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for the National Capital. Interim use for rural and nature conservation purposes is to be permitted with steeper slopes progressively revegetated to protect and enhance the area's future role as a water supply catchment.
 6.         Urban development may be limited by constraints related to the Tidbinbilla Deep Space Communication Complex. For details refer to Policies for Rural Areas.

3.2.6.4 Permitted land uses in Mountains and Bushland
 1.        The range of uses permitted in the Mountains and Bushland part of the NCOSS is as follows:
         * Agriculture
         * Educational Establishment
         * Forestry (Pierce's Creek, Uriarra, Tidbinbilla, Ingledene and Gibralter Valley pine plantations and woodlots only)
         * General Farming
         * Intensive Farming (not in Namadgi National Park or the Cotter catchment)
         * Nature Conservation Area
         * Overnight Camping
         * Public Utility
         * Recreation
         * Road
         * Scientific Research Establishment
         * Tourist Facility
         * Wilderness Area
and may include Dwelling, if necessary, for the operation of any of these uses.
The nature of uses permitted in the Mountains and Bushland part of the NCOSS is defined in Appendix A.

3.3 Urban Areas

3.3.1 Background
Urban land in the Territory should be organised as a series of distinct and relatively self‑contained towns separated from adjacent towns by hills, ridges and other major open spaces. The Plan provides for the continuation of urban development in the ACT as separate and distinct towns set in broad landscaped valleys, with the immediate hills, ridges and other major open space providing separation between towns and the distant mountains providing a natural landscape backdrop.
For the foreseeable future, urban land in Metropolitan Canberra will comprise:
       * the towns of Canberra Central, Woden/Weston Creek, Belconnen, Tuggeranong, Gungahlin and Molonglo Valley
       * the villages of Hall, Oaks Estate and Tharwa
       * land at Hume, Mitchell and Fyshwick.
Areas identified as 'Potential Future Urban Areas' will form part of Metropolitan Canberra following certification by the National Capital Authority of these areas for urban use.
One of the key principles of Canberra's urban structure has been that a hierarchy of centres has been developed, with each town having a centre acting as a focal point for higher order retail functions, commercial services, offices and community facilities.
This hierarchical principle, at the metropolitan level, means that:
       * Canberra Central continues to be the main location of office employment
       * City is to be encouraged to develop as the most specialised retail, commercial, cultural, entertainment and tourist centre
       * town centres provide retail, commercial, cultural, entertainment and other facilities to meet community needs, and serve also as locations for office‑based employment.
Each town should have a town centre. The Territory Plan will provide for a range of lower order centres to meet the varying needs