North Adelaide stables to stay as plan to change The Brougham tower to apartments rejected

PLANS for a 10-storey apartment tower in North Adelaide have been rejected because they required the demolition of State Heritage-listed stables.

The rejected design for an undercover driveway entrance on Ward St, North Adelaide.

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PLANS for a 10-storey apartment tower on North Adelaide’s Brougham Place have been rejected because they required the demolition of State Heritage-listed stables.

Developer 52 Brougham Place Pty Ltd won approval for the project as a retirement village in 2016 but wanted to change it to a regular apartment building and add an undercover drop-off area to Ward St.

This would have required the 140-year-old stables to be demolished.

The State Commission Assessment Panel decided on Thursday to refuse the application because it would “further diminish the heritage significance of the house and stables at 49 Brougham Place” and would make Ward St more dangerous for pedestrians crossing in front of the driveway.

The State Heritage-listed stables on Ward St, North Adelaide. Picture: Eugene Boisvert

Both the Environment Department’s State Heritage Branch and the Government Architect recommended against approving the development because of heritage concerns.

Only one neighbour objected to it.

Another neighbour, former SA governor Sir Eric Neal, lodged a submission in favour of it.

The previous design did not require the stables to be demolished.

The $200 million development, known as The Brougham, includes three other buildings up to 16 storeys high.