Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00174:reg:10:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00174
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 10 (pt 6/99)
Character Range: 361460–364647

its proximity to the Parliamentary Zone which enables direct views of the National Library, National Gallery, and the High Court of Australia.

4.13.3 Objectives for Acton Peninsula Precinct
As a place of national significance, Acton Peninsula has an important functional and symbolic role within the National Capital. Activities and uses should contribute to vitality and viability of the city. They should build upon the magnificent setting; preserving and enhancing the existing landform, landscape, heritage and lake frontage. Uses also should demonstrate the Peninsula's relationship to the rest of the Central National Area.
To meet these goals, developments on Acton Peninsula should achieve the following objectives:
     1.        express the importance of the location and the role of the Peninsula in the National Capital
     2.        reinforce the visual connection to Parliament House, the Parliamentary Zone, City Centre and to the Brindabella Mountains
     3.        ensure Acton Peninsula remains accessible to all Australians
     4.        express the activities and operations of the various institutions as well as the importance of each location
     5.        acknowledge the importance of, and maintain, the existing landscape setting
     6.        create an urban form which responds to the landscape and topography
     7.        protect the qualities and features of places of heritage significance
     8.        encourage the design of sustainable, energy‑efficient, environmentally responsive, human scaled, timeless architecture and landscape.

4.13.4 Land use for Acton Peninsula Precinct
Land use for the Acton Peninsula Precinct should be in accordance with Figure 118.
Figure 118: Land use for the Acton Peninsula Precinct
The permitted land use for Acton Peninsula (east of Lawson Crescent) is National Capital Use. Facilities which provide for local ceremonial or other cultural activities which complement and are ancillary to National Capital Uses on the site may be permitted.
The following uses are permitted for the 'Medical Superintendent's Residence', 'H Block', 'Former Isolation Ward' and 'Limestone House':
       * Consulting Rooms
       * Research Facility
       * Educational Establishment
       * Office
       * Restaurant.

4.13.5 Detailed conditions of planning, design and development

General
Acton Peninsula should contribute to the urban fabric by providing a location for National Capital Uses requiring a less formal setting than the National Triangle.
Design and development should ensure that the built form and open space are properly integrated, that Canberra's urban structure is recognised, and that the site's natural features are encapsulated in the development.
The character and quality of the built form and open space on Acton Peninsula should reflect the national importance of the site, demonstrate an environmental sensitivity, and epitomise leading practice in Australian design and construction.

Urban structure (refer Figure 119)
The built form and site development should respond both to the character of the contextual landscape (i.e. the eucalypt woodland of Black Mountain and the exotic vegetation