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below, Parliamentary Zone Precinct Code].
               New development should seek to respect the design and character of adjacent buildings in terms of scale, colour, materials, massing and frontage alignment.
               Individual development proposals will be assessed on their merits in respect to sunlight penetration, amenity, pedestrian and vehicle access. No buildings taller than RL617 will be permitted in the Designated Area, but the general building height will be 3-4 storeys except where the National Capital Authority determines otherwise.
               Buildings in the area must show an appropriate quality of architectural design consistent with their location in this area of special national importance
Landscape      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:
                 a. the formal and consistent landscaping of Main Avenues and mall spaces
                 b. 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.
               [Note: During research for this HMP a landscape masterplan for the Parliamentary Zone prepared by the NCA was not located.]

Parliamentary Zone Precinct Code
With regards to the Parliamentary Zone, core ambitions of the NCP are to give the area, 'meaning as the place of the people, accessible to all Australians so that they can more fully understand and appreciate the collective experience and rich diversity of this country'.[112]  Development and planning within the Parliamentary Zone will be guided by:
      * Balancing politics and culture
      * Welcoming people
      * Celebrating Australian history and society
      * Representing Australian excellence
      * Emphasising the importance of the public realm
      * Making access easy and open
      * Reinforcing the integrity of the visual structure
      * Strengthening the relationship between buildings and the landscape
      * Creating a variety of urban spaces
      * Establishing comprehensive design management policies for the future.[113]
The NCP promotes the identification of campuses (or precincts) within the Parliamentary Zone.  The intent is for existing buildings to act as 'anchors' for new development that serves a 'compatible function'.[114]  Landscaped courts, or campus squares, are proposed to provide a focus for each campus.
The NCP identifies five campuses.  West Block is located within the 'Parliamentary Executive Campus', Campus A (Figure 45 and Figure 46) – the anticipated functions of the Parliamentary Executive Campus are not expanded upon in the NCP.  Within this area, large new building masses equidistant from the Land Axis are proposed to the east of West Block and the west of East Block.  As is the case for East and West blocks, the footprints of the new buildings