South West hospitality operator Steve Palmer estimates a three-year turnaround to open a luxury resort at his winery site, after a panel greenlit the $50 million plan.
A $16 million apartment building proposal has been approved by a regional planning body, nine months after the initial design for the Dunsborough project was rejected.
The City of Busselton has remained firm in its opposition to Adrian Fini's Smiths Beach Project, questioning whether the proposal was "development ready".
The developer behind the failed $22 million Dugalup Centre in Dunsborough has lodged a scaled back iteration of the plan in a last-ditch attempt to revive it.
A scaled back version of the initial $32 million Busselton Jetty expansion has been given the go-ahead by the city, after a drastic costs spike almost made the project "impossible".
In a shock decision, planning authorities have knocked back a $16 million five-storey apartment plan in Dunsborough, despite it receiving the support of local planning officers.
The City of Busselton has backed the development of a $16 million, five-storey apartment in the centre of Dunsborough, despite more than 600 residents opposing the plan.
The developer behind the shelved Puma Petrol Station in Dunsborough has had its $22 million replacement proposal shot down, despite lodging revised plans in an 11th-hour bid to gain approval.
Margaret River-based Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co has taken its new landlord to court in an eleventh-hour bid to stop them from repossessing the premises amid a feud over the lease.
A Western Australian builder has lodged plans to construct a $15.3 million off-the-grid tourism development across a 41-hectare site overlooking the coastline in Wilyabrup.
EXCLUSIVE: It was set to kickstart tourism post-COVID, but a plan to build Australia's largest marine observatory in Busselton is in jeopardy after coming in $20 million over budget.
Bunbury-based Perkins Builders has been appointed to spearhead the construction of an $18 million holiday accommodation precinct and microbrewery in Dunsborough.
A $32 million plan to build Australia's largest natural marine observatory in the South West is another step closer, receiving the endorsement of the City of Busselton.
Property magnate Adrian Fini intends to lodge plans for a $200 million coastal tourism village at Smiths Beach with the SDAU in a matter of months, despite concerns raised by the local government.
Saracen Properties and Security Capital Australia have announced the development of a $100 million, five-star spa and resort in Margaret River, a boon for the South West region's tourism industry as it pursues a post-pandemic revival.
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Funding for terminal upgrades at the Busselton-Margaret River Airport remain up in the air as Jetstar has announced it will operate direct flights between Melbourne and Busselton in March of next year.
Named Australia's third top tourist attraction at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards and visited by a record 500,000-plus people in 2018, Busselton's iconic jetty is currently the subject of detailed plans to expand its tourist offering.
Opponents of a Puma Energy development on Dunsborough's main street have emerged victorious from the three-year stoush, after the developer behind plans to build the 24-hour service station announced it would no longer proceed with its bid.
The developer behind a long-running bid to build a 24-hour Puma service station in Dunsborough faces an uphill battle to get the project approved, after Western Australia's Court of Appeal overturned a Supreme Court ruling that gave it the go-ahead last year.
