First look: Townhouses slated for Brisbane's McDowall

A collection of townhouses set to "deliver housing choice and contribute to housing affordability in a time of well documented supply and affordability issues" has been submitted in McDowall, north of Brisbane.

There's been an application for 20 townhouses at 996 Hamilton Road, lodged by a company tied to Chris Hall, the managing director at local property development service company Hall Property Solutions.

The 5,368 sqm block, with a 50 metre frontage to Hamilton Road, is currently occupied by a 1946 home, which is proposed to be demolished.

The development will sit next door to the under construction townhouse development Banskia McDowall, currently being developed by Allister Lewison's Equire.

The Banksia McDowall project by Equire. Image credit: Equire

There was a formal pre-lodgement meeting with Council in February. The key items addressed at the meeting included density, building height, road widening, refuse, stormwater, and biodiversity. 

Council provided in principle support for the proposal at the meeting.

The Town Planning Report by Urban Strategies said townhouses are the predominant form of development on the southern side of Hamilton Road. The northern side of the road is predominantly dwelling houses in the Low Density Residential Zone. Hamilton Road is identified as an Arterial Road under the Brisbane City Plan 2014.

"The development represents sensibly scaled infill development on a well-located development site in the Urban Footprint.," the Report said.

Andrew Spilar Design have put together the plans for the two and three-level townhomes, which will have either three or four bedrooms. They will take up 45 per cent of the site, with deep planting taking up over 10 per cent.

49 resident parking spaces will accompany the townhouse, in either garages or in tandem driveways.

Part of the development is a newly created road which will connect to Ponti Street to complete the structure plan for the development.

The site is in walking distance to public transport on Becketts Rd)and local services including McDowall Village Centre and McDowall Reserve.

"The residential density (approx. 37 dwellings per hectare) and mixed 2-3 storey outcome is consistent with the emerging low-medium density character and building height south of Hamilton Road, the Report noted.

"The proposal provides for a high-quality architectural outcome and the dwelling will sit within a landscaped setting."