Seven-Building Precinct Filed for Sydney’s Leppington

Plans for a seven-building apartment precinct have been added to the Leppington Town Centre pipeline.

The proposed project, filed by Byron Development Pty Ltd, comprised four seven-storey buildings, the plans before the Camden Council showed.

According to ASIC documents, the sole director of Byron Development is Shilei Yue of Chinese-backed Apex Property International.

The buildings would be across two blocks and comprise 296 apartments atop three levels of basement carparking on the site at 182 Byron Road, Leppington, 52km south-west of the Sydney CBD.

CoreLogic’s RP Data showed Byron Development paid $15 million for the site in 2021.

Included in the development would be a dedicated green corridor of land and new internal access roads. 

Sydney Western City Planning Panel will determine the project’s future, given its total capital investment value of $102 million.

The site forms part of the 440ha Leppington Town Centre precinct in Sydney’s South West Growth Area that stretches across Camden and Liverpool local government areas. 

▲ A render of Leppington Town Centre: Public submissions closed in February are are now being reviewed by the council.

A new community at Austral and Leppington North will be created by the development of a targeted 17,350 new homes and the delivery of amenities close to transport options, including a major new centre, Leppington station, three neighbourhood centres and 220ha of employment land.

It is identified as a strategic centre in multiple plans for Greater Sydney and Western Sydney, and is east of the Western Sydney Airport, due to open in 2026, and the wider Aerotropolis area. 

According to the developers, the Byron Road project responds to the council’s vision for the South-West Priority Growth area, delivering “a landmark development that continues to set a desirable precedent for Design Excellence”.

The developer said that, as it was next to Bringelly Road, the project would be able to “capitalise on the $3.6 billion NSW Government’s Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan”.

With such a buzz around the area, developers have flocked to Leppington, especially after the council rezoned the area to support tall tower development.

Aland this year lodged plans for an eight-tower project in the area, and just south, United has filed $137-million entertainment and residential plans.