The Place Design Brief is a document generated through a consultation process with community and key stakeholders to understand what people value on a particular site. It looks at the specific site for release and the spaces around it and how people use them and want to use them in the future. It inspires people to collectively re-imagine and reinvent the spaces between buildings, streets, open spaces and parks as the heart of every community and business.

By engaging with the community from the start of the design process the project team are better placed to bring together ideas, experiences, and values expressed by the community and stakeholders, enabling the integration of these aspirations within design. This puts people first as we codesign our future public spaces together. Considerations can include things like: open space and landscaping character, street design elements, active building frontages, retail strategy, connection with nature and so on.

The Place Design Brief will form the backbone of the sales documents for the release of this site to potential buyers / developers.

This site has potential for connection and walkability to the lake, park and public amenity areas. A mixed-use site such as this has the capacity to have a positive impact on the wellbeing of workers, residents and visitors.

Lawson Section AD Blocks a) and b) combined could provide up to 1,500m² of commercial gross floor area, including a maximum of 700m² which can be used for supermarket type uses.

In 2018 the ACT Government consulted on many blocks in Lawson Stage 2. The resulting Lawson South Concept Plan informed the Estate Development Plan (EDP) for Lawson Stage 2.

A design-based tender is a process for selling land where developers will provide a concept design for the site that responds to key objectives and criteria. For the release of Lawson Section AD Blocks a) and b) to the market, developers will need to provide a concept that responds directly to the Place Design Brief, the place vision and objectives created by the community. Suburban Land Agency will review and assess the design-based tender submissions against how they have incorporated the features, objectives, and vision outlined in the Place Design Brief.

Upon completion of the Place Design Brief, the site will be offered for sale via a design-based tender in mid-2024. The tendering process is expected to take approximately six months, followed by a settlement period in which the successful tenderer completes their Development Application, with construction to follow.

Allowable uses on these sites are set out in the Territory Plan. They include, but are not limited to; health facility, community facility, child-care, aged-care, supported living. The final decision will rest with the purchaser of the site.

Community consultation on the extensive landscape works was undertaken for the original Estate Development Plan in 2018. Additional feedback has been gathered from prior meetings at the Belconnen Community Council as well as communications from local residents, this feedback was incorporated into the existing landscape masterplan.

In Lawson Stage 2 there will be over 120 on-street and off-street car park spaces provided as well as further parking in the future commercial centre. All multi-unit developments will be required to provide sufficient parking for residents and visitors.

Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS) commenced bus services into Lawson Stage 1 earlier in 2023. These will be extended through Lawson Stage 2 once the connector road has been completed. There will be several bus stops throughout Lawson Stage 2. For more information contact TCCS.