Glenorchy opens consultation on selling three Austins Ferry sites

Glenorchy City Council has opened community consultation on the potential disposal of three council-owned properties in Austins Ferry, at 261 Main Road, Baltonsborough Road and 84 Sunshine Road, with feedback due by 5pm Monday 2 November 2026. No decision has been made on any of the three sites, and no development application has been lodged.

Why it matters

The consultation sits under the council’s Statement of Commitment on Housing and is aimed at testing whether the sites should move toward a sale for future housing development, not confirming one. Council is seeking feedback separately on each property rather than treating the disposal as a single package, which means each site can progress, stall or be withdrawn on its own timeline. For anyone watching the pipeline of council-held land in Glenorchy’s northern suburbs, the notice is the earliest public signal that these three parcels could eventually reach the market, well ahead of any rezoning or development application.

The numbers

Two of the three properties, Baltonsborough Road and 84 Sunshine Road, are adjoining lots that comprise approximately 2,795 square metres of land combined, both zoned General Residential. Council says that zoning and the adjoining layout give the pair potential for future housing development. The third property, at 261 Main Road, is being considered separately, with its own dedicated project page and survey rather than being bundled with the other two. Council has also set up a distinct survey and quick poll for the Baltonsborough Road and Sunshine Road pairing, so residents can give feedback on each property individually.

What’s next

Council says it will weigh the feedback gathered during consultation to inform staff reports advising whether each site should move forward to the following stage of disposal. That decision will be made separately for 261 Main Road and for the Baltonsborough Road and Sunshine Road pairing, based on what each report recommends. Until then, the General Residential zoning on the adjoining lots is the clearest indicator of what a future disposal could support. Anyone with an interest in the Austins Ferry sites has until the 2 November deadline to lodge feedback before council moves to its next report on each property.

The notice lands against a backdrop HIA’s Locked Out report set out this month, which found Tasmania built 2,456 homes against a 5,022-home target and pinned the shortfall on a scarcity of serviced, zoned lots. The Austins Ferry sites are already zoned General Residential, so a council disposal would not need to wait on a fresh rezoning before adding to that supply.