Belconnen's Residential Tower

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has just heard an appeal against a proposed 3 and 4 storey building containing 63 studio apartments, 4 one bedroom and 8 two bedroom apartments, common rooms and community function room. It is on Hennessey St (the other side of College St), and will be student accommodation run by the Canberra Community Church. Read more at http://www.courts.act.gov.au/magistrates/index.html, case is Ammon and ACT Planning & Land Authority.

By all accounts, student accommodation is needed, but there has surely got to be a limit to the amount of medium and high density development. Then again, have you seen Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast recently – developments seem to run forever, and people seem to be filling ’em up.

I was wondering if that was the site ya’ll were refferring to.
Thanks for clarifying, bit of a worry though.

You think they’ll have three stories of carpark Thumper? Cos that’s about how tall the site cut would have to be I reckon.

That site is a bloody steep hill. I was looking at the sign anouncing its sale the other day and wondering if they’d build on top of the hill or have a massive site cut, in which case the first few floors on one side would have glorious views of dirt.

“The site is that big vacant block between Emu Bank and Chandler Street”
-but hang on: isn’t that the site of Belco’s ONLY glade of Atlas Cedars?!

My mind was just clouded with an image of 18 storeys of breasts, panties and drunken revelling…

Back to reality.

Who knows, its next to the Uni and some of it may be used to lower the massive accommodation shortage for UCAN and ANU students (especially as it will be a sub 2 minute bus ride from ANU along the HyperDrive Bus Lane)

don’t cry for me… Stanhopia!

Slaves throwing rose petals under his feet everywhere he walks….

yes! towers for all!