An $85 million development in South Perth has received another time extension, pushing the deadline to start construction to eight years after approval.
Murdoch University chancellor Gail McGowan has become WA's third local government monitor, appointed to the City of South Perth to address issues in the council.
With a desire to condense its far-reaching venue web, the Perth Basketball Association has launched an e-petition in order to garner support for a proposed 12-court indoor stadium in Kensington.
A $350 million development, proposed to be the tallest timber tower in the world, will have to clear a planning hurdle after the City of South Perth recommended it be refused.
Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie speaks with Jordan Murray about the future of the Liberal Party and the electoral consequences of shifting to the right.
A nine-storey development in Como has been approved, with the developer proposing to build more than 100 apartments to offer affordable accommodation amid Perth's housing crisis.
A South Perth private school has submitted plans for a new sports centre and gym revamp, estimated to cost $32 million, as part of its centenary celebrations.
South Perth's council continues to be split on its approach to developing an $80 million swimming pool facility, voting last night to increase pressure on the state government for funding.
The team behind a $36 million apartment tower in Como has received approval for its car parking plan following an appeal to the State Administrative Tribunal.
The state's planning commission has approved a 36-storey apartment building along Mill Point Road in South Perth, next door to Finbar's 21-storey Aurelia development.
The state's planning commission will decide on a $150 million proposal which could see a 36-storey apartment block being built next to the 21-storey Aurelia in South Perth.
Perth could soon be home to the world's tallest timber building, after Victoria-based Grange Development lodged plans to build a $350 million apartment tower in South Perth.
For more than two-and-a-half years, residents of South Perth's luxury Pinnacle Apartments have been taking in the uninterrupted panoramic city views they were sold from behind glass doors.
A plan for a $36 million apartment block in Como, near a busy Canning Bridge train station, received unanimous approval by a joint development assessment panel.
Plans to demolish an 88-year-old hall and 68-year-old former church in Kensington have been blocked by the City of South Perth overnight, with the developer considering its options.
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.
City of South Perth mayor Greg Milner will be required to publicly apologise for sharing an article discrediting the city's financial management to social media.
The state's peak planning body has given Perth-based property developer Exal Group the green light to build its $55 million student accommodation project in Waterford.
A $107 million plan to transform several Como lots into a 10 to 15-storey mixed-use development has surfaced this week, the latest to be lodged with the state's new assessment body.
The Joint Development Assessment Panel has approved amendments to a contentious $25 million high-rise in Como expected to lessen its impact on surrounding homes.
The City of South Perth has recommended the state's planning commission approve an owner-led proposal for a residential apartment complex when it meets later this week.
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A proposal to develop several lots across Leonora Street in Como into an eight-storey development featuring 111 dwellings has been recommended for approval.
Edge Visionary Living has received the green light from planning authorities for its long-awaited Lumiere development in South Perth, nearly five years after it first sought to build it and following two Supreme Court challenges that were successful in overturning approval of previous designs.
Recent planning decisions have been positive for developers in South Perth, but several major players have cautioned that significant challenges remain in the near-city suburb.
UPDATED: ASX-listed apartments developer Finbar Group expects to start building its $300 million, 39-storey Civic Heart project in South Perth later this year, after Planning Minister Rita Saffioti superseded local planning authorities and approved the development.
The late Eric Lumsden, Jahna Cedar and Christine Simpson Stokes are among 76 prominent Western Australians to be awarded Australia Day honours this year.
Two previously-rejected South Perth apartment proposals will be reassessed by planning authorities next week, with local developer Sirona Capital and a private Singaporean group scaling back their towers in efforts to win approval.
