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The SA Architects Institute has criticised recent approvals of hotels at listed city heritage sites, warning the state’s planning system risks “falling apart” and becoming “meaningless”.
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The developer behind a new 21-storey, $160 million hotel on a local heritage site on Pirie Street says he wanted to retain the listed frontage but was told “it just wouldn’t work”, as the State Government waves through planning consent.
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A 21-storey, $160 million Pirie Street hotel that will force the demolition of a local heritage-listed facade is set to be approved by a state government planning body, despite the developer saying the Government Architect is “muddying the waters” with “unnecessary and inappropriate” objections.
City pub The King’s Head is set to reopen as a bar and pizzeria in October while a number of other South Australian pubs remain on the market.
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.
South Australia will take “baby steps” towards fast-tracking the easing of coronavirus restrictions as health authorities concede the State Government’s focus is shifting towards the “social and emotional” elements of an economic recovery, but the hotel industry remains “particularly disappointed”.
An iconic 12-storey hotel and day spa is being proposed at Seppeltsfield to drive luxury tourism in the Barossa wine region.
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