Draft Plan Amendment 08 – Thoroughbred Park Precinct guides future residential, commercial and open space development, and will enable the development of medium to high density housing while retaining the existing racecourse.
DPA-08 establishes a Thoroughbred Park Precinct that includes the racecourse site, the Pony Club site, the Canberra Veterinary Hospital site, Kamberra Winery, the land adjacent to Flemington Road, including the Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC) park and ride site and the PRZ1 Urban Open Space zoned land adjacent to the Federal Highway.
DPA-08 proposes to amend the Territory Plan for the Thoroughbred Park Precinct as follows:
- Establishing a “future urban area” overlay over part of the precinct to show where subdivision is likely to occur.
- Rezoning parts of the site from NUZ1 Broadacre to a mix of CZ3 Services, CZ4 Local Centre, CZ5 Mixed Use, PRZ1 Urban Open Space, PRZ2 Restricted Access Open Space and RZ5 High-Density Residential.
- Introducing assessment outcomes and requirements to ensure new buildings are safe, well designed and in keeping with the character of the precinct by:
- limiting building heights to 18m and 24m across the precinct
- requiring future development to minimise flood impacts from Sullivans Creek
- establishing building setbacks of 24m from the Federal Highway road reserve
- requiring active travel through the site along Sullivans Creek
- considering active travel routes
The Inner North and City District Technical Specifications are proposed to include specifications to provide guidance regarding how assessment outcomes could be achieved.
The public consultation period for DPA-08 was available from 17 October 2025 to 1 December 2025.
DPA-08 does not have interim effect.
Documents for consultation
Background papers
- DPA-08 - Thoroughbred Park Precinct - Supporting Report [5.8 MB]
- APP-A-Revised-planning-report-scoping-document.pdf [477.0 KB]
- APP-B-CRC-Stormwater-management-discussion-paper.pdf [8.2 MB]
- APP-C-CRC-Noise-Assessment.pdf [2.6 MB]
- APP-D-Final-Consult-Rpt-combined.pdf [9.4 MB]
- APP-E-PSI01-Thoroughbred-Park.pdf [6.1 MB]
- APP-F-CRC-Base-Model-Development-Report.pdf [11.6 MB]
- APP-G-CRC-Traffic-Impact-Assessment-Report-appendices.pdf [4.9 MB]
- APP-Ha-B9S69-Lyneham-CRC-Demand.pdf [2.2 MB]
- APP-Hb-EVO-Correspondence.pdf [337.7 KB]
- APP-Hc-Thoroughbred-Park-Site-Electricity-Suppy-and-Demand-Evoenergy-Correspondence.pdf [341.3 KB]
- APP-Ia-ICON-Correspondance.pdf [266.5 KB]
- APP-Ib-Sewer-Water-and-Electrical-Memo.pdf [6.8 MB]
- APP-J-Thoroughbred-Park-Site-ACT-Fire-and-Rescue-Correspondence.pdf [361.7 KB]
- APP-Ja-ESA-Correspondence.pdf [358.1 KB]
- APP-K-Ecology-PATH-Co-PEI-Report-Thoroughbred-Park-030221-red.pdf [8.3 MB]
- APP-La-Tree-Assessment-21-06-01-3992-dsb-B9-S69-Lyneham-Vegetation-Assessment-Report.pdf [1.4 MB]
- APP-Lb-Tree-Assessment-21-06-01-3992-dsb-Vegetation-Assessment.pdf [982.9 KB]
- APP-M-Heritage-Memo-Canberra-Racecourse.pdf [6.6 MB]
- APP-N-ACT-CHA-Thoroughbred-Park-F1.pdf [6.9 MB]
- APP-O-Thoroughbred-Park-Planning-Report-and-Development-Proposal.pdf [396.3 KB]
- APP-P-Thoroughbred-Park-Lyneham-Section-69-Block-9-Proponent-Letter.pdf [223.7 KB]
- APP-Q-240416-Response-to-comments-on-Dft-planning-report.pdf [517.0 KB]
Consultation Comments
- DPA08 - Comments 01 to 09 [1.3 MB]
- DPA08 - Comments 10 to 19 [1.9 MB]
- DPA08 - Comments 20 to 29 [1.0 MB]
- DPA08 - Comments 30 to 39 [1008.5 KB]
- DPA08 - Comments 40 to 49 [1.1 MB]
- DPA08 - Comments 50 to 59 [433.7 KB]
- DPA08 - Comments 60 to 69 [663.2 KB]
- DPA08 - Comments 70 to 79 [589.2 KB]
- DPA08 - Comments 80 to 89 [1.3 MB]
- DPA08 - Comments 90 to 99 [917.8 KB]
- DPA08 - Comments 100 to 109 [1.1 MB]
- DPA08 - Comments 110 to 119 [1.4 MB]
- DPA08 - Comments 120 to 129 [1.9 MB]
- DPA08 - Comments 130 to 139 [2.6 MB]
- DPA08 - Comments 140 to 151 [5.4 MB]
