The Natural Resource Management team want to hear from the ACT community, to create a shared vision for ways in which they manage the ACT’s Natural Resources.
The Natural Resource Management team want to hear from the ACT community, to create a shared vision for ways in which they manage the ACT’s Natural Resources.
The ACT Government have updated local residents about works to be undertaken in and around Kippax. This work relates to the process being undertaken to assess site suitability for the tender process EOI announced on 27 March 2021.
You can read the flier here:
http://www.belcouncil.org.au/documents/letter-to-residents-regarding-kippax-works/
If you have feedback on the process we are happy to pass it on to EPSDD or you can provide it directly here:
https://www.yoursay.act.gov.au/kippax-groupcentre-master-plan-2
You can find the revised flood study of 2020 which updates the previous study here:
http://www.belcouncil.org.au/documents/kippax-revised-flood-study/
The Belconnen Community Council (BCC) has been committed to the Kippax Group Centre redevelopment since early 2014 when the changes to the master plan were first proposed.
Over the subsequent five years, the BCC has facilitated numerous community meetings to provide opportunities for people to hear about the proposed changes to the plan and to voice their support or concerns. The BCC also participated in the community panel that was established to seek community feelings and expectations in relation to the redevelopment.
The BCC has supported the idea of a redevelopment of the Kippax Group Centre from the beginning however, not at the cost of the existing green space.
While there is more work to be done and another round of consultation with our community to be undertaken, the BCC believe there is a genuine commitment to meet community expectations and the wishes of the owners of the Kippax Group Centre.
The BCC looks forward to continuing to work with our community to find a design that best meets the interests of those who live, work and play in West Belconnen.
For more information, please click on the link below
Click Here to view the PDF
Please find attached copy of the latest letter issued to local residents and businesses around Block 17 Section 152 Belconnen.
This month we are looking at the Buy Nothing movement, and the Geocon Republic shutdown and its impacts on the community.
The Belconnen Community Council are working hard to achieve the best outcome from this process, and although DV361 and the Kippax Masterplan have not met community expectations, with a poor community return compared to the massive commercial benefit, the strong community response has not gone unnoticed by the ACT Government. A better result can occur if the community demands it.
All welcome at this month’s Belconnen Community Council meeting on Tuesday 18 June at 7PM
There will be an update on the BCC submission on DV361 that would enable the conversion of public open space in Kippax, to become more shopping centr
The BCC Chair Glen Hyde will give a short presentation on what the 2019/20 budget has for Belconnen and what we think still needs funding.
All members of the public are welcome. Come along and tell us what you think Belconnen needs.
All members of the public are invited to attend the May Public Meeting of the Belconnen Community Council at Kippax Raiders Club on Hardwicke Cres, Holt on Tuesday May 21 to discuss the benefits and impacts of the Kippax Master Plan and DV361
Following the April public meeting of the Belconnen Community Council, held to discuss the benefits and problems with the Kippax Master Plan, Draft Variation 361 (that enables the loss of public open space for a shopping centre). Greens MLA Caroline Le Couteur (who attended the meeting), undertook to ask questions about the issues raised by the many members of the community that attended.
Planning Minister Mick Gentleman MLA has responded, in a very timely fashion. The full document is at this link: http://www.belcouncil.org.au/documents/kippax-questions-on-notice-may-19/
As a result of no ACT Government planners attending the April meeting (despite the BCC being assured they would attend), Tara Cheyne MLA for Ginninderra (who was also at the April meeting) undertook to write to the Planning Minister to seek an extension to the May 10 deadline for submissions on DV 361. That was granted, and the deadline has now been extended to June.
The BCC will be holding a second public meeting on the Kippax Master Plan and DV 361 on May 21 at the Kippax Raiders Club at 7PM. We are advised an ACT Government Planner will attend this meeting to explain the Master Plan and DV 361 to the community.