Planning and development

The parks directorate is looking to build a $110,000 off-grid power supply for its remote homesteads.

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Separately, development director David Maxwell confirmed NSW-side residents would pay NSW stamp duty as they paid ACT-level rates.

Demolition is proceeding quickly at the four-hectare former CSIRO site, where the Doma Group will build 104 apartments and 132 townhouses.

POD Project Group's proposal of 123 apartments was rejected in February, and a second application is on its way.

Parkwood, the name of the NSW side of Ginninderry, will get its own school, with residents expected to pay ACT-level rates.

Some people have had to wait 274 days for their complaint to be dealt with, ACT Opposition leader Alistair Coe said.

The suggestion comes less than four months after chief minister Andrew Barr completely ruled out the possibility.

Yass council has previously raised concerns about Canberra developers using local farmlands to dump clean fill and avoid ACT dumping costs.

Staff in the ACT government's planning authority had to work overtime to cut a massive backlog of development applications last year.

The lack of petrol stations on major arterial roads in Canberra could be contributing to the city's high petrol prices.

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