Opponents of a proposed $26-million development at Perth’s Cottesloe Beach are stepping up their criticism of the building’s limit-breaking height, warning the approval sets a precedent for other proposed developments in the suburb.
The Western Australian Planning Commission, acting on an approval from the State Development Assessment Unit, has approved a seven-storey building at 120 Marine Parade, ignoring the Cottesloe council’s five-storey height limit for the area.
The quick-tick assessment unit was set up temporarily within the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage during the pandemic to speed up proposals in a bid to revitalise the WA economy.
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