The Ainslie Football Club is proposing an amendment to the Territory Plan.
The proposed amendment can be found at https://www.planning.act.gov.au/professionals/our-planning-system/the-territory-plan/major-plan-amendments
The public consultation is open until 3 February 2025
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.