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of the Griffin Plan at West Basin.
West Basin will be a vibrant cultural and entertainment precinct on a waterfront promenade. The area will create a new city neighbourhood, extending the city to the lake with a cosmopolitan mixture of shops, businesses, cafés, recreation, tourist activities and accommodation.

4.7.3 Objectives for West Basin Precinct
     1.        Create a legible network of paths and streets by extending the city grid of streets and paths to enhance connectivity and accessibility to the lake.
     2.        Create a vibrant public waterfront promenade in the Central National Area.
     3.        Enhance the range of tourism and recreation experiences available on Lake Burley Griffin.
     4.        Develop a built environment which demonstrates design excellence.
     5.        Develop West Basin precinct with a mix of uses and create a public domain which demonstrates urban design excellence.
     6.        Provide continuous public access around West Basin with links to the surrounding national attractions.
     7.        Contribute to the visitor and recreation experience of the Lake Burley Griffin parklands with an active waterfront promenade that permits a high level of tourist, entertainment, accommodation and leisure uses.
     8.        Enhance Commonwealth and Edinburgh Avenues as important physical, visual and symbolic links of Canberra.
     9.        Reinforce Commonwealth Avenue, a significant approach route and vista to Parliament House, as a corridor of activity, leading pedestrians from the city into the Parliamentary Zone.
    10.    Develop a significant public building, cultural attraction or landscape space on the water axis on the western shore of West Basin.
    11.    Ensure new development meets leading practice for environmental sustainability including energy efficiency and water sensitive urban design measures.

4.7.4 Land Use for West Basin Precinct
Land use for the Acton Peninsula Precinct should be in accordance with Figure 55.
Figure 55: Land use for the West Basin Precinct
Permitted land uses for 'Land Use A' are:
       * Bank and Cooperative Society
       * Café, Bar, Restaurant
       * Car Park
       * Club
       * Commercial Accommodation (Hotel, Motel or Serviced Apartment only)
       * Cultural Facility
       * Diplomatic Mission
       * Indoor Recreation Facility
       * Office
       * Park
       * Personal Service Establishment
       * Place of Assembly
       * Public Utility
       * Residential
       * Retail
       * Road
       * Social/Community Facility
       * Tourist facility
Permitted land uses for 'Land Use B' are:
       * Bank and Cooperative Society
       * Café, Bar, Restaurant
       * Car Park
       * Club
       * Commercial Accommodation (Hotel, Motel or Serviced Apartment only)
       * Cultural Facility
       * Diplomatic Mission
       * Indoor Recreation Facility
       * Office
       * Park
       * Personal Service Establishment
       * Place of Assembly
       * Public utility
       * Residential
       * Road
       * Social/Community Facility
       * Tourist Facility
Ancillary land uses permitted are:
       * Retail
Permitted land uses for 'Land Use C' are:
       * Aquatic Recreation Facility
       * Cultural Facility