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Perth Now
6 days ago
- Business
- Perth Now
Four-storey development deferred for up to 120 days
State planners have given more time for amended plans for a four-storey mixed use development in Ardross to be considered by the City of Melville. Members of the Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel refused an officer's recommendation last Wednesday to give an extension to the development on Wilcock Street in Ardross. The development was initially approved in 2018 and due to COVID-19 an automatic extension was granted for four years, taking the approved application until March 2024. Lateral Planning had requested a further extension as no 'substantial development' had occurred. It also amended the development application, including increasing the number of multiple dwellings from three to five, reducing commercial tenancies from three to two, adding an undercroft for car parking motorcycle parking, and increasing the height by about 50cm. City of Melville councillor Daniel Lim said the changes were 'significant' and was concerned there had not been any community consultation. 'The open areas, the parking and the look of the building are substantially different,' he said. Cr Matthew Woodall said it could be argued either way that the plans were a 'substantial modification'. 'However, on balance I lean towards the city officers' recommendation position, which is that this is substantial,' he said. Daniel Hollingworth from Lateral Planning spoke about the struggles with getting the development started, referencing 'long COVID' and price increases in housing and construction. Panel member John Syme said that he did not support the recommendation to refuse the extension, and instead said that he would like to see it approved. 'I don't think the planning framework hasn't changed sufficient for us not to approve this,' he said. 'In the construction world we are still looking at the long COVID effects, which is settling down now but has taken a long time to do.' Deputy presiding member Francesca Lefante proposed deferring making a decision. Panel members voted unanimously in support of the deferral, giving the city and the applicant up to 120 days to re-assess and consult the community.
Perth Now
01-07-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
New $27.5m shopping complex coming to busy Perth suburb
The Town of Victoria Park will be getting a brand-new sustainable shopping precinct with a restaurant, a Woolworths, retail outlets and a child daycare centre. The Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel unanimously approved the proposal at its June 26 meeting. The 7633sqm site on the corner of Shepperton Road and Albany Highway in East Victoria Park is currently unused. The two-storey development will include a Woolworths supermarket, nine specialty retail tenancies, three food and beverage shops and two alfresco areas on the ground floor, a childcare centre with an outdoor play area and an enclosed mezzanine plant on the first floor. An artist's impression of the shopping precinct. Credit: Hames Sharley There will be 235 car parking bays, 20 bicycle bays and 'end-of-trip facilities' comprising two female showers and two male showers. Although the development will require existing trees on-site and adjacent to Shepperton Road to be removed, 47 new trees will be planted in their place. The development application says there will be a 'commitment to achieve a 5-star Green Star building certification,' meaning the design aims to be sustainable in both structure and design. The development's sustainable design includes solar panels, shaded walkways and glazing, high quality/durable materials, sustainable waste management, a mix of diverse tenancies and better connection to public transport. Woolworths, retail tenancies, a childcare centre and food and beverage outlets will take over the unused land. Credit: Hames Sharley Shepperton Road will have left-in access via a proposed slip lane and a left-out exit. Albany Highway will have left-in and left-out only vehicle access. Presiding member Karen Hyde said there had been general community support for the plans. 'I think it's an appropriate use for an underused and underutilised site,' she said. 'On balance I think it will add vitality, activity, economic development and will certainly improve passive surveillance in this area. 'It's in accordance with the Albany Highway structure plan, which isn't yet endorsed but we do give some regard to it.' If substantial works haven't started on the site in four years, the development approval will lapse.
West Australian
01-07-2025
- Business
- West Australian
Brand-new $27.5 million ‘green star' shopping complex coming to East Victoria Park
The Town of Victoria Park will be getting a brand-new sustainable shopping precinct with a restaurant, a Woolworths, retail outlets and a child daycare centre. The Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel unanimously approved the proposal at its June 26 meeting. The 7633sqm site on the corner of Shepperton Road and Albany Highway in East Victoria Park is currently unused. The two-storey development will include a Woolworths supermarket, nine specialty retail tenancies, three food and beverage shops and two alfresco areas on the ground floor, a childcare centre with an outdoor play area and an enclosed mezzanine plant on the first floor. There will be 235 car parking bays, 20 bicycle bays and 'end-of-trip facilities' comprising two female showers and two male showers. Although the development will require existing trees on-site and adjacent to Shepperton Road to be removed, 47 new trees will be planted in their place. The development application says there will be a 'commitment to achieve a 5-star Green Star building certification,' meaning the design aims to be sustainable in both structure and design. The development's sustainable design includes solar panels, shaded walkways and glazing, high quality/durable materials, sustainable waste management, a mix of diverse tenancies and better connection to public transport. Shepperton Road will have left-in access via a proposed slip lane and a left-out exit. Albany Highway will have left-in and left-out only vehicle access. Presiding member Karen Hyde said there had been general community support for the plans. 'I think it's an appropriate use for an underused and underutilised site,' she said. 'On balance I think it will add vitality, activity, economic development and will certainly improve passive surveillance in this area. 'It's in accordance with the Albany Highway structure plan, which isn't yet endorsed but we do give some regard to it.' If substantial works haven't started on the site in four years, the development approval will lapse.
Perth Now
18-06-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
Developers backflip on four-storey stance for $8m hotel
Budget accommodation provider LyLo wants to cut a floor from its approved plans for a pod-style hotel in Fremantle while cramming in more bunks for travellers. Revised plans for Fremantle's first approved pod-style hotel — not to be confused with another that prominent hospitality leader Patrick Prendiville hopes to build nearby where restaurant Sailing For Oranges stands — have been submitted to the City of Fremantle. The plans, which are available for public comment until July 4 via the My Say Freo website, show the LyLo chain now want their Essex Street development to rise just three storeys. Your local paper, whenever you want it. Ironically, that's the height residents unsuccessfully demanded last year when the pod-hotel plan was put under the microscope multiple times through council and State planning approval processes. LyLo blamed economic factors and WA's shortage of building materials and workers for the current changes. 'Development has not been progressed due to the recent economic climate, building limitations and material shortages,' the application from LyLo's planners said. 'The proponents ... now propose a three-storey tourist accommodation with 263 beds, as opposed to the previous four-storey 247-bed development. 'We respectfully request that the amendments be considered on their merits so that works can eventuate onsite.' It also said the application included provision for increased waste disposal and a reassessment of traffic and parking. While the reduced building height will be music to some ears, it can be expected neighbours will not have the same enthusiasm regarding an extra 26 beds drawn into the plan. In December Karen Tremaine, who lives in the Mills & Co building complex at 15-17 Essex Street, described the plans as a 'social experiment' using 'jail-like rooms' for accommodation. 'We could end up with schoolies on tap,' she said. 'None of us opposing this are anti-development; many of us are business owners, B'n'B operators, restaurant and bar owners,' she said. 'We can't stand by quietly when there is blatant overdevelopment of a site that needs to be more considerate of the neighbours and the streetscape in a heritage commercial, residential precinct.' The accommodation chain already operates LyLo models in Brisbane and New Zealand. Mr Prendiville's plans for the Sailing For Oranges site, which are yet to be approved, have also been recently revised with fewer pods but more hotel rooms and amenities for guests. But a ground floor restaurant is no longer on the cards, with a small cafe without full commercial cooking facilities in its place. The Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel will make the definitive decision at a later date, with Fremantle council supporting its approval.
Perth Now
14-05-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
$38m townhouse precinct plans expand ahead of build
Property developers are seeking approval to build an additional 10 townhouses within Fremantle's Monument East precinct, lifting the potential number of new dwellings for the transformative site to just shy of 100. Construction is just weeks from starting om the $38 million 'mass residential' project with 57 townhouses, including at least five four-bedroom homes, 24 apartments, seven commercial tenancy options and on-site car parking already approved. Locus Development Group director Stuart Sinclair this week told PerthNow it was contemplating adding a further 10 townhouses — six two-bedroom and four three-bedroom options — because of strong off-the-plan take-up. Your local paper, whenever you want it. He said with 56 of the 57 townhouses already sold, the group was exploring if the northern end of the site could be subdivided to accommodate 10 more homes facing Amherst Street. 'The two-bedroom town homes have been really well received by the market,' Mr Sinclair said. 'We are finding a lot of buyers coming from the local area, people who live in Fremantle in apartments and the downside for them is traffic, pubs, clubs and unruly behaviour. 'People are saying they love Freo but they want to be just on the outside away from all that so we have the perfect location in that sense.' The Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel gave the nod to Lotus' plans for a mass residential development on Amherst and Stack streets in March 2024 after the concept had been previously knocked back twice. Applications from Locus Development Group failed to make it past the JDAP in November 2022 and June 2023. Reasons included that the development did not include 'adequate landscaping, deep planting and open space' and a lack of consistency with the Knutsford East Local Structure Plan. If approval is granted, Mr Sinclair expects the additional homes could hit the market in August or September this year. The initial construction phase will involve building 23 townhouses and is set to begin in the next eight weeks.
