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precincts within the Central National Area.

National Land outside Designated Areas
The Act makes provision for the Plan to set out Special Requirements for the development of any area (not being within Designated Areas), being requirements that are desirable in the interests of the National Capital. In addition to areas of Territory Land (refer Part Four(b)), Special Requirements apply to National Land outside Designated Areas.

4.0 Designated Areas
Figure 12 identifies each precinct within Designated Areas. Precincts numbered 1‑15 and Canberra Airport form the Central National Area.

Figure 12: Designated Areas precincts
Detailed conditions of planning, design and development for each precinct are set out in a series of Precinct Codes. General policies are also applicable to the Central National Area and the Parliamentary Zone and its setting (as defined below).

4.1 The Central National Area
The Central National Area includes the following Precincts:
 1.        Parliamentary Zone
 2.        Barton
 3.        Deakin/Forrest Residential Area
 4.        City Hill
 5.        West Basin
 6.        Constitution Avenue and Anzac Parade
 7.        Australian Defence Force Academy, Royal Military College Duntroon, and Campbell Park Precinct
 8.        Australian National Botanic Gardens
 9.        Jerrabomberra Wetlands
10.    Lake Burley Griffin and Foreshores
11.    Acton Peninsula
12.    Diplomatic Precinct (Yarralumla, Deakin, O'Malley and Curtin)
13.    Australian Institute of Sport
14.    Australian National University
15.    CSIRO Black Mountain
16.    Canberra Airport (within the Central National Area however not within Designated Areas).
Main Avenues and Approach Routes are subject to a Precinct Code as they are within Designated Areas, but are not part of the Central National Area.

4.1.1 General policies for the Central National Area
Development in the Central National Area will be guided by the principles below. The principles direct future public and private investment in core areas of the capital where opportunities are created for vibrant, mixed use precincts alongside cultural institutions, government buildings and major national attractions. They restore the intended urbanity and vitality of Canberra as a cosmopolitan lakeside city.
The following general policies will form a basis for planning and urban design decisions for the Central National Area, its landscape setting and approaches. These include:
1. Protect the Griffins' vision by:
 1.        fostering recognition of the 1918 Griffin Plan as a work of national and international cultural significance, and conserve those elements that contribute to this significance in a sustainable manner whilst allowing for the evolution of the city in contemporary terms
 2.       recognising that Canberra is a young city and ensure that future development continues to give expression to the visual geometry, built form, landscape and cultural vitality of the 1918 Griffin Plan
 3.        recognising that some elements (for example, the Australian War Memorial and Parliament House) are successful reinterpretations of the 1918 Griffin Plan which