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The Belconnen Community Council is a volunteer-led community organisation. Our role is to foster Belconnen's community identity and to be a strong voice for the community.

BCC public meetings are generally held on the third Tuesday of each month from February to November, starting at 7.30pm in the Community Room, upstairs at the Belconnen Library on Chandler Street. Meetings are public, and anyone who lives, works, studies or owns property in Belconnen is invited to participate.

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Belconnen Community Council

3 hours ago

The BCC recently wrote to Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development and the MLA's for Ginninderra over the future of the former Water Police site following the unsuccessful EOI Process earlier this year.
The BCC would prefer that the site is remediated with seating and grass placed on it, and any sale delayed until the Belconnen Town Centre precinct code is finalised.

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Belconnen Community Council

3 days ago

CONSULTATION SESSION WED 6-8PM
ACT GOVERNMENT DRAFT PRE DA COMMUNITY CONSULTATION GUIDELINES

Why guidelines?
• Developers are already required to consult with the community prior to lodging a Development Application (DA) for prescribed developments
– a building for residential use with 3 or more storeys and 15 or more dwellings
– a building with a gross floor area of 5000m2 or more
– if more than one building,a gross floor area of 7000m2 or more
– a building or structure more than 25m above finished ground level
– a variation of a lease to remove its concessional status.
• The Planning and Development Act 2007 allows the planning and land authority to make guidelines on how this consultation is to occur
• The draft guidelines aim to encourage meaningful and genuine consultation with the community before a design is finalised

What do the guidelines require a developer to do?
• Ensure the community are aware of the proposal
• Engage with a diverse demographic
• Make plans available (e.g. site plan, perspectives, elevations) for comment
• Have a plain English statement that explains how the proposal responds to the Territory Plan, including zone objectives
• Conduct face to face sessions with a diverse cross section of the community

What do the guidelines require a developer to report on?
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Under the draft guidelines, when the developer submits a DA, they must include a report that:
– provides accurate details of what consultation has been undertaken
– provides details of what the community was shown
– provides a summary of how the community responded
– details how the proposal responds to community concerns
– states whether the proposal submitted in a DA is substantially the same as that shown to the community.

How can the community influence the guidelines?
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We want to hear from the community on:
– Whether the guidelines reflect how the community wants to be consulted with?
– Do the guidelines go far enough?
– What do the community want to see included in the consultation report?

How to have your say
• The guidelines are open for comment until Monday 21 August 2017
• A community drop in session will be held on Wednesday 26 July 2017 from 6 pm to 8 pm at 16 Challis Street, Dickson
• Comments on the guidelines should be made through yoursay.act.gov.au or to EPSDDcomms@act.gov.au ... See MoreSee Less

Pre DA Consultation - community information event

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PRE DA Consultation - Community information event The ACT Government is introducing guidelines to encourage developers to have meaningful engagement with the community prior to submitting a development application. This is an opportunity to meet with the project team, seek clarification about the gu...

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Belconnen Community Council

3 days ago

The BCC recently wrote to the Minister for Planning asking what measures were in place to ensure that external cladding on tall residential buildings in Belconnen met Australian standards.

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Belconnen Community Council

6 days ago

The Belconnen Community Council congratulate the seven members elected to the ACT’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body. Acting ACT Electoral Commissioner, Mr Ro Spence today announced the successful candidates in the order in which they were elected are:

Caroline HUGHES
Katrina FANNING
Jo CHIVERS
Ross FOWLER
Maurice WALKER
Fred MONAGHAN
Jacob KEED

Twenty five candidates contested the election. Voting for the election took place during the week starting Saturday 1 July and concluded on Saturday 8 July 2017. Any Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander aged 18 or over, living in the ACT, was eligible to vote in the election. ... See MoreSee Less

2017 ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body election results announced | Elections ACT

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2017 ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body election results announced

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Belconnen Community Council

1 week ago

The BCC recently made a submission on DA20173646 that asked that any approval for a 27 storey building on Section 200, did not result in a 34 storey building being constructed.

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Submission by BCC on Section 200 – DA201731646 (128 kB)

Letter to Planning Minister on cladding material used on tall buildings in the Belconnen Town Centre (129 kB)

Letter to Planning Minister on the future of the Water Police site (124 kB)

Submission by BCC on Section 200 – DA201731563 (438 kB)

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