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Approval for a two-storey pavilion to replace an ageing sporting facility in Mount Claremont has got the ball rolling in UWA's multi-million-dollar plan to upgrade its sports complex.
A $25 million revamp of the Captain Stirling Hotel site in Nedlands, including a multi-storey supermarket, has been given the green light after more than two years in limbo.
Developer Webb & Brown-Neaves has succeeded in setting up a display house in Dalkeith after being entangled with the City of Nedlands in the State Administrative Tribunal.
The City of Nedlands' planning framework has come under fire during a four-hour development assessment panel meeting over a proposed 18-storey apartment on Stirling Highway.
The University of Western Australia is proposing to replace a facility used by several western suburbs' sport clubs with a two-storey pavilion, in a multi-million-dollar upgrade.
The Captain Stirling hotel is slated for a $25 million makeover after Woolworths submitted a revised proposal for the Nedlands site, two years after the original design was lodged.
A $35 million development in Nedlands has hit a roadblock amid the “heated construction market", with applicant Oryx Communities requesting a two-year extension.
The millionaires' row residents on Jutland Parade are up in arms over an unsightly front verge, which has been described by one neighbour as a "monstrosity".
The City of Nedlands is pursuing greater protection for its land after being overruled by the state government on the proposed children's hospice and Tawarri Hot Springs.
Joydem has succeeded in appealing the City of Nedlands' refusal of its proposed development for a second time, with the State Administrative Tribunal granting approval.
The state's administrative tribunal has overruled the City of Nedlands to approve a multi-million dollar residential development that stalled after the council failed to make a decision.
The state's largest local government is weighing up a WALGA exit with claims the association has spent a "disproportionate amount of time" advocating smaller councils.
Gurner Group and Grange Development will have to wait a few more months to amend its $320 million Nedlands apartment project despite a three-hour meeting by a planning body.
The City of Nedlands will be requesting a two-month extension to plan its next move over the fallen Tawarri deal, which has been described by the Lands Minister as risky “flip-flopping”.
The City of Nedlands has opposed another apartment building, recommending a state government assessment panel to refuse the $9.5 million proposal at an upcoming meeting.
Control of the Tawarri Hot Springs deal has been taken from the City of Nedlands, but the city's mayor is pushing for the state government to reconsider.
The state's peak planning body is still on track to assess the $25 million proposal for the Tawarri Hot Springs site despite the project already rejected by council.
A land deal with the state government over the Tawarri Hot Springs site, which is earmarked for a $25 million revamp, has fallen through as the local council refused to enter a head lease.
The City of Nedlands is on alert this afternoon as fire crews attempt to control a blaze in Karrakatta that is now a possible threat to lives and homes.
The Nedlands-based property giant behind Hillarys Boat Harbour and Coventry Village has lodged plans to build a $144 million mixed-use development on Stirling Highway.
The cities of Stirling and Melville have become prime locales for new childcare centres this year, despite residents' and councillors' concerns about their impact on amenity and traffic congestion.
While council amalgamations have been extensive across Australia in recent decades, organised opposition and one blundered attempt has made it a nonstarter here in WA.
Agave Developments' $6.6 million six-storey apartment project on Broadway is heading back to the development assessment panel, despite having not yet gained the support of the City of Nedlands.
The state government has handed over 5,000 square-metres of Crown land in Swanbourne to facilitate the development of a $25 million children's hospice.
The race to replace Cilla De Lacy as mayor of Nedlands is on, with the city's deputy mayor, a former state election candidate and a Dalkeith-based councillor in the running for the city's top job.
