A 118-year-old hotel on Wellington Street, co-owned by suspended Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi, could soon be heritage listed.
A decision on the listing is expected to be made by the three Perth commissioners at a meeting next week, three years after the City identified it for inclusion on the City Planning Scheme No. 2 Heritage List.
Listing the building, which is classified by the National Trust (WA), would prevent demolition or significant changes to the structure, particularly the outside.
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READ NOWCity staff identified the building for the list in 2015 but “the owner did not support the place being entered in the Heritage List”.
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The Guardian Express reported in September 2016 Perth council’s planning committee voted to delay the decision back to City staff seeking “further investigation”.
At its November 1 meeting, Council considered a report in relation to the building and resolved to give the owner and occupier the reasons for the proposed entry and 21 days to make a submission on the proposal.
The four-storey Grand Central Hotel, now known as Akara Hotel, was built circa 1900 and extensively refurbished in 1938, changing the facade.
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