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matters...............................................11
2.2 Productivity..................................................12
2.3 Sustainability.................................................12
2.4 Liveability....................................................13
2.5 Accessibility..................................................14
PART THREE – LAND USE PLANS AND GENERAL LAND USE CONTROLS................16
Explanatory Statement................................................16
3.1 General Policy Plans............................................16
3.2 National Capital Open Space System................................22
3.3 Urban Areas..................................................39
3.5 Employment location...........................................42
3.6 Broadacre Areas...............................................45
3.7 Rural Areas...................................................47
PART FOUR – DESIGNATED AREAS AND SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS...................50
Explanatory Statement................................................50

List of figures
Figure 1: Designated Areas...............................................10
Figure 2: General Policy Plan – Metropolitan Canberra...........................20
Figure 3: General Policy Plan – Australian Capital Territory........................21
Figure 4: Inner Hills – North Canberra (east)..................................25
Figure 5: Inner Hills – North Canberra (west)..................................26
Figure 6: Inner Hills – South Canberra (west)..................................27
Figure 7: Inner Hills – South Canberra (east)..................................28
Figure 8: Permitted location of commercial accommodation at the National Arboretum Canberra (Forests 69 and 76)......31
Figure 9: Site layout and built form requirements for commercial accommodation at the National Arboretum Canberra (Forests 69 and 76)......32
Figure 10: Defined Activity Centres.........................................43
Figure 11: Tidbinbilla Deep Space Communication Complex zone constraints..........48

INTRODUCTION
The National Capital Plan (the Plan) is the strategy and blueprint giving effect to the Commonwealth's interests and intentions for planning, designing and developing Canberra and the Territory.
Australia's National Capital officially came into being in January 1911, when title to 911 square miles of land in the 'district of Yass‑Canberra' was passed to the Commonwealth by the State of New South Wales. The Seat of Government Acceptance Act of 1909 provided that the Territory would be acquired by the Commonwealth for the Seat of Government and that it would be known as the Federal Capital Territory.
Canberra's function as the Seat of Government and as the nation's capital have been the basis for the establishment of Australia's principal governmental, judicial, cultural, scientific, educational, and military institutions. It has resulted in foreign governments establishing diplomatic missions and residences, and in an increasing number of national organisations and institutions seeking a presence in the capital.
The gradual accumulation of important national functions has been accompanied by a growing awareness of Canberra's significance in Australia's national and international life.
The present city of Canberra is far bigger than most of its founders ever imagined. But at each stage of its growth, great care has been taken to maintain a quality and standard of development appropriate to Australia's capital.
The introduction of self‑government for the Australian Capital Territory in 1988 created a circumstance where two governments, the Australian Government and the Australian Capital Territory Government (ACT Government), share responsibility for the further development of the Territory.
The ACT Government is responsible for managing the affairs of the Territory on a parliamentary, legislative, administrative and financial basis comparable to the Australian States. The ACT Government also manages those functions which, in the States,