First rejected in 2020, apartment complex plans on Macquarie St finally gets green light
An application for a new CBD apartment complex that would also include space for retail, business and food services finally has its tick of approval after first being rejected in 2020.
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New apartments, creating 40 homes, will be built on Macquarie Street, after a council decision from 2020 to reject the plan was overturned, but there are some differences, including changes to restrict the view into a neighbouring school.
The application included multiple dwellings, a childcare centre on the first floor, and space on the ground floor for retail, business and food at 202-206 Macquarie Street, which is the site of a former service station.
The apartments would be from levels two to six of the building.
There would be two basement levels for carparking, including 40 residential spaces, two motorbike spots and seven short term spaces for the childcare centre.
On the top of the development would be a rooftop garden and communal area.
The Hobart City Council rejected the development application in October 2020, but the developer, New Pleasant Investments No 2, appealed the decision in the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
This year the refusal was overturned after an agreement was reached between parties.
Anti high-rise group, Hobart Not Highrise was party to the appeal, along with The Christ College Trust, acting for St Michael’s Collegiate School.
The 30 metre high building raised concerns with private girls’ school, which adjoins the vacant site on three sides.
In 2020, principal Adam Forsyth said there were multiple “red flags”, including that the site would overlook classrooms and play areas.
He said it would also block a significant amount of light for the school.
One of the conditions attached to the permit are that raised planters be installed for apartments 35 and 39 to restrict access to the edge of the balcony, limiting the view directly down into the school grounds.
Currently the site is vacant, and has been for since 2006, since a petrol station closed.
The area has been cleared and levelled and remediation works have taken place.
The site is considered environmentally suitable for the development.
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