Margaret Timpson Park

Subject:
Margaret Timpson Park
Eligibility:
Residents of ACT
Sponsoring member:
Mr Peter Cain
Principal petitioner:
Mr Matt Watts
No. of Signatures:
56
Posting Date:
28/10/2025
Closing Date:
1/12/2025
 
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Information about the Principal Petitioner is available through the sponsoring Member of the Legislative Assembly's office
TO: The Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly
Reason for this Petition

This petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly that the ACT Government intends to develop Block 45 Section 54 Belconnen, adjacent to Margaret Timpson Park, for social housing.

 The Belconnen community strongly supports the need for more social and affordable housing although believes this particular site should instead be incorporated into an extension of Margaret Timpson Park: a long-standing and widely supported community priority. Extending the park would preserve much-needed green space in a growing town centre, enhance community wellbeing, and reflect the vision set out in the Belconnen Town Centre Master Plan.

Requested Actions

Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to call on the ACT Government to: 

  1. Rezone Block 45 Section 54 Belconnen to public open space for the purpose of extending Margaret Timpson          Park; 
  2. Identify and prioritise alternative, more suitable sites for new social housing within Belconnen; and 
  3. Commit to meaningful community consultation on the design and future use of the expanded parkland.

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