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city and to provide a quiet refuge from urban living. They will also serve as wildlife and access corridors linking urban areas with other parts of the Territory's open space system. Their continued use for recreation, tourism and appropriate urban services must be in a manner consistent with maintenance of their environmental qualities.

The Inner Hills
The areas identified in Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6 and Figure 7 are specified as a Designated Area and will be known as the Inner Hills. The Inner Hills includes Black Mountain, Mount Ainslie, Mount Majura, Mount Pleasant, Russell Hill, Red Hill, Mount Mugga, O'Connor Ridge, Bruce Ridge, Mount Painter, The Pinnacle, Lyneham Ridge, Oakey Hill, Mount Taylor, Isaacs Ridge, Mount Stromlo, Mount Arawang, Neighbour Hill, Wanniassa Hill, and Narrabundah Hill.
The Inner Hills provide the scenic backdrop and natural setting for Canberra's urban areas, and within Canberra Central they are integral to the Griffins' composition. Accordingly their planning, design and development as open space areas are central to the maintenance and enhancement of the character of the National Capital. Including these areas within Designated Areas is the most appropriate way of securing this.
Figure 4: Inner Hills – North Canberra (east)
Figure 5: Inner Hills – North Canberra (west)
Figure 6: Inner Hills – South Canberra (west)
Figure 7: Inner Hills – South Canberra (east)

3.2.4.2 Principle for Hills, Ridges and Buffer Spaces
Hills, ridges and buffer spaces are to remain substantially undeveloped in order to protect the symbolic role and Australian landscape character of the hills and ridges as the scenic backdrop to the Parliamentary Zone, the City Centre and other National Capital precincts, to maintain the visual definition and physical containment of the surrounding towns and to ensure that their landscape, environmental and recreation values become an integral part of the National Capital.

3.2.4.3 Policies for Hills, Ridges and Buffer Spaces
 1.        The Inner Hills will be protected as key symbolic and landscape elements in the Plan expressing the defined land, water and municipal axes and providing the dominant backdrop feature to the city.
 2.       The hills and ridges must be planned and managed as a multiple‑use recreation and environmental system with different parts having their own special character and use.
 3.        The hill tops will continue to be used as key vantage points for viewing and understanding the National Capital. Development will be sited so as to minimise its visual impact on the Central National Area and any environmental impact on the hill tops.
 4.       The environment and Australian landscape character of the hills and ridges will be protected and enhanced to provide a unified landscape setting for the National Capital.
 5.        The rural landscape in the areas adjacent