989 – 1991/1992

5

Department of Housing and Construction. Annual Report

1980/1981

5

Department of the Capital Territory. Annual Reports

4 volumes

1978/1979 – 1981/1982

5

Department of Territories and Local Government. Annual Report

1982/1983

5

Department of Territories. Annual Reports

3 volumes

1984/1985 – 1986/1987

5

Council of Social Services of the ACT Inc (ACTCOSS). 19th Annual Report

1981

REPORTS CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE – Commonwealth and Statutory Authorities and ACT Government

5

Department of the Interior. Industrial Leases in Canberra 1924-1969.

March 1970

5

Report of Taskforce on Land and Housing in the ACT

September 1973

5

Joint Committee on the ACT. Self-Government and Public Finance in the Australian Capital Territory

December 1974

5

Interdepartmental Committee on Canberra’s Leases

Not found

March 1975

5

Interdepartmental Committee on Canberra Business Leases

March 1975

6

Proposed Constitutional Development in the Australian Capital Territory – Ministers press release and Canberra Times supplement

Not found

16 September 1977

6

Commonwealth. Building Standards Committee. The Building Control System in the Australian Capital Territory. AGPS

1979

6

National Capital Planning Committee. Department of Capital Territory Proposals in Relation to Leasehold System. Document no 1980/41

August 1980

6

Commonwealth. House of Representatives Standing Committee on Expenditure. Alternative Delivery Systems for Commonwealth Public Works. Parliamentary Paper No 88/1980

May 1980

6

Commonwealth. Department of Housing and Construction. How to Arrange for Public Works. AGPS

1981

6

Commonwealth Department of Housing and Construction. We Build for Australia. AGPS

1981

6

Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Government Operations. Statutory Authorities of the Commonwealth. Fifth Report.

September 1982

6

Administrative Review Council. Report to the Attorney-General. Land Use in the ACT.  AGPS

1982

6

Department of the Capital Territory. Impact of the ACT on the South East Region of NSW.

January 1983

6

Department of Territories and Local Government. Land Development Accounting in the ACT. Report for NCDC Review Committee.

March 1983

6

Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Capital Territory Statistical Summary. Catalogue no. 1307-8.

1985

6

Australian National University. Sir John Crawford 1910-1984.

1986

6

Commonwealth Grants Commission. Second Report 1986 on Financing the Australian Capital Territory. AGPS

1986

6

Department of Territories Development Division. Renewal of 99 Year City Area Leases Ordinance Residential Leases.

May 1987

6

ACT House of Assembly. Standing Committee on Planning and Development. Inquiry into the Report of the Committee of Review of the role and Functions of the NCDC. Report  no. 18.

Dec 1983

6

Graeme Evans. Land and Land Use in ACT; a Proposal for a Conceptual Framework and Associated Legislation. Part A: Land “Ownership” and Land Planning.

May 1988

6

Commonwealth. Senate and House of Representatives Standing Committees on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure.  Joint Subcommittee on the Canberra Leasehold System. Hansard reports

2 volumes

15 June and 15 July 1988

6

Australian National University Statistical Summary

1989

6

Commonwealth. Joint Committee on the Australian Capital Territory. Review of the Draft National Capital Plan; Hansard Report

November 1989

6

Environment ACT. Consultation Paper Released by the ACT Government

December 1989

6

Office of Industry and Development. Strategy for Promoting Advanced Technology Industries in the ACT. First progress report.

September 1989

6

Advanced Technology Industries in ACT. Final report

1990

6

ACT Advanced Technology Strategy Search Conference. Lakeside Hotel, Canberra. Papers and workshop findings.

February 1990

6

Summary of Agreed Recommendations of Parliamentary Joint Committee on ACT Planning, Procedures and Processes as They Relate to NCDC

6

Joint Parliamentary Committee on the ACT. Review of the National Capital Plan

May 1990

7

Commonwealth Grants Commission. Fourth Report 1991 on Financing the Australian Capital Territory

1991

7

Australian Bureau Statistics. First Counts for Statistical Local Areas: Australian Capital Territory. 1991 Census. Catalogue no 2710.8

1992

7

ACT Administration. Draft Proposals for Canberra Area

19 May 1999

7

Recent Lease Redevelopment Case Histories:

1. Uniting Church, Section 22 (City)

2. Ansett Terminal, Block 7, Section 26 (City)

3. Sundown Drive-in, Block 6, Section 97 (Symonston)

4. Starlight Drive-in, Block 5, Section 61 (Watson)

5. Town House Motel, Block 13, Section 23 (City)

6. YMCA and Legacy, Section 10 (City)

7. White Industries, Sections 11, 41 and 60 (City); listed but not included

1987

NCDC REPORTS CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE

7

G J R Linge. The Future Work-Force of Canberra

December 1960

7

Planning Report

February 1961

7

Canberra Area Transportation Study: Report on 1961 Surveys

March 1962

7

Raymond Bunker. Canberra’s Economic Base

April 1964

7

Summary and Some Conclusions from Canberra Housing Survey

August 1970

7

A Data System and Mathematical Models for Canberra Policy and Development

November 1970

7

Public Transport Work Program

January 1972

7

A J W Powell. NCDC Corporate Planning. Technical Paper no. 27

July 1978

7

Three Year Construction Program 1982/83 – 1984/85

December 1981

7

Functional and Administrative Arrangements for Planning, Development and Construction in ACT

June 1982

7

Report of Committee of Inquiry into Housing Costs. National  Capital Development Commission, 1978, reprinted 1982

Not found

7

Department of the Capital Territory views on Parliamentary Joint Committee on the ACT Recommendations on Planning Processes in the ACT (1979 PJC Report)

August 1982

7

Recommendations on Planning Procedures in the ACT. National  Capital Development Commission, 26/08/1982

Not found

7

Review of NCDC: ‘The Griffin Plan’. National Capital Development Commission, 08/10/1982

Not found

7

Review of NCDC: ‘The National Capital’. National  Capital Development Commission, 08/10/1982

Not found

7

Erindale Centre Development Plan. Proposed Retail Development, and wallet of brochures on the Centre

2 volumes

November 1982

7

Turner and Braddon. Draft Policy Plan, Draft Development Plan

Turner, sections 24, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41-45

Braddon, section 21, blocks 1-12

November 1983

7

Metropolitan Canberra; Policy Plan Development Plan.

July 1984

7

Planning Policies for Dual Occupancy of Detached House Blocks

Feb 1986

7

Policy Plan, Development Plan: Belconnen Town Centre

December 1986

7

Project and Construction Management. Technical Paper no. 54

March 1987

7

Planning Policies for Small Scale Residential Development

August 1987

8

An Overview of Canberra’s Future Planning and Development Arrangements

August 1988

8

Building Owners and Managers Association. Civic Centre, Canberra, Draft Policy Plan, Draft Implementation Plan. Submission to NCDC Review Committee

8

Civic Centre Canberra: Policy Plan, Implementation Plan. Draft for discussion

November 1987

8

Civic Centre Canberra: Policy Plan

January 1989

REPORTS CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE – NCDC RESPONSES

8

Response to Evidence to Committee no. 1: Russell Drive Offices

October 1982

8

Response to Evidence to Committee: Response to Department of Capital Territory Submission 3 ‘Notes on Selected Aspects of NCDC Planning and Development Functions’

Feb 1983

4

Response to Evidence to Committee: Response to Canberra Association for Regional Development (CARD) third and final submission Feb 1983

4

Responses to R and B Constructions Submission, March 1983

1

National Capital Development Commission. ‘Responses to Allegations and Statements in Submissions and Evidence about Commission Operations.

March – July 1983

INTERIM TERRITORY PLANNING AUTHORITY (ITPA)

NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING AUTHORITY (NCPA)

8

Interim Territory Planning Authority. Canberra Avenue; South Canberra. Draft variation to NCDC policy. Forrest Sections 18, 34, 35, Griffith Sections 18, 19, 84, Griffith Section 25 blocks 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, Griffith Section 26 Blocks 9, 14, 15, 17, Fyshwick Sections 6, 7, 30, 39, Narrabundah Section 1 Block 3

May 1989

8

National Capital Planning Authority and Interim Territory Planning Authority.  Analysis of Metropolitan Planning Issues for Population of 500,000

May 1989

8

National Capital Planning Authority and Interim Territory Planning Authority.  Planning Canberra’s Long Term Development

May 1989

8

Lyndsay R Neilson. ‘The National Capital Plan’, National Capital Planning Authority Conference. Canberra  – The Next Decade.

September 1989

8

National Capital Planning Authority. National Capital Plan. Vol 1: The National Responsibility for Designated Areas. Draft Proposals

July 1989

8

National Capital Planning Authority. National Capital Plan. Vol 2: Principles, Policies and Special Requirements.  Draft Proposals

October 1989

8

National Capital Planning Authority. National Capital Plan. Draft

March 1990

8

National Capital Planning Authority. National Capital Plan, Appendices

March 1990

8

Interim Territory Planning Authority. Towards a New Territory Plan for the ACT; Key Issues for Discussion

September 1990

8

National Capital Planning Authority. National Capital Plan

December 1990

8

National Capital Planning Authority. National Capital Plan Appendices

December 1990

8

David Hall, The Future Planning and Development of Canberra; An Evaluation of Current Policies. National Capital Planning Authority,

December 1990

8

National Significance and Australia’s National Capital; A Perspective from Ottawa. National Capital Planning Authority

1993

8

Looking into the Future; Australia’s National Capital. Central National Area Design Study. National Capital Planning Authority

1995

REPORTS CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE – NATIONAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION METROPOLITAN POLICY PLAN REVIEW (NCDC MPPR)

9

Pat Troy. Strategy Planning and Social Objectives. National Capital Development Commission Metropolitan Policy Plan Review

May 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Urban Design Seminar Notes. Draft

June 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Industry Policy Seminar. Seminar Notes

July 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Offices Policy Seminar. Seminar Notes. Draft

June 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Objectives for Strategic Planning. Seminar Notes

July 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. An Easy Guide to the Metro Review Process.

July 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Urban Futures: Background Report

July 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Setting Objectives for the MPP Review. Interim Background Report

August 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Strategic Options: Summary. Preliminary draft

October 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Strategic Options: Employment Distribution. Background Report no. 3. Preliminary draft

October 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Strategic Options: Vacant Land. Background Report no. 2. Preliminary draft

November 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Town Planning Division. Strategic Options: Description of Options. Background report no. 9. Preliminary draft

November 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Strategic Options: Residential Development. Background Report no. 4. Preliminary draft

November 1988

9

National Capital Development Commission. Metropolitan Policy Plan Review. Strategic Options: Evaluation of Transport Costs. Background Paper no. 11. Preliminary draft

May 1989

REPORTS CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE – MISCELLANEOUS

9

Canberra, The Next Decade; 3 studies. Papers presented to meeting of Canberra Sociological Society

1962

9

Extract from Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Rating, Valuation and Local Government Finance.

1967

9

Peter Harrison. ‘Approach to a Metropolitan Plan’, Architecture in Australia, pages 630-634

August 1968

9

‘Australian Government Payments to or for the States per Head of Population’

1974-75

9

Department of Urban and Regional Development. A National Approach to Metropolitan Development. Draft for discussion

December 1975

9

Keith Storey. Defining and Protecting the Green Spaces: The Canberra Experience. Paper presented to Australian Institute of Urban Studies Seminar: Defining and Protecting the Green Spaces, 25 March 1977

March 1977

9

Peter Harrison. ‘Changing Urban Administration and Policy in the ACT’, UNESCO Seminar on Urban Management, Adelaide 23-25 August 1977. Draft

August 1977

9

Peter Harrison. ‘Urban Management Processes, Australian Capital Territory’. Proceedings of UNESCO Seminar on Urban Management, Adelaide 23-25 August 1977.

1978

9

Canberra Association for Regional Development (CARD). Submission to Committee, including:

Canberra in Transition. 26 October 1981

Constitution. As amended. 20 August 1981

Prospectus and Application for Membership

Preliminary Discussions with NCDC Review Committee. 23 July 1982

1981 – 1982

9

Canberra 81: Progress Report. Canberra Times seminar held Lakeside International Hotel, Canberra

16 November 1981

9

‘Allegations against members and servants’. Report (part) on Eurobodalla Shire Council

1982

9

R L Wettenhall. ‘Government Structures: Models and Options’.

- Paper presented at Australian Institute of Urban Studies (ACT Division) Seminar on Self-Government for Canberra. 30 July 1982

- paper as revised for publication. 2 February 1983

1982 – 1983

9

Lyndsay R Neilson. ‘The special Character of a Federal Capital City’. Paper presented at Australian Institute of Urban Studes (ACT Division) Seminar on Self-Government for Canberra.

30 July 1982

9

Scott and Furphy Consulting Group. Land Development Costs in Australian Cities. Extract

1982

9

Minutes of the special meeting of the Canberra Development Board, 19 August 1982, and holograph letter from chairman, Sir Laurence Muir

August – September 1982

9

Canberra Association for Regional Development (CARD) Meeting Minutes 19/08/1982

Not found

9

Response by Department Capital Territory. Population Growth and Infrastructure. 09/11/1982

Not found

9

Neilson Associates. Planning and Development Administration in Western Australia. Paper for the NCDC Review Committee

November 1982

9

Ed Wensing. ‘The Importance of Fixed Term Leases in the ACT’. CANPLAN: Canberra Town Planners Newsletter, Vol 4 No 5

November/December 1982

9

Royal Australian Planning Institute. The Planning Appeals System and Canberra. Seminar Papers

27 May 1983

9

Canberra Tomorrow. Canberra Times seminar on the prospects for business in Canberra. Lakeside International Hotel, Canberra

23 November 1983

9

Urban Policy Associates Pty Ltd. The Economic and Financial Implications for Land Management and Land Development Policy of the Proposed New Role for the National Capital Development Commission

May 1986

9

John G Singer. Canberra: A People’s Capital: Case Study on Land Tenure. Australian Institute of Urban Studies, ACT Division Bicentennial Project.

April 1987

9

Peter Guild. The Land Titles System; Current and Proposed Practices. Australian Institute of Urban Studies, ACT Division Bicentennial Project.

May 1987

10

Max Neutze. Planning and Land Tenure in Canberra After 60 Years.

- Various versions of the paper: as given at the National Environmental Law Association Conference, 1986; as Working Paper no 13 of the Australian Studies Centre, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 1986; as published in Town Planning Review April 1987

- Working papers and correspondence

- Peter Harrison. ‘Policies for New Towns; Canberra – Case Notes on a New Town’. Paper presented at Planning 1965; Joint Planning Conference of the American Society of Planning Officials and the Community Planning Association of Canada, Toronto, 25-29 April 1965.

1 folder

1965 – 1987

10

Lyndsay R Neilson. A Contribution to the Block Review of the National Capital Development Commission. Neilson Associates Pty Ltd

February 1988

10

Australian Institute of Urban Studies. Block Review: Ongoing Role of the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC).

23 July 1988

10

Civic Advance Bank. ‘Bringing Land Tenure in the ACT Out of the Nineteenth Century’. Cover title ‘Security of Land Tenure in the ACT – for betterment or worse?’ Trends; A Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Developments in the Australian Capital Territory.

Including letter from Ed Wensing and copy of his letter to Civic Advance Bank and the Canberra Times.

February 1989

10

J T Larkin. Corporate Development Strategy for the ACT; An Outline. Canberra, Peat, Marwick, Hungerfords Management Consultants.

May 1989

10

Peter Harrison.

- Submission on the Canberra Avenue Draft Policy Plan.

- Submission on Braddon Sections 18 and 19 Draft Policy Plan

2 reports

15 June – 12 July 1989

10

White Industries Project Assessment

15 July 1989

10

Rosemary Follett. ‘Steps Towards a New Planning System for the ACT’. Edited version of speech to ACT Division of the Australian Institute of Urban Studies

1 August 1989

10

Max Neutze. ‘Comments on the Consultative Paper of Planning in the ACT’, and related correspondence with Rosemary Follett

20 September 1989

10

Jack Waterford. Why Plan? Walter Burley Griffin Lecture to Royal Australian Institute of Architects

18 October 1989

10

- Canberra Association for Regional Development (CARD). Submission on National Capital Plan Volumes 1 and 2

- Building Owners and Managers Association of Australia Limited. Comment on Draft National Capital Plan

- Max Neutze. Comments on the CARD submission.

- Planning the National Capital. Statement by Prof Neutze re reports Canberra Times. National  Capital Development Commission, Dec 1989

1 folder

December 1989

10

Shaping Canberra’s Future. Royal Australian Planning Institute Public Seminar.

- John Langmore. ‘Planning the National Capital’. Opening address

- Max Neutze. ‘Managing Growth and Change: The Public Interest’. Paper presented at Shaping Canberra’s Future

21 February 1990

10

Richard Kirwan. The Economics of Metropolitan Expansion in Canberra. Urban Policy Associates Pty Ltd. Revised and final version

March 1990

10

Richard Kirwan. The Economics of Metropolitan Expansion in Canberra; An Economic Analysis of the Draft National Capital Plan. Comments by David Hall, Director, Town and Country Planning Assoc, London

16 December 1990

10

Study. The Planning, Development, Construction, Management and Government of Brasilia.

1982

10

Copy speech by Chairman of NCPA to Rotary Club Canberra at Woden 01/05/1991

Not found

10

Paul Whalan, Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. Objectives of an ACT Employment Strategy. Background paper

1989

10

John L Smith. Public Transport and Land Use; Has the ACT Considered its Strategic Options? CSIRO Division of Information Technology

December 1992

10

Pamille Berg. Characterising Ourselves: Art, Craft and the Re-Enchantment of Our Public Places. Walter Burley Griffin Lecture

7 September 1994

10

Design Dialogue; Central National Area Design Study.

1995

10

Neutze. The Canberra Leasehold System. Report Commissioned by Joint Parliamentary Committee on ACT

2 copies in box 1

Ca 1989

10

Commission Liaison with NSW and Sub-Regional Local Government Authorities. National Capital Development Commission

10

John R Rimmer. ‘Interpretation and Evaluation of a Committee of Inquiry: The Board of Review of the Role, Structure and Administration of Local Government in Victoria’. (extract). MA thesis.

10

Briefing Notes on History of Either Advisory or Directing Boards of

(1) Commonwealth Schools Commission

(2)  Capital Territory Health Commission

(3)  ACT Schools Authority

10

David Veal. Overview of Land Development in the ACT. Elizabeth Valley Pty Ltd. Report for Department of Territories.

Ca 1988

10

Ed Wensing. Planning Systems Manual. Draft. National Capital Development Commission.

March 1984 as amended to 1985

10

Ed Wensing. ‘Lease Purposes Clauses and the Provisions for Enforcement in the ACT’. Paper for Law Reform Commission of Australia on the need to reform Section 9 of the City Area Leases Ordinance 1936

9 May 1984

10

Ed Wensing. Canberra’s Leasehold Tenure System: Still in Crisis. Submission no. 2 to the Joint Committee on the ACT

June 1986

10

Ed Wensing. In Defence of Leasehold. Annotated by Max Neutze

30 May 1989

10

Ed Wensing. The Draft Land Administration Bill; Genuine Leasehold or Pseudo Freehold.  

Not found

February 1991

10

Leasehold Administration; some general questions. Holograph notes probably by Ed Wensing.

10

Hans L Westerman. Planning Development and Construction; Observations on the Systems in Use in NSW and the ACT

25 November 1982

RELEVANT LEGISLATION

11

Leases Ordinance 1918, as amended to 28 February 1979

1979

11

Leases (Special Purposes) Ordinance 1925, as amended to 30 April 1979

1979

11

ACT City Area Leases Ordinance 1936, as amended to June 1986

1986

11

Church Lands Leases Ordinance 1924, with holograph amendements to 1966

1966

11

Real Property Ordinance 1925

Not found

11

National Capital Development Commission Act 1957, as amended to 30 June 1980

1980

11

Bill for an Act to provide for the restructuring of the National Capital Development Commission, and for related purposes

23 April 1985

11

National Capital Development Commission Amendment Bill 1985; Explanatory Memorandum

23 April 1985

11

National Capital Development Commission Act 1957. NCDC minute re Restructuring of NCDC; tabling speech and second reading debate (copy from Hansard)

23 April – 13 May 1985

11

Australian Capital Territory. Ordinance for the Registration of Unit Titles. No. 32 of 1970. With annotations.

1970

11

Australian Capital Territory. Unit Titles Ordinance 1970, as amended to 31 January 1985

1985

11

Freedom of Information Act 1982. Principal Officers’ statements required under Section 9; Territories portfolio. Index of Procedures Papers

11

ACT Council

- ACT Council Bill 1986

- ACT Council Bill 1986 Explanatory Memorandum

- Second reading speech, Gordon Scholes, Minister for Territories

- ‘Planning, Development, Lease Marketing and Lease Management; Relationships between the Commonwealth and the ACT Council

1986

11

Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988. No 108 of 1988

1988

11

ACT Legislative Assembly. Consultation Paper on Planning; Proposals for an Integrated Planning, Heritage, Environment Protection And Leasing System in the ACT.

September 1989

11

Trevor Kaine. Draft Environment Assessments and Inquiries Regulations, and Revised Environmental Assessments and Inquiries Bill. Tabling Speech, ACT Legislative Assembly

30 May 1990

11

ACT Legislative Assembly. Draft Land Use (Inquiries and Environmental Assessments) Bill. Media release, tabling speech and explanatory memorandum

20 March 1990

11

Planning and Land Use package of legislation for comment:

Draft Land Use (Approvals and Orders) Bill

Land (Leases and Management) Bill

With comments by Max Neutze

8 August 1990

11

Draft Planning and Heritage Bills, 1990 - tabling speech by Trevor Kaine, and text of Bills

26 February 1990

11

Report on First Round of Consultation on Land use

11

Planning and Land Use package of legislation for further comment, with related correspondence from Max Neutze:

- Chief Minister’s tabling speech

- Overview statement

- Public consultation report

- Draft Planning Bill 1991

- Draft Heritage Bill 1991

- Draft heritage criteria for assessing the heritage significance of places and objects

- Draft Environment Assessments and Inquiries Bill 1991

- Draft Environment Assessments and Inquiries Regulations 1991

- Draft Land Use (Approvals and Orders) Bill 1991

- Draft Land Administration Bill 1991

- Draft Disallowable Instruments under the Land Administration Bill

- Statement concerning Proposed Regulations under the Land Administration Bill 1991

- Draft amendments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ACT 1989 and Regulations, and to the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1989, together with Explanatory Memoranda

13 December 1990 – 4 March 1991

11

Legislative Assembly for the ACT. Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Infrastructure and the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and the Environment. Joint Report. Planning Legislation.

April 1991

RELEVANT COURT REPORTS

11

Commonwealth Grants Commission, ACT Division. Inquiry into the Financing of Works and Services Provided in Respect of the Australian Capital Territory. Transcript of proceedings.

12 August 1982

11

Blocks 8 and 9, Section 43, Turner – judgement on application by Morpath Pty Limited to vary the covenants of two leases, heard in Federal Court of Australia on appeal from the Supreme Court of the ACT.

Also extract of judgement.

26 June 1987

11

Block 8 Section 11 Griffith – judgement on Boyle and Boyle v Charge and Pearce, re approval to carry on profession, trade or calling on residential land, heard in Federal Court of Australia, ACT Division

2 June 1987

11

Rocky Knoll, Section 75 Narrabundah – legal correspondence and judgement re the Uniting Church application to build on the site

4 February – 12 October 1987

11

Idonz Pty Limited v National Capital Development Commission and others – judgement in the Federal Court of Australia.

30 May 1986

11

Blocks 8 and 9 Section 21 Braddon – Minister of State for Territories v Gregory’s (Properties) Pty Limited [Gregory’s Motors]; judgement  in Supreme Court of the ACT Supreme Court

15 May 1987

CORRESPONDENCE

12

Correspondence on various matters related to planning in Canberra, including:

- National Capital Development Commission review of 1984 Metropolitan Policy Plan for Canberra

- leasehold

- submissions and other matters related to the NCDC Review

- redevelopment plans, eg for original Canberra Times site in Civic

- copy of original correspondence from Prime Minister Menzies re establishment of National Capital Development Commission, 14 August 1957, and minutes of inaugural meeting of the National Capital Planning Committee 16 April 1958

1 folder

1957 – 1958 and 1982 – 1989

12

Correspondence, notes, speeches, draft legislation and reports on leasehold, tenancy, land use and heritage, especially in the preparation for self-government of the ACT, including:

- inquiry into leasehold in the ACT in 1987-1989 with occasional earlier documents brought forward in evidence

- Select Committee on Tenancy of Commercial Premises 1989

- leasing of Kippax Group Centre, with site plans. 15 August 1975

- National Capital Plan

- National Capital Planning Authority. The National Capital Plan, Draft certified 9 March 1990: An Explanation. April 1990

- South East Region Economic Development Strategy. 2 August 1990

- Ed Wensing. An Overview of Land Tenure and Planning Legislation in the ACT. Paper presented at a Seminar on Participation and Planning for the Environmental Law Association, 4 August 1986

- Ed Wensing. The Role and Functions of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Australian Capital Territory. Paper presented at a Seminar on Participation and Planning for the Environmental Law Association, 4 August 1986

- National Capital Development Commission. Land Use Planning Appeals in the ACT; Draft Discussion Paper. February 1988

1 folder

1975 – 1991

12

Reports, extracts from NSW Yearbooks, Commonwealth Hansard and other published and unpublished material, on land tenure, commercial and rural leasehold, and redevelopment, including:

Folder 1

- Ed Wensing. Block 6 Section 97 Symonston [drive-in cinema], Attachment 7 to unspecified report, 10 August 1986, including copies of lease and mortgage documents and company information

- Ed Wensing. Betterment Levy on Redevelopments that do not Involve Lease Purpose Change. Attachment 6 to unspecified report, 10 August 1986

- ‘Origins of Leasehold Tenure in the ACT’; compiled extracts from Commonwealth Hansards 1901 and 1910

- R Else-Mitchell. ‘Legacies of the 19th Century Land Reformers from Melville to George’. John Murtagh Macrossan Lecture 1974, delivered at University of Queensland 7 November 1974. Speaking and published versions

Folder 2

- National Capital Development Commission. ‘Review of Legislation and Procedures Relating to Control of Development and Redevelopment’. 8 November 1965

- ACT Land Development Accounts

- Canberra Land Development Seminar 1987

Folder 3

- Barry Raison. ‘Perpetual Leasehold Tenure Sought for the Australian Capital Territory’. Article for The Valuer, 1988

- Max Neutze.’Issues for Discussion’. Paper presented to Australian Institute of Urban Studies and ACT House of Assembly Seminar on Planning and Managing Canberra, 8-9 August 1985

- Hans Sommer. ‘Introduction of Commercial Land Development Operations in the ACT’. Paper presented to meeting of Royal Australian Planning Institute 23 July 1987

- Ian Morison. ‘Whatever Became of the Y-Plan?’. Luncheon address to Royal Australian Planning Institute, 17 September 1987

- Barry Raison. ‘Proposal for Perpetual Leasehold in the ACT’. The Valuer, October 1979 (photocopy)

- Peter Harrison. ‘Changing Times and the Civic Environment’. July 1990

- Conservation Council of the South-East Region and Canberra. Submission on National Capital Development Commission draft discussion paper Land use Planning Appeals in the ACT. 29 March 1988

- National Capital Development Commission. Public Consultation in the Town Planning Process. April 1988

3 folders

1946 – 1988

12

- Press clippings, press releases, extracts from Hansard and journals, and notes, representing public, political and professional opinion on matters of planning and land management relevant to Professor Neutze’s public involvement in these issues.

- National Capital Development Commission. Draft Proposal for Public Comment:

Dickson Section 32 part Block 5. April 1985

Dickson Section 72. October 1984

Duffy sections 55, 56, 58. July 1985

Hackett Section 22 Blocks 5 and 30. July 1985

Kambah Sections 274-277. April 1985

Tuggeranong Part Blocks 1239, 1271, 1283 (area west of Isabella Plains). April 1985

Turner Section 35 Part Block 2. August 1987

Weston North Sections 81, 82, 83, 94, 96, 97. August 1985

- Department of the Interior. City and Rural Leases in the Australian Capital Territory 1924-1970. June 1970

2 folders

1970 – 1990