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Documents from the application which show the homestead in relation to the site (in red).

Namadgi to do away with overhead powerlines due to bushfire risk

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

  • Finbar O'Mallon

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The framework for Parkwood, the NSW-side development of the cross-border Ginninderry project west of Belconnen.

Border move 'fundamental' to cross-border Ginninderry development

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

  • Finbar O'Mallon
Demolition on CSIRO building in Campbell begins.

Out with Canberra's 'reserved' offices, in with upscale townhouses

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

  • Peter Brewer
Wright resident Ryan Hemsley said said the development proposal shouldn't go ahead.

Controversial Coombs apartment proposal to be revised

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

  • Andrew Brown
The framework for Parkwood, the NSW-side development of the cross-border Ginninderry project west of Belconnen.

New cross-border development residents may have to pay ACT-level rates

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

  • Finbar O'Mallon
Hundreds of blocks throughout Canberra are subject to different planning rules because of the bizarre granny flat loophole.

Land valuation objections on the rise

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

  • Katie Burgess
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An excavator works to remove 3000 hectares of dead trees at Kowen Forest because of a freak combination of hail and fungal damage in 2016.

Kowen could become Canberra suburbia, planning officials suggest

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

  • Cassandra Morgan
Photo  of extracted natural material in Sutton for a 2016, Yass Valley Council report and a photo of part of the gully at 354 Kaveneys Road to be filled with clean fill.

'Money and dirt': Yass votes on new plan to deal with development

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

  • Finbar O'Mallon
Geocon's Republic is among the more complex developments the ACT Planning Authority has struggled with.

Planning authority facing backlog in DAs, despite working overtime

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

  • Daniel Burdon
Fuel prices in Canberra could be high because of planning rules.

Planning rules could be contributing to high petrol prices

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

  • Daniella White

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