Planning and development
Mundaring shire pleads with Commonwealth to reconsider North Stoneville approval
Mundaring Shire President Paige McNeill wrote to Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek formally requesting she reconsiders her approval for the 535-hectare, 1000-lot town site
- by Hamish Hastie
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24-7 McDonald’s sets sights on outer Perth suburb
The proposed fast food outlet is part of Bullsbrook’s expanding town centre.
- by Claire Ottaviano
‘We’re too slow’: Perth’s powerbrokers call for action on density, economic diversity
Perth will need to embrace apartment living and economic diversity and shed its “Wait Awhile” approach if it is to compete on the global stage, according to WA’s most prominent powerbrokers.
- by Jesinta Burton
WA’s most reclusive billionaire now has a women’s shelter named after her
Ruah chief executive Debra Zanella revealed Bennett made a “significant contribution” to the facility but would not reveal the exact amount she donated.
- by Hamish Hastie
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East Perth
Global partners needed to turn prime riverfront land into high-end hotel
A hotel pitch to international visitors at a tourism event suggests the state is now searching further afield for private partners to get an East Perth site redeveloped.
- by Hamish Hastie
High-density plans cast a shadow over Booragoon’s leafy streets
Booragoon residents say the character of their quiet suburban street will be lost forever if council plans to allow higher density in the area to go ahead.
- by Sarah Brookes
Controversial 250-bed ‘pod hotel’ in heart of Fremantle has final call delayed
Panicked surrounding residents of heritage-listed homes flocked to the meeting to claim the plan was “a monstrous nightmare” and represented “schoolies on tap”.
- by Emma Young
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City of Perth
Perth Concert Hall’s $150 million refresh ramps up
The state and federal governments have released artists’ impressions of the rejuvenated 51-year-old heritage-listed facility, confirming works will begin next year.
- by Hamish Hastie
Satterley’s Perth Hills housing estate granted federal environmental approval
Australia’s biggest private land developer has been granted federal environmental approval for its proposed offset plan for a contentious housing development in the Perth Hills.
- by Sarah Brookes
‘Someone’s lack of planning is now our emergency’: Warwick residents ‘blindsided’ by $280m triple-skyscraper plan
A $280 million plan to inject three skyscrapers and more than 1000 apartments in a suburb in Perth’s north has drawn the ire of residents and put the local council and state government at odds.
- by Jesinta Burton
‘It’s a hot desert’: $55m Perth Cultural Centre green makeover to curb ‘heat island effect’
Under a City Deal with the federal government, Perth Cultural Centre will undergo a much-needed revitalisation with more green space and shade.
- by Alex Condon