West Belconnen Strategic Assessment
Associated Developments: West Belconnen Urban Development (Ginninderry), Lawson South Residential Development and Macgregor West 2 Residential Estate Development
Commonwealth approval: Strategic assessment of the West Belconnen Project
Three separate Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) approval decisions are linked through the consolidation of three offset areas within the Gooromon Grasslands. These are:
- Gooromon Grasslands (including Jarramlee, West Macgregor and Lot 2 Wallaroo Road): EPBC SA024
Approval decision effective until 30 June 2067 - Jarramlee: EPBC 2010/5549
Approval decision effective until 30 September 2032
Associated development: Lawson South Residential Development - West Macgregor: EPBC 2010/5520
Approval decision effective until 31 August 2020
Associated development: Macgregor West 2 Residential Estate Development
Length of West Belconnen Strategic Assessment approval: 30 June 2067. Following this date, the offset areas will be incorporated into the Canberra Nature Park.
Where are the West Belconnen offset areas?
The project area for the strategic assessment straddles the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and New South Wales (NSW) border, encompassing land west of the Canberra suburbs of Holt, Higgins, and Macgregor through to the Murrumbidgee River, and between Stockdill Drive and Ginninderra Creek.
Within this assessment, the ACT Parks and Conservation Service (PCS) manages Gooromon Grasslands offset areas.
Why is it an offset?
The West Belconnen Strategic Assessment was conducted to assess the impacts of the proposed urban development in the West Belconnen area on listed threatened species and ecological communities, listed migratory species and any other protected matters that may be present.
The West Belconnen Strategic Assessment has conservation objectives concerning Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES), protected under the EPBC Act. Specifically:
Other MNES present on the sites include:
Management
Monitoring and research reports
- Environmental Offsets Ecological Monitoring Program Report 2018-19 [PDF 8.0 MB]
- Environmental Offsets Ecological Monitoring Program Report 2019-20 [PDF 10.8 MB]
- Jarramlee Golden sun moth population monitoring and habitat mapping 2018 [PDF 2.5 MB])
- Jarramlee Offset - Natural Temperate Grassland and Golden Sun Moth Habitat Monitoring Report 2015 [PDF 7.0 MB]
- West Macgregor Golden Sun Moth monitoring report 2017 [PDF 6.9 MB]
- Grassland Quality and Extent Mapping 2017 [PDF 5.7 MB]
More information
- Find associated publications on the Offsets Register.