ApartmentsPatrick LauSun 03 May 26
First Approval for 1625-Home Suburb in Sydney’s South-West
Landcom has won approval for its $103-million state-significant scheme in Sydney’s Campbelltown, kick-starting development in a new masterplanned precinct.
Concept approval for the Macarthur Gardens North Precinct was granted in 2022, and civil works have been completed, but the 130 homes in two towers from the state-owned developer will be the first to shape the district.
The 18.5ha site bounded by Goldsmith Avenue, Gilchrist Drive and the Southern Railway line will devote a 4895sq m parcel (site R3) to the towers. Sited 42km south-west of the Sydney CBD, the scheme is 340m from Macarthur train station and 450m to a Western Sydney University campus.
A floor space ratio of 2.2:1 will yield 10,753sq m of gross floor area, with all 130 apartments dedicated to affordable housing. The typology mix in the DKO-designed buildings will include 64 one, 59 two, and 7 three-bedroom units. Parking for 63 cars and 37 bicycles will be spread across the project.
More than 7ha of Cumberland Plains woodland and and eucalypt forest will be retained, providing more than 50 per cent canopy coverage of the precinct, above the NSW target of 40 per cent.
A separate planning proposal was finalised in October 2025, allowing uplift from 9 to 24 storeys in the southern portion of the precinct. Another 375 homes were added to the masterplan, with a total yield of 1625 now planned, including a 10 per cent affordable component.
Landcom also has a $163-million proposal currently under assessment with the Campbelltown City Council for two buildings of 14 and 18 storeys, with 216 Turner Studio-designed apartments.
That application, filed in July 2025, would yield 20,941sq m of GFA on a 4955sq m parcel known as Lot R4. No FSR control applies to the site, according to the proposal.
Typologies would include 4 studios, 42 one, 127 two, and 40 three-bedroom units, as well as three dual key apartments. A three-level basement would provide 217 vehicle bays, and 90 bicycle spaces would be included.
Landcom has a slew of projects under way, including redeveloping tunnelling dive sites for the Westconnex and metro projects. At Annandale, a $236-million tower for essential worker housing was approved in December 2025, kick-starting a 580-home precinct.
In March, the public developer exhibited plans for a Chatswood dive site, with a $152-million project also dedicated to housing essential workers. That precinct will eventually yield up to 1500 homes.
A 3900-home precinct at Glenfield, 15km from Campbelltown, and a 1300-home district at Bella Vista are also in development.
