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the area adjoining it is crucial to the long‑term character of the National Capital.
Linking City Hill with Russell is Constitution Avenue. The Plan provides for development beside the Avenue which establishes it as a formal urban avenue. Since design issues will be crucial in setting the character of the Avenue, both sides of Constitution Avenue are included in the Designated Areas.
Land fronting the Approach Routes and avenues which were an important symbolic component of the Griffins' plans is also considered to have special National Capital interest. Special Requirements have been established for these areas.

4.2.2 Detailed conditions of planning, design and development

4.2.2.1 Principles for the Parliamentary Zone and its Setting
 1.        Canberra's role as Australia's capital is of continuing and paramount importance. National functions, organisations and activities are actively encouraged to locate in Canberra. They should be housed and located in prominent positions where they serve, individually and collectively, as effective symbols of the nation and its capital.
 2.        Opportunities should be taken progressively to enhance the international role of Canberra as Australia's capital. Diplomatic representation, the establishment in Canberra of international organisations, and the holding of international events in Canberra are all encouraged as means of enhancing the National Capital's international role.
 3.        The planning and development of the National Capital will seek to respect and enhance the main principles of the Griffins' formally adopted plan for Canberra.
 4.        The Parliamentary Zone and its setting remain the heart of the National Capital. In this area, priority will be given to the development of buildings and associated structures which have activities and functions that symbolise the Capital and through it the nation. Other developments in the area should be sited and designed to support the prominence of these national functions and reinforce the character of the area.
 5.        Planning and development of the Territory beyond the Parliamentary Zone and its setting should enhance the national significance of both Canberra and the Territory.

4.2.2.2 Policies for the Parliamentary Zone and its setting
 1.        Major national functions and activities that are closely connected with workings of Parliament or are of major national significance should be located in or adjacent to the National Triangle formed by Commonwealth, Kings and Constitution Avenues, to provide a strong physical and functional structure which symbolises the role of Canberra as the National Capital.
 2.       The preferred uses in the Parliamentary Zone are those that arise from its role as the physical manifestation of Australian democratic government and as the home of the nation's most important cultural and judicial institutions and symbols. The highest standards of architecture will be sought for buildings located in the Parliamentary Zone.
 3.        Diplomatic activities should be established in places