Territory Plan 2023

Number: NI2023-540
Made under: Planning Act 2023^[1], s 45
Status: In Force

Current law
Point-in-time versions
Law history

Current law

Current version

Effective	Version files	Version	Published	Notes
14 March 2025	View version contents^[2]	R21	14 March 2025	Republication for amendments by NI2025-125^[3] and NI2025-126^[4]

Point-in-time versions

Version contents

Version: R3 Back to Point-in-time versions^[5]
Effective: 29 February 2024 - 29 February 2024

Part A - Administration and Governance
No.	Description
	Administration and Governance^[6] [PDF 434KB]
Part B - Territory Plan Maps
	Territory Plan Maps^[7] [PDF 55125KB]
Part C - Planning Principles and Strategic Links
	Planning Principles and Strategic Links^[8] [PDF 415KB]
Part D - District Policies
	D01 - Gungahlin District Policy^[9] [PDF 2517KB]
	D02 - Belconnen District Policy^[10] [PDF 4381KB]
	D03 - Inner North and City District Policy^[11] [PDF 6487KB]
	D04 - Inner South District Policy^[12] [PDF 3917KB]
	D05 - Molonglo Valley District Policy^[13] [PDF 7175KB]
	D06 - Weston Creek District Policy^[14] [PDF 1182KB]
	D07 - Woden District Policy^[15] [PDF 2897KB]
	D08 - Tuggeranong District Policy^[16] [PDF 4337KB]
	D09 - East Canberra District Policy^[17] [PDF 2121KB]
	D10 - Non-Urban District Policy^[18] [PDF 3690KB]
Part E - Zone Policies
	E01 - Residential Zones Policy^[19] [PDF 409KB]
	E02 - Commercial Zones Policy^[20] [PDF 3642KB]
	E03 - Industrial Zones Policy^[21] [PDF 386KB]
	E04 - Community Facility Zone Policy^[22] [PDF 347KB]
	E05 - Parks and Recreation Zones Policy^[23] [PDF 360KB]
	E06 - Transport and Services Zones Policy^[24] [PDF 327KB]
	E07 - Non-Urban Zones Policy^[25] [PDF 413KB]
Part F - Other Policies
	F01 - Subdivision Policy^[26] [PDF 370KB]
	F02 - Leasing Policy^[27] [PDF 303KB]
Part G - Dictionary
	Dictionary^[28] [PDF 636KB]
Endnotes
	Endnotes^[29] [PDF 168KB]

Law history

Notification statement

The Territory Plan 2023 has been made and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001.

Notified: 11 September 2023 (Parliamentary Counsel)

Instrument as notified

Date notified	Effective	Version files
11 September 2023	27 November 2023	View version contents^[30]

Commencement

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	11 September 2023	LA^[31] s 75 (1)
interim plan	27 November 2023	s 2 and CN2023-11^[32]
approved plan	27 September 2024	A2023-18^[1] s 610 (4) and CN2024-6^[33]

Amendments

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
NI2025-126^[4]	Planning (Miscellaneous) Minor Plan Amendment 2025 (No 2)	s 4 and sch 1	14 March 2025
NI2025-125^[3]	Planning (Miscellaneous) Minor Plan Amendment 2025 (No 1)	s 4 and sch 1	14 March 2025
NI2025-119^[34]	Planning (Whitlam FUA Uplift) Minor Plan Amendment 2025	s 4 and sch	12 March 2025
NI2025-75^[35]	Planning (Stromlo and Denman Prospect) Minor Plan Amendment 2025	s 4 and sch 1	14 February 2025
NI2025-40^[36]	Planning (Lawson FUA Uplift) Minor Plan Amendment 2025	s 4 and sch 1	31 January 2025
NI2024-700^[37]	Planning (Miscellaneous) Minor Plan Amendment 2024 (No 4)	s 4 and sch 1	13 December 2024
NI2024-687^[38]	Planning (Changes to public land overlay boundaries) Minor Plan Amendment 2024 (No 1)	s 4 and sch 1	7 December 2024
NI2024-684^[39]	Planning (Molonglo Valley District Policy) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	7 December 2024
NI2024-674^[40]	Planning (Gungahlin and Macgregor FUA) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	3 December 2024
NI2024-635^[41]	Planning (Miscellaneous) Minor Plan Amendment 2024 (No 3)	s 4 and sch 1	8 November 2024
NI2024-617^[42]	Planning (Gungahlin FUA Uplift) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	18 October 2024
NI2024-601^[43]	Planning (Miscellaneous) Minor Plan Amendment 2024 (No 2)	s 4 and sch 1	9 October 2024
NI2024-510^[44]	Territory Plan Amendment 2024	ss 4-36	27 September 2024
NI2024-439^[45]	Planning (Inner North and City District Policy) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	6 August 2024
NI2024-435^[46]	Planning (Various Changes) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	2 August 2024
NI2024-372^[47]	Planning (Denman Prospect FUA Uplift) Minor Plan Amendment 2024 (No 2)	s 4 and sch 1	5 July 2024
NI2024-370^[48]	Planning (Amaroo FUA Uplift) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	5 July 2024
NI2024-316^[49]	Planning (Belconnen District Policy) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	21 June 2024
NI2024-309^[50]	Planning (Strathnairn FUA Uplift) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	21 June 2024
NI2024-258^[51]	Planning (Jacka Revisions) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	24 May 2024
NI2024-186^[52]	Planning (Clarification Changes) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	19 April 2024
NI2024-111^[53]	Planning (Denman Prospect FUA Uplift) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	1 March 2024
NI2024-108^[54]	Planning (Jacka FUA Uplift) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	1 March 2024
NI2024-104^[55]	Planning (Miscellaneous) Minor Plan Amendment 2024	s 4 and sch 1	29 February 2024
NI2023-769^[56]	Planning (Miscellaneous Changes) Minor Plan Amendment 2023	s 4 and sch	5 December 2023

References

https://legislation.act.gov.au/a/2023-18/
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https://legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2025-125/
https://legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2025-126/
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