10 Murray. Briony Kidd
Two multi-million dollar developments planned for Hobart’s waterfront are being held up while planning issues are resolved
The development of a $10 million ferry terminal is set for more delays, amid new scrutiny from TasPorts.
It comes despite opponents yesterday withdrawing their appeal against the project.
Hotel Banc Group holds the main lease for Murray Street Pier and is concerned the redevelopment of neighbouring Brooke Street Pier will cause safety and navigation problems.
The group lodged an objection with the Planning Appeal Tribunal in July but that has now been withdrawn.
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Square delays
The $100 million redevelopment of the Parliament Square precinct in Hobart is also facing more delays, after the Supreme Court upheld an appeal against it.
An appeal by the Save 10 Murray lobby group was upheld against Citta Property Group’s redevelopment of the former Government printing office in Salamanca Place.
The court ruled the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal had failed to clearly set out its reasoning for approving the project.
The Citta group says it is frustrated, but remains committed to the development.
Ten Murray Street’s Briony Kidd says she is not surprised the Citta Group wants to continue.
• Save 10 Murray responds to Supreme Court decision
HOBART – 26 September, 2012. Save 10 Murray has welcomed a decision by Justice Blow in the Supreme Court on Monday that upheld its appeal.
It’s the group’s second appeal to the Supreme Court in relation to approvals by the Resources Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal of Citta Property Group’s ‘Parliament Square’ redevelopment of the block behind Parliament House.
“We were confident of this result,” says Save 10 Murray spokesperson Briony Kidd, “The tribunal’s decision was clearly flawed in its reasoning in relation to whether 2-4 Salamanca could be demolished.”
“Now there’s an opportunity for the State Government to save many millions of taxpayer funds and revise the proposal to retain 10 Murray and create a truly vibrant public space with the retention and refurbishment of all heritage buildings.”
Save 10 Murray is a collective of concerned citizens, including experts from architecture, planning and the building industry, and is in favour of appropriate redevelopment of the site.
The group is pushing for a revised scheme that would:
• retain and invigorate the cultural and economic assets Tasmania has in 2-4 Salamanca Place and 10 Murray Street;
• achieve the state’s ambition to clean up the space between Parliament House and the Davey Street buildings and;
• create an urban space that is in keeping with the city fabric of Hobart.
“There’s an opportunity now to ditch a scheme that is not respectful of the state’s architectural heritage,” says Save 10 Murray spokesperson Briony Kidd. “The current proposal is out of touch with world’s best practice in regard to the value of adaptive reuse of buildings and community expectations of environmental sustainability.”
“A new scheme would enable the state to gain from critical comments of the flawed project, and to eliminate obstructions to progress that were in-built to the proposal.”
Save 10 Murray began its campaign in 2009 to stop the demolition of 10 Murray Street, the iconic 1960s office block that was designed by two of the state’s most significant architects, Dirk Bolt and David Hartley Wilson.
The campaign was later broadened to include opposition to demolition of the heritage-listed art deco former Printing Authority building at 2-4 Salamanca, which Save 10 Murray argues is capable of continuing use.
10 Murray Street itself, says the group, was designed as a ‘living building’ which would change and adapt over time, and should be retrofitted to allow for many more decades of life.
The building is listed a Place of Cultural Significance under the Sullivans Cove Planning Scheme 1997 and was nominated for listing on the Tasmanian Heritage Register in 2002. Despite 10 years having past, the Tasmanian Heritage Council is yet to assess this nomination.
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