Suburbs & Development

North Canberra, also known as the Inner North, is made up of the central city area (Civic), the Australian National University, the University of NSW at ADFA, Duntroon, the Australian Catholic University, and 14 suburbs.

In the 2016 Census it housed over 53,002 people (13.3% of the Australian Capital Territory’s total population) in over 21,555 dwellings. The area is rapidly transforming, with a major investment in a new light rail service between Civic and Gungahlin.

North Canberra forms part of the Territory’s Kurrajong electorate, which covers much of the original site surveyed by Charles Scrivener and shown on Walter Burley Griffin’s and Marion Mahony Griffin’s plans for the national capital dating back to 1912.

It is one of the oldest parts of the city, incorporating large original land grants to Robert Campbell and Joshua John Moore in the 1830s next to the Molonglo River, and many smaller farms and properties pre-federation. This was all Ngunnawal land, and many traditional owners and their elders (past and present) live in the region and have enduring links to this land today.

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Latest 15 DAs for North Canberra Area

North Canberra Community Council use Planning Alerts to provide details of development applications that are notified publicly by the Environment Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD). You can have Planning Alerts send you an email on development applications in your area as they are notified.

The latest public Environment Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate notifications can also be accessed from their site. The following is an extract of the public applications selected by NCCC that principally relate to the North Canberra area based on a broad search (it may contain some overlapping streets from adjacent suburbs) Note: This list may not be completely representative of all local DAs – please refer to the EPSDD site for complete data. If you think an application may affect you in any way you may submit written comments (representations) to the Applications Secretariat by email, mail or delivery to EPSDD customer service centre at 16 Challis St Dickson Your comments must be received by EPSDD during the specified public notification period. Comments received outside that period will not be considered.

Address: 26 Narellan Street, City, ACT

Development Application: 201936593

Desecription: AMENDMENT TO DA201936593 – PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. Amendment to development application for proposal for alterations and additions to existing commercial development which is still under consideration – the amendment is the inclusion of Block 13 Section 94 City as part of the application and further clarification within the provided plans showing all block boundaries and identifiers.Comment closure date: 2020-06-23

Address: 22 Molesworth Street, Watson, ACT

Development Application: 202036826

Desecription: PROPOSAL FOR A SECONDARY RESIDENCE – a new single storey dwelling in addition to the existing dwelling, additional garage, landscaping and associated works.Comment closure date: 2020-06-19

Address: 9 Davenport Street, Ainslie, ACT

Development Application: 202037018

Desecription: PROPOSAL FOR TWO NEW DWELLINGS AND LEASE VARIATION – demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two new single storey dwellings, driveway, landscaping and associated works. LEASE VARIATION to include supporting house as a use.Comment closure date: 2020-06-19

Address: 17 Wade Street, Watson, ACT

Development Application: 201731461

Desecription: AMENDMENT TO APPROVED DA201731461. Amendment to the development application for proposal for multi unit development and lease variation – the amendment is changes to finished floor levels, windows, parapet, roof, power over ethernet location and removal of pergola.Comment closure date: 2020-06-16

Address: 28 Lowanna Street, Braddon, ACT

Development Application: 202037012

Desecription: PROPOSAL FOR MULTI UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND LEASE VARIATION – demolition of the existing dwellings and the construction of 6 new apartments in a two storey building, basement car parking and associated works. LEASE VARIATION- To permit Supportive Housing and consolidation of blocks 27 and 28.Comment closure date: 2020-06-16

Address: Wattle Street, Lyneham, ACT

Development Application: 202036769

Desecription: PROPOSAL FOR PUBLIC WORKS – Demolition of existing buildings, relocation of existing infrastructure on site.Comment closure date: 2020-06-12

Address: 128 Knox Street, Watson, ACT

Development Application: 202037050

Desecription: PROPOSAL FOR DUAL OCCUPANCY – Construction of single storey dwelling in addition to existing dwelling, attached carport, tree removal, verge alterations and associated works.Comment closure date: 2020-06-10

Address: 77 Petrie Plaza, City, ACT

Development Application: 202037041

Desecription: PROPOSAL FOR ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT + Replacement of existing awnings and signage, lighting, alterations to shopfront and associated works.Comment closure date: 2020-05-29

Address: 46 Mort Street, Braddon, ACT

Development Application: 202037005

Desecription: PROPOSAL FOR A MULTI STOREY MIXED USE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT + demotion of the existing structures, construction of a mixed use development comprising of a six storey, 406 resident student accommodation building, basement carparking and ground level commercial retail space, landscaping and associated works.Comment closure date: 2020-05-29

Address: 71 Macleay Street, Turner, ACT

Development Application: 201936701

Desecription: PROPOSAL FOR MULTI-UNIT HOUSING – Construction of 3, two storey townhouses set on a basement that has previously been approved and constructed under DA201222484. Includes proposed verge crossing, landscaping and associated site works.Comment closure date: 2020-05-22

Address: 8 Woolley Street, Dickson, ACT

Development Application: 202036931

Desecription: LEASE VARIATION – to vary the Crown lease by adding Indoor recreation facility as a permissible use.Comment closure date: 2020-05-22

Address: 46 Aspinall Street, Watson, ACT

Development Application: 201630707

Desecription: AMENDMENT TO APPROVED DA201630707. Amendment to the development application for proposal for mixed use commercial and residential development – lease variation – the amendment is dwelling yield and typology, building programming, servicing and access arrangements, landscaping and development staging amended.Comment closure date: 2020-05-18

Address: De Burgh Street, Lyneham, ACT

Development Application: 202036985

Desecription: PROPOSAL FOR ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN – proposal to create 3 separate multi unit/mixed use sites with anticipated yield of 784 dwellings, commercial and other uses. Works include site servicing, off-site works, stormwater management, tree removal, landscaping and associated works.Comment closure date: 2020-05-18

Address: 202 City Walk, City, ACT

Development Application: 202037039

Desecription: PROPOSAL FOR ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING – External alterations to the ground floor of existing building, bi-fold windows and associated works.Comment closure date: 2020-05-20

Address: 30 Stockdale Street, Dickson, ACT

Development Application: 202037006

Desecription: PROPOSAL FOR MULTI UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND LEASE VARIATION + Demolition of the existing dwelling and tree removal; Construction of 5 new two storey dwellings, verge alterations, landscaping and associated works. Lease variation to allow 5 dwellings.Comment closure date: 2020-05-14

(Note: Earlier Development Applications can be seen by accessing the EPSDD website or by going to PlanningAlerts. Note EPSDD do remove access to the development application documentation some time after the DA closes, but PlanningAlerts do retain some basic historical information.)