Variation 306 commenced on 5 July 2013. All development applications submitted after 18 June 2013 will be assessed against the Territory Plan as amended by Variation 306 , whilst all development applications lodged before 18 June will be assessed under the rules applying before Variation came into effect until 5 July 2014. The Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development has issued a media release about the commencement of Variation 306, which is available at http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2013/variation-306-commences-5-july-2013.
Variation 306 introduces a number of changes to the Territory Plan. Amongst the changes introduced are:
- changes to the single dwelling and multi unit housing development codes, including restrictions on development in RZ2 residential zones
- revisions to the residential zones objectives and development tables, introduction of an overarching Residential Zones Development Code and a Lease Variation General Code
- replacement of existing Residential Subdivision Development Code with a new Estate Development Code.
Many of these changes have been a long time in gestation, as Draft Variation (DV) 306 is itself partly the product of merging earlier draft variations DV301 and DV303 which were withdrawn in June 2011.