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Extraordinarily, council officers have recommended approval for 5 storeys adjacent to Atwell Arcade and facing into King's Square (opposite St Johns and the Town Hall at 18-22 Adelaide Street).

In 25 years of living in the historic centre of Fremantle, I have never seen so much serious damage to the heritage values of the town in such a short period of time.

There is indeed a tsunami of disgraceful decisions coming from council. Disgraceful. 

The justification given for approval in this case is disingenuous and contrived,

17 submissions were made, all against the proposal.

The Fremantle Society will be working very hard to show that this development should not be approved in its current form and will offer a precedent for other damaging developments on the square.

It took two letters from the Fremantle Society to get council to even advertise this as a significant application, which it clearly is.

It is distressing dealing with the current flow of development proposals which are generally so negative towards established quality streetscapes, as we wish to put our expertise to better use.

But members surely can no longer sit back and allow the tsunami to continue. Please take action. We will get back to you with our analysis well before next Wednesday's planning meeting at 6pm.

John Dowson
President