The City of Stirling and the state government are still at odds on ways to combat traffic in Scarborough, with the council recently reaffirming its preference for a tunnel.
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.
A plan to ease congestion along West Coast Highway could see an open trench or underground tunnel built near Scarborough's $100 million beachfront redevelopment.
The state's peak development assessment body has given True North Properties the green light to build a $27.4 million apartment building and offices in Tuart Hill.
City of Stirling mayor Mark Irwin says members of the community have threatened legal action and lashed out at councillors over a childcare centre planned for Wembley Downs.
The City of Stirling has pushed for AMP Capital's $150 million Karrinyup apartment proposal to be refused, arguing the three towers constituted an overdevelopment of the site.
Two years and 12 design iterations later, Momentum Wealth has been given the green light to build a $4.75m development at the site of northern beaches cafe Yelo.
A $4.75 million plan to build a four-storey development at the site of popular northern beaches cafe Yelo will be considered for a third time, but without the cafe.
Truenorth Properties has lodged plans to build a $27.39 million six-storey apartment building in Tuart Hill, a project it hopes to expedite through the state's new Development Assessment Unit.
A long-running dispute over a four-storey development at the site of popular northern beaches cafe Yelo appears to have been brought to an end today after the proposal was refused.
The City of Stirling has swung into action following an influx of development applications seeking state approval for variations to the city's 12-storey height limit.
Willing Property will progress its plans for a four-storey apartment project in Mount Lawley, after the development was approved by planning authorities this morning.
Contractor Densford Civil has secured the first stage of works to extend Stephenson Avenue, as part of a $125 million project jointly funded by the state and federal governments.
The state government has announced new deregulated COVID-19 testing laws and a $1 billion economic health system stimulus package, while Health Minister Roger Cook revealed nine new coronavirus cases.
The City of Stirling has streamlined the approvals processes and cut red tape for small businesses in the area, as part of the Small Business Friendly Approvals Project.
The Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority has disclosed that the majority of public submissions on the $450 million Iconic Scarborough development supported the project, but said all government agencies and utilities it consulted, with the sole exception of Tourism WA, opposed it.
An ambitious waste recycling project using technology developed by ASX-listed AnaeCo and jointly built by contactor Monadelphous Group has gone into administration.
Global waste management group Suez has paid $87 million for local company Perthwaste, which has experienced rapid growth in recent years with backing from WA business leader Harold Clough.
Apartment developers in the City of Stirling will be restricted to areas close to railway stations or activity centres, after changes to the city's planning scheme were approved.
The operator of a waste treatment plant developed in Perth's western suburbs with support from Monadelphous Group has been told it will no longer run the plant following the disclosure of further delays and warnings of increased costs.
Shopping centre owner Scentre Group has lodged plans to spend $450 million expanding its Westfield Innaloo mall, with the proposal to cater for up to 500 apartments.
