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The state’s planning panel is being urged to approve a 17-storey motel at the site of a local-heritage listed cottage on Wright Street – despite the Government Architect warning the building is too tall and out of character with heritage values of the surrounding neighbourhood.
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A hotel set to be built on a local heritage-listed Pirie St site has been cut back by six storeys and $30m from its original plans, with work now set to begin in early 2021 – a year later than originally scheduled.
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The developer in charge of a proposed new 16-storey hotel at the site of a local-heritage listed cottage on Wright Street has hit back against critics, arguing the development would retain the existing building’s heritage features and drive business to the city’s southwest.
UPDATED: Three heritage row cottages on Wright Street could be partially demolished to make way for a 16-storey hotel – but State Government planning rules mean the public won’t be consulted before development approval is granted.
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