Lift on noise ban music to ears as approval given for 100-bed hotel in Fremantle’s West End

A cone of silence was removed from the proposal to renew the navy club to a new hotel in Fremenle’s West End.
Dynamic planning and developments received approval from the Fremantle City to convert the High Street building in Fremantle’s West End into a 100 -bed hotel with a roof bar.
The internal renovations for the building include an entrance lobby on the ground floor and a dormitory with four 10 beds, a dormitory with two nine -beds, a dormitory with a three -bed, a single -bed dormitory, a common area and the first floor bath facilities.
There will be a dormitory with three 10 -bed dormitories on the second floor, eight -bed dormitory, common area, kitchen and bathroom, while a bar/common area is allowed to work on the roof until midnight most days.
The site is located next to the live music venue Buffalo Club and across the road from the hostel of Fremantle.
City staff advised the approval of the proposal with non -live music on the roof.
However, at the July 9 meeting, the Council was allowed to allow music to be allowed at the “ambient speaking level” from Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge.
At the May 14 meeting, the Council postponed the decision on issues, including the noise.
Julius Skinner, who represented the applicant, said that this month was made to the council for many years without any problems or complaints at the roof bar of the roof bar.
“The applicant does not propose any physical changes in this roof bar operation, so we recommend that concerns about live music in the future can be handled and handled by the Environmental Acoustic Report and Operations Management Plan,” he said.
Former Assembly Member Steve Gorman said that “nonsense” music could be limited to ambient noise.
“The report is bad enough for the report to show that they did not think that they had a problem with 100 people in a roof bar at midnight on Sunday night,” he said.
“Live music will undoubtedly spread to all housing properties of West End. All in a few hundred meters.
“And you cannot tell me that live music will not affect Henry Street and Pakenham Street and even the nearby High Street apartments.”

Rebecca Thompson, a member of the Buffalo Club Committee, said the club supports the offer unless the functionality is endangered.
“We want Fremantle to ensure that the city, this development and all future developments in the region, the Buffalo Club’s Hight Street West Engine region as an important live music venue in the region, we want to undertake to influence the ongoing functioning,” he said.
“This means to ensure our ability to continue to host live performances without retrospective noise complaints or restrictive conditions, to ensure that new inhabitants or tenants protect the club’s operations and the planning frames that protect the long -standing spaces like us.
“We have seen that many independent music spaces throughout Australia have closed its doors because of incompatible developments … And I think with Fremant, it has a real opportunity to determine a better standard here.”
The proposal received 15 applications when announced. Among the rising issues were the extreme crowd of the region, for parking and residents, especially the noise from the roof bar.
City officers, proposed land use is suitable for the city center and a management plan will aim to reduce antisocial behavior, he said.
“The proposed land use will complete the surrounding retail and hospitality land use and will help the ongoing viability of these enterprises,” he said.
“Any effect on the comfort of the surrounding area will be significantly less than the previous use of the site that allows 96 people in the second floor entertainment hall and 96 people in the third level roof deck and function room.”
Nevertheless, the city staff suggested that live music is not allowed from the roof bar, and other music is limited to only background levels.
The report stated that the applicant did not give details about how the music will meet the noise arrangements from the roof bar.
Cr Andrew Sullivan said that the city should be sure that the space is working successfully, but it acknowledges that it was “difficulty”.
“I was there a few times with music and the like, and it could be quite noisy,” he said.
“The issue is that at the highest point of the building, a tin hut where you can see almost half of the residential units on the west side.
“This is not just about the noise. When you have a glass box like a lighthouse that basically sitting there, if there are flashing lights and lasers flying everywhere, it may have an effect.”
In the West End Heritage Zone, but the city’s inheritance officer did not object to the proposal, the interior of the building was significantly damaged due to fire in the 1980s and only the exterior remained intact.
Apart from the spare doors, no changes are expected on the exterior of the building and two shops in front of the High Street will be kept.
In 1910, the two -storey building started his life as Adelaide Bank. The navy club used most of the building from the 1980s to the early 2020s.