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landscaping, signs and lighting, will be of a consistently high quality.
12.    Commonwealth, Kings and Constitution Avenues, the avenues connecting the nodal points of the National Triangle, are of critical significance in delineating the geometric form of the Griffins' plans. They are not only the primary movement routes, but they are powerful generators of structure and urban form. Their formal expression is paramount and is to be achieved by strong avenue planting, consistent road design, special lighting and detailing. Building heights and setbacks will be planned to ensure consistency and continuity. Setbacks for buildings adjacent to Kings and Commonwealth Avenues should generally be 15 metres. Setbacks for buildings adjacent to eastern side of Kings and western side  of Commonwealth Avenues north of Lake Burley Griffin should be 10 metres.
13.    Landscaping is to enhance the visual setting of the Designated Area and integrate the buildings with their landscape setting. This will be carried out in accordance with a landscape masterplan to be prepared by the National Capital Authority which particularly emphasises the following landscape themes:
     1.        the formal and consistent landscaping of Main Avenues and mall spaces
     2.       the combination of formal and informal landscaping which occurs around the Lake's edge and is the setting for Parliament House and its adjacent area.
14.    Residential blocks must not be subdivided for separate occupation.
15.    Any proposal to subdivide land within the Central National Area will require the approval of the National Capital Authority.

4.2 THE PARLIAMENTARY ZONE AND ITS SETTING

4.2.1 Background
The Parliamentary Zone and Its Setting comprises the Parliamentary Zone, Diplomatic (Yarralumla), Deakin/Forrest Residential Area, Barton, City Hill, West Basin, and Constitution Avenue and Anzac Parade Precincts.
The National Capital and Seat of Government is the legislative, judicial, administrative, executive, ceremonial and symbolic centre of the nation.
The role of Canberra as the National Capital warrants high environmental and aesthetic standards for development generally. It also requires that national functions are located where they may operate effectively and efficiently.
Areas that clearly exhibit the special characteristics of the National Capital primarily have the Parliamentary Zone and its setting as their focus. They embrace the main National Capital uses and national institutions, and other centrally located areas of National Land, diplomatic areas, and nearby lands where planning, design and development are critical.
The core of those areas is the Parliamentary Zone – the physical manifestation of Australian democratic government and the home of the nation's most important cultural and judicial institutions and symbols.
The area ensures that the essential relationships between Parliament and its setting are planned, developed and conserved in an integrated way, with the Commonwealth providing the requisite leadership of design and ensuring that construction and maintenance operations