Hotel at Mona one step closer to reality after GCC planning decision

A REZONING decision to pave the way for a $300m hotel at Mona has cleared its first hurdle.

A REZONING decision to pave the way for a $300m hotel at Mona has passed its first hurdle.

The area around Mona should be rezoned and covered by a specific area permit, a Glenorchy City Council planning authority meeting has decided.

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If approved by the Planning Commission, its new status will allow the area to be developed under new modern zoning — including the potential for a $300 million, five-star Mona hotel.

Commissioner Sue Smith said the agreement to push for a specific area permit to cover the Berriedale precinct was just the first step in the process.

An artist’s impression of David Walsh’s plan for the 172-room HoMo (Hotel at Mona) at Berriedale in Hobart’s northern suburbs.

“It recognises what the area is today and what it might be. It is about much more than just rezoning to potentially allow a hotel to be built,” Ms Smith said.

The rezoning decision will now be advertised to allow the community to have a say before it goes to the Planning Commission for final approval.

“What we have done is agreed to go to the next stage. A specific area permit gives flexibility of operation and potentially a hotel into the future.”

The Mona hotel — also known as Homo — proposal involves a 63m-high hotel with 172 rooms.

A new specific area permit would allow Mona to submit a development application for Homo.

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