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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 of residents.
Centres at each level in the hierarchy form the focus of a range of retail, commercial and community facilities and services, in which specialisation increases at successively higher levels.
Continued expansion of services and facilities should be provided for and encouraged in each of the town centres.
Canberra's secondary and service industries have been accommodated in industrial estates at Fyshwick, Mitchell, Hume and Bruce and in the area immediately west of Oaks Estate. The location of industry within estates, the placement of these estates where they contribute to overall transport efficiency, and the avoidance of haphazard industrial location throughout the Urban Areas, have contributed to the structure and character of Canberra's development. The National Capital Authority supports the development of further industrial estates as a means of increasing the industrial base of Canberra's economy, and in doing so provide a greater diversity of employment opportunities.

3.3.2 Principles for Urban Areas
 1.        Canberra's future growth is to be accommodated by continuing the development of distinct and relatively self‑contained towns.
 2.        A hierarchy of centres will be maintained, with each town having a centre acting as a focal point for higher order retail functions, commercial services, offices and community facilities.
 3.        Industrial estates will continue to be located on the edge of the Urban Areas and have good accessibility to the national highway network for long‑distance freight movements.

3.3.3 Policies for Urban Areas
    a. The urban area of 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.
    b. 'Potential Future Urban Areas' will be considered as urban areas following certification by the National Capital Authority of these areas for urban use.
    c. The planning of urban areas should seek to introduce measures through which urban consolidation may occur.
    d. The hills, ridges and other major open space will form the separation between towns and will be kept largely free of urban development, to act as a backdrop and setting for the city.
    e. Except where the boundaries are aligned with an existing leasehold, the detailed planning of urban development by the Territory planning authority will determine the boundary between Urban Areas and other land use categories. Before detailed plans are approved, certification must be obtained from the National Capital Authority that the proposals are not inconsistent with the Plan.
    f. Any areas potentially affected by Scrivener