An application has been lodged to increase the height and number of apartments of a development on the Chellingworth Motors site in Nedlands.
An application has been lodged to increase the height and number of apartments of a development on the Chellingworth Motors site in Nedlands.
Urbanista Town Planning has lodged an application to the Metro Inner-North Joint Development Assessment Panel to amend the apartment project at 97-105 Stirling Highway.
The JDAP approved the application for a 231-apartment across three towers of up to 24 storeys in February last year after initially refusing it in 2020.
The applicant is proposing to increase the height of the central tower from 17 storeys to 21 storeys, ten additional car bays in the 506-bay carpark and an additional 137 apartments.
The new application would take the number of apartments from the approved 231 to 368.
However, Business News reported in March a revised proposal includes 275 luxury apartments across the three buildings and the project's end value to be $500 million.
Other amendments sought include the floor areas for the central and eastern towers increasing but a decrease in floor area of the western tower.
Four shop tenancies in the plan has been replaced with four restaurant or café tenancies with changes to the car parking requirements.
The applicant is also proposing to remove the mezzanine and all of the 3,434 square metre of office space in the mezzanine and first level.
The updated plan includes replacing the first level with a residential communal facility and north-west apartments on the second floor to be replaced with a communal pool, sauna and terrace.
A bridge connecting the east tower with the central and western towers has been proposed to replace the initial design of a connecting podium on the first floor.
The City of Nedlands has opposed the proposed amendments, recommending the JDAP members refuse the application in its responsible authority report.
“The proposed alterations to land uses will significantly change the essence development from being a firmly mixed-use development to being predominantly residential,” the report said.
“The application proposes built form changes which would result in a development which is visibly different to that approved.
“Given the amendments proposed to both land uses and the built form, it is the city’s opinion that the amendments would significantly change the essence of the approved development.”
East coast property developer Gurner Group joined partners Grange Development and Costa Property Group to build the apartment project.
Gurner chief executive Tim Gurner said the group would work hand in hand with the council.
“We have spent a lot of time and money investing in the ground-scape and retail here, with over $10 million being invested into the public realm to ensure it is an icon for Perth and something the whole community can be very proud of," he said.
“We have created a large separation between the buildings to ensure that the development is sensitive to its locality and to the future skyline of Perth, while also creating a lot more natural light and sunlight into the Town Square that will be a key feature to the success of this project and its contribution to the community."
The JDAP will consider the application at its meeting next week.
Victoria-based Grange Development also lodged plans to build a $350 million timber tower in South Perth earlier this year.
