City of Cockburn council approves residential rezoning of Stockland's Calleya community

Stockland has been given a green light for its $600 million residential community in Banjup, as the City of Cockburn council approves the residential rezoning of land.

Known as Calleya, the 145-hectare site will house around 1,800 new homes and will become the closest, new land release south-west of Perth’s CBD.

“The speed-to-market achieved on this important project is a credit to the foresight and proactive approach taken by the Western Australia Planning Commission and the City of Cockburn,” says Stockland managing director and chief executive officer Mark Steinert.

Some 13% of the land – equivalent to 42 soccer fields – will be dedicated to parks, playgrounds and walking and cycling paths.

“Part of what sets Stockland apart is our masterplanned approach to new residential communities with the inclusion of beautiful parks, playgrounds and other shared assets that can be used and enjoyed by all residents, their families and friends,” says chief executive officer of residential at Stockland Andrew Whitson.

“We recognise that we have a responsibility to develop sustainable and vibrant communities, which thrive now and into the future.

“We set out to build a better way to live and one of our primary objectives is to deliver exceptional, green, living environments for our residents and the broader community,” says Whitson.

Stockland has received over 200 enquiries from buyers interested in land, with the first lots available for sale in November.

“We’re seeing very strong demand for new homes in key growth corridors north and south of the Perth CBD,” says Col Dutton WA general manager residential at Stockland.

“Calleya at Banjup is ideally located with excellent road and rail transport links and sits at the heart of an already thriving local community,” says Dutton.

Stockland has plans for a school and neighbourhood shops within the community.

The median house price in Banjup is $1.05 million, a 2.9% change in the past five years, according to RP Data.