Molonglo and North Weston strategic assessment
On September 16 2008, the Australian Government Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, and the ACT Minister for Planning, announced that a strategic assessment of the proposed Molonglo and North Weston structure plan would be undertaken in accordance with section 146 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The structure plan sets out the planning and development guidelines and principles for urban development and associated infrastructure at Molonglo and North Weston.
Why is a strategic assessment being undertaken?
Preliminary environmental investigations in the Molonglo and North Weston area have identified several matters of national environmental significance. These include the Pink-tailed Worm-lizard, listed under the EPBC Act as vulnerable, and the White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodland and derived native grassland and the Natural temperate grasslands of the Southern Tablelands of NSW and the ACT listed as critically endangered. Given the presence of these, the impacts of development in Molonglo and North Weston must be assessed under the EPBC Act.
Terms of reference
The terms of reference have now been approved addressing comments received during a public consultation process that closed 20 October 2008. The ACT Government will now prepare a report against the approved terms of reference to inform the strategic assessment.
Strategic assessment agreement
- Part 10 Strategic Assessment Section 146 (1) Agreement
- Media release: Environmental assessment of urban development at Molonglo and North Weston - 16 September 2008
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