Commercial mixed use development about to come along to Tuggeranong

Around 1,000 houses and 3,000 square metres of commercial mixed use development will be built on the shores of Lake Tuggeranong in the ACT.

Southquay, announced last week and reported by urbananalyst, will cover an entire urban precinct of 13 blocks, with development on both sides of the lake.

It will be built in stages, with the western side between Anketell Street and the lake first, followed by the area between the lake and Drakeford Drive.

ACT government planning rules allow for sites with frontages to Anketell Street to be 6-8 storeys, with allowance for three towers of a maximum 12 storeys.  Development will scale down to 2-4 storeys at the lake's edge to maximise views and retain appropriate scale.

Blocks for the first 300 dwellings are expected to be released by mid next year, with the remaining sites on the western side released over the following three years.

Development on the lake's eastern side, still subject to a land use policy approval process, will have maximum heights of three storeys for construction of up to 150 dwellings. These blocks are expected to be released in 2016-17.

The ACT government says Southquay is in line with its infill policy. It says the development aims to boost the viability of the Tuggeranong town centre and encourage a lively and active lake foreshore.

It is also one of the first projects to be delivered after the release of the Tuggeranong Town Centre Master Plan in September last year by Environment and Sustainable Development Minister Simon Corbell.

Corbell said extensive community consultation was undertaken by the Land Development Agency during the planning process, and that stakeholders, including the Tuggeranong Community Council, had had significant input.