E-petition for Community Building at 91A Wakefield Gardens
The Ainslie community has started a petition to revitalise the community building at 91A Wakefield Gardens. Continue reading→
Join the discussion – NCCC Meeting 21 May 2025
How to get more public housing and community facilities for local residents – Speakers Professor Chris Wallace, Uni of Canberra and Kurrajong MLA Elizabeth Lee MLA. Continue reading→
Call for enquiry into Ainslie Football Club rezoning
An e-petition has been launched calling for a public enquiry into a proposed high-rise residential and commercial development on Wakefield Street.Continue reading→
Call for public scrutiny of Ainslie rezoning
Calls for the ACT Legislative Assembly to scrutinise a rezoning proposal of sport and recreation land at the Ainslie Football Club site.Continue reading→
Sherbrooke street active travel consultation
Sherbrooke Street in Ainslie is to become an ‘active travel street’ as part of Canberra’s City Cycleway.Continue reading→
Developers want high density in Ainslie
Developers have applied to rezone land around Ainslie Football Club on Wakefield Avenue so they can build high density housing and commercial complexes there.Continue reading→
ACAT unable to review phone tower decision
Legal advice says ACAT cannot review a decision to place a telecommunications tower on open space on the corner of Quick Street and Limestone Avenue.Continue reading→
New location for Anslie Tower
There are better locations but the ACT Planning and Land Authority has approved the construction of an ugly telco tower on the corner of Limestone Avenue and Quick Street. Continue reading→
No to a very visible telecommunications tower
Residents are concerned about a 28-metre high Indara Digital Infrastructure for OPTUS/Vodaphone tower being erected on the corner of Quick Street and Limestone Avenue. Continue reading→
Grassy woodland to be denigrated
Governments need to demonstrate commitment to protecting a grassy woodland being rehabilitated by Ainslie Volcanic Weeders in Ainslie.Continue reading→
Hi
I am an Ainslie resident in the Wakefield Gardens Heritage Area. I was online for the initial consultation between residents and the ACT government during the pandemic – 2022? I repeat what we discussed then:
1. Wakefield Avenue, from Northbourne Avenue eastwards is the entry to the Heritage Area and should be subject to special consideration. Any development should be Ainslie in character – gardens, cream colour, red roof tiles no a rebuild of the black/grey industrial Braddon look.
2. Proposed parking is completely inadequate – not everyone will walk to the Light Rail and have no car!
3. The coloured image on Ainslie Residents Association handout and the image labelled Stage 3 on the ACT govt website are at odds with what we were told. We understood that the Ainslie FC was to be rebuilt hugging the oval with plate glass windows for all weather viewing from indoors. The existing Club was to be demolished for a high rise hotel on Wakefield Avenue. The footprint on the image/map is small for 80 rooms – is it accurate?
4. Instead of villas ringing the Oval, as in 2022 proposal, we now have a 7 storey high rise.