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4.2.1 'The Parliamentary Zone and its Setting' of the NCP:
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 are carried out to the highest standards.[111]
Conditions of planning, design and development in the Parliamentary Zone of particular relevance to the proposed adaptation of West Block as a hotel are set out in the NCP (Section 4.1.2) and summarised at Table 6.
Figure 44 Designated Area Precincts: the Parliamentary Zone is identified as precinct 1
Source: National Capital Plan, May 2016, Figure 10
Table 6 Parliamentary Zone: conditions of planning, design and development (summary)
Issue          Conditions of planning, design and development (NCP Section 4.1.2)
Land use       Land uses will comprise:
                 Parliamentary Uses and National Capital Uses, including national legislative, judicial and executive functions, and Commonwealth cultural institutions

                 such other uses, including a limited range of commercial uses and tourism facilities that complement and enhance the function and character of the area.
               Special consideration will be given to community, cultural, residential, tourism, entertainment and leisure uses which complement and enhance the function and character of the Designated Area.
Urban design   The urban design of the area is to achieve an integrated design of the highest quality by managing building height and bulk, and by encouraging building forms and layouts on consistent building alignments which enhance the structure of the Griffins' plans.
Development    Development must be guided by the principles, policies and Indicative Development Plan for the Parliamentary Zone set out in the Parliamentary Zone Precinct Code [see discussion 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