Strategic Assessment Areas for Environmental Approvals in ACT

The dataset covers three completed strategic assessments in the Australian Capital Territory: Gungahlin, Molonglo Valley, and West Belconnen. It shows the entire area considered under a strategic assessment as well as areas identified for development and conservation. The dataset is provided by ACTmapi, the ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue, and was last updated on April 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the extent of strategic assessment zones based on the described area boundaries.
• Identify land parcels designated for development within the assessment areas.
• Identify land parcels designated for conservation within the assessment areas.
• Support environmental approval processes under the EPBC Act using the consolidated assessment data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi).
• Last updated date is precisely recorded as 2026-04-04 02:57:48.575836.
• Focuses on three specific, completed assessments: Gungahlin, Molonglo Valley, and West Belconnen.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, being limited to the ACT.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-04 02:57:48.575836; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory (ACT), specifically Gungahlin, Molonglo Valley, and West Belconnen