News Articles for City of Vincent

The City of Vincent has followed the City of Perth in banning the hiring of e-scooters in order to conduct a review of the service following the fatality last weekend.

A development assessment panel has greenlit a seven-storey development, which is set to add 88 co-living apartments to Perth.

An AFL ‘gather round' in WA could be on the cards after Perth MP Patrick Gorman took to Leederville Oval to spruik a $1.5 million investment in the oval, should an Albanese government return to power.

WA Labor has pledged $30 million towards a new Italian precinct development project in West Perth, should it be re-elected on March 8.

The WAPC chair's appointment has drawn criticism from a cohort of the planning industry.

Advocacy groups and local governments are pushing for more action to increase Perth's tree canopy.

Treatment is underway at Hyde Park to remove the shot-hole borer infestation, which breached Western Australia's biosecurity three years ago.

Western Australia's push towards potentially hosting the Australian Football League's ‘Gather Round' in future will result in a massive coup for one of the state's most iconic venues.

Three Perth metropolitan councils are celebrating 30 years of operation after being ‘spun-out' from the City of Perth.

An eight-storey apartment in North Perth, estimated to cost $35 million, has been approved by a development assessment panel.

WA's regional centres have been the winners of the first stream of cash from the federal government's $1.5 billion housing support project.

A 480 square metre parcel of land next to Ellington Jazz Club has been earmarked for a four-storey apartment development.

Leederville Oval, which has been the home ground of several WAFL clubs, has been renamed as part of a three-year sponsorship deal.

US e-scooter company Bird is understood to have exited the Western Australian market, leaving several local governments scrambling for new electric share-scooter operators.

An eastern states property group has secured approval to build a $30 million, seven-storey apartment development on Oxford Street.

The City of Vincent council will soon be voting on the proposed deal to sell two Leederville car parks to Hesperia to build a development with a construction value of $315 million.

Cyrenian House will refurbish a vacant and graffitied office building in Perth into a drug treatment centre after a panel approved its multi-million-dollar proposal in a tense meeting.

A developer will turn a rundown West Perth site into a $107 million hotel and apartment complex after receiving unanimous support from an assessment panel.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Dean Nalder, Mark Couzens, Andrew Woodley-Page, Them Lam, Chris Slater, Andrew Young, Terry Enright, Mike Erickson, Ross Love, David Lock, Karl Paganin and Derek Parkin.

The introduction of optional preferential voting for local government elections has caused counting to be a slower process but some councils have announced their 2023 results.

The campaigns ahead of local government elections have brought about some heated interaction among contenders.

A Northbridge warehouse site bought for $4.23 million in 2019 has been earmarked for a 350-person tavern and radio studio.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Len Kosova, Amy Johnson, Caroline Wood, Bill Parker, Daniel Simms, Paul Andrew, Paul Graham and Paul Slaughter.

Celsius Property Group has again scaled down its North Perth apartment project following community opposition to its earlier designs.

Hesperia has emerged as the leading proponent to redevelop two major car parks, which covers more than 12,800 square metres of land in Leederville.

Jordan Murray discusses today's leadership contests and analyses what comes next for Shane Love and Libby Mettam.

A developer is planning to upsize an already approved apartment block in Leederville, potentially adding four storeys on to a $17 million eight-storey structure.

Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie reflect on some of the biggest stories from 2022, including the federal election, inflation, and big changes to economic policy.

A proposed apartment block in North Perth has been knocked back, with an assessment panel finding the 13-storey project "excessive" and an "overdevelopment".

Councillors appear to be having more favourable outcomes through the Joint Development Assessment Panel process.

Plans for a mid-tier public transport network connecting infill suburbs is gaining traction with industry.

Western Power has flagged five more areas to be part of City of Vincent's underground power network, potentially adding $104 million to the total project costs.

A $135 million project of two towers in Leederville has been approved with flying colours and was labelled a "benchmark" of development planning at an assessment panel meeting.

A contentious proposal to upgrade Charles Street in North Perth has been dropped, potentially saving about 100 properties initially planned to be cleared.

A Main Roads project to upgrade intersections and allow underground traffic on Charles Street has received criticism from the City of Vincent.

A West Perth arts precinct, dubbed by locals as the 'Pickle District', is expected to be demolished after an assessment panel approved a five-storey Bunnings to be built on the site.

A proposal for a five-storey development in West Perth has been given a thumbs up from the City of Vincent, despite more than 300 objections received during public consultation.

An application to open a gastro pub at the Greens & Co site has been lodged with the City of Vincent, 18 months after the popular cafe's closure.

Construction on an eight-storey apartment development in Mt Hawthorn is expected to start next year after receiving the green light.

An application to build a 13 and 11 storey apartment towers on a 4,700 square metre block in North Perth has been lodged.