Block 2 Section 4 Parkes – Anzac Park East Redevelopment

The NCA has received two separate Works Approval applications for works at the corner of Anzac Parade and Constitution Avenue and facing Parkes Way – a nationally significant site in the planning of Canberra. 

The site is within the ‘Parliament House Vista Extension – Portal Buildings’, a place entered in the Commonwealth Heritage List (CHL). The ‘Portal Buildings’, located on the Griffins’ Land Axis, frame the Parliamentary vista at its transition from land to lake. The listing refers to the monumental character of the buildings through strongly modelled structural bays, emphasised by vertical columns and the use of sandstone cladding. The site is adjacent to the ‘Parliament House Vista’, also included on the CHL, and significant as the central designed landscape of Canberra that embraces the Land Axis, with its extensive open sweeping vista that can be experienced in two directions. The site also flanks Anzac Parade, a place that is entered in the National Heritage List, that is one of the major cultural landscapes of Australia and is nationally important for its public and commemorative functions. 

The applications are for the construction of a new commercial office (‘portal’) building and mixed-use residential development with basement car parking and associated landscaping at Block 2 Section 4 Parkes (Anzac Park East), as permitted under the National Capital Plan and the Crown Lease for the site.

• WA102975 - Construction of a new commercial office building and associated works.
• WA102646 – Construction of a mixed-use residential development, including commercial uses on the ground level, and associated works.

The NCA is seeking public comment on the design and quality of the proposal and any issues which the community considers should be considered as part of the NCA’s detailed evaluation of the applications against the National Capital Plan.

This consultation process is not revisiting the Australian Government’s previous decision to sell the site or to permit redevelopment for commercial and residential use. Please note the heights of the buildings are articulated in the National Capital Plan and will not be reviewed at this time. 

The Anzac Park East project (EPBC 2016/7766) has been approved under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The conditions of approval can be found at: All referrals · EPBC Act Public Portal (awe.gov.au)

Your input will be considered in detail by technical experts as the designs and material to be used in the buildings are confirmed. 

The Landscape Concept Plan below shows the general arrangement of the proposed building and landscape works.

The details of the applications are:

WA102975 - Construction of a new commercial office building and associated works

• One nine-storey commercial office building
• Landscaping

WA102975 - Accessibility report

WA102975 - Architectural Drawings - 1

WA102975 - Architectural Drawings - 2 

WA102975 - Civil Plans

WA102975 - Electrical Services and Lighting

WA102975 - Landscape Analysis and Design intent

WA102975 - Landscape lighting

WA102975 - Landscape Planting Plans

WA102975 - Landscape Sections and Tree Protection

WA102975 - Landscape Zones, Concepts and Planting Schedule

WA102975 - Noise Impact

WA102975 - Planning Report

WA102975 - Water Management

WA102975 - Wind Study

WA102646 – Construction of a mixed-use residential development, including commercial uses on the ground level, and associated works

• Mixed-use residential buildings of up to eight storeys with a total of 345 apartments with commercial tenancies on the ground level
• Public plaza providing a shared zone between the office building and the adjacent residential buildings. The plaza includes landscaping and has public access from Constitution Avenue
• Basement car parking across the site
• Landscaping
• Off-site works to Parkes Way to link the pedestrian network to Wendouree Drive

WA102646 - Accessibility Report

WA102646 - Architectural Drawings

WA102646 - Overall Roof Plan

WA102646 - Civil Plans

WA102646 - Landscape Analysis and Design Intent

WA102646 - Landscape Lighting

WA102646 - Landscape Planting Plans

WA102646 - Landscape Sections and Tree Protection

WA102646 - Landscape Zones, Concepts and Planting Schedule

WA102646 - Noise Impact Analysis

WA102646 - Planning Report

WA102646 - Water Management

WA102646 - Wind Study

WA102646 - Traffic Impact Assessment Report

WA102646 - Statement of Heritage Impact Part 1

WA102646 - Statement of Heritage Impact Part 2

WA102646 - Statement of Heritage Impact Part 3

Background information

Anzac Park East (APE) was divested by the Australian Government in 2017 and is now under private ownership. APE was purchased by Amalgamated Property Group and is subject to a Crown Lease with the Commonwealth.

The Crown Lease sets out requirements and timeframes for the demolition and redevelopment of the site (Block 2 Section 4 Parkes). There are also strict ‘Detailed Conditions of Planning, Design and Development’ attached to the Crown Lease that reinforce the provisions of the National Capital Plan.

Have your say

This consultation closed at 5pm on Friday 23 December 2022.

Submissions are available to view below.