Fremantle West End apartment plan approved for former bait shop site despite height concerns from neighbours
Following the development approval of government planning authorities on Wednesday, a five -storey apartment worth a $ 7 million, including a restaurant/café, including a old feed shop in Fremaantle’s West End, will be built.
The Pakenham Street site was purchased by Dingo Brewing Company in 2022 due to the abandonment of a three -storey Taverna plans due to noise and the community objections according to noise and antisocial behaviors, and in February 2024, Adelcap Properties was purchased by $ 3 million in exchange for $ 3 million.
The apartment project will result in the existing commercial building built in the 1960s and collapsed to lead to a five -storey building that will contain a restaurant/café on the ground floor.
The complex is expected to contain a bedroom, eight -two bedrooms and four three -bed rooms.
The building will also include a three -level car stacker to park for 17 vehicles.
The approval of the development comes despite the proposal to refuse the application of the city of Fremantle through concerns that the heights of the building do not comply with local planning regulations.
The city of Fremant argued that the proposed building heights would not meet local planning regulations and will harm the character and possibilities of neighboring properties.
During the metro internal DAP meeting, several local calms revealed concerns about the impact of blocked sunlight, loss of privacy, and its effects on living conditions.
“When I bought my property, I was expecting that it would be reasonable and likely to be built next to the next door in the future, and I would lose some of my views,” he said.
“What I didn’t expect was a five -storey building that was very close to my main balcony and built to the windows of my living space, preventing my light and breezes.”
Earlier this year, 37 applications were received during community consultancy, 27 of which opposed development.
Despite the objections, the metro internal DAP concluded that the proposal finally meets the planning requirements and did not guarantee refusal, even though there were some comfort effects on neighboring properties.
Under the chairmanship of the evaluation panel, Clayton Higham said, “I have been wrestling for a while and I don’t know how many times I’ve read the documents;
“Even though this is a line of a line … I think it is not enough to say that the effects of comfort should be rejected.”
The proposal was completely discussed for two hours without making a decision of the panel, subject to some general planning and design conditions, and ultimately approved 4-1.
Although the site is not a legacy listed on its own, the state enters the boundaries of the registered West End inheritance area.
For this reason, the development was directed to the WA Heritage Council, which believes that development would have a minimum impact on the street level and have no effect on heritage values ”.
