A 250-bed pod hotel, the first of its kind in WA, has been given the green light by Perth planners after initial controversy.
The four-storey $8 million tourist development proposal on Essex Street in Fremantle was deferred in October over concerns its height and visual impact would impose on adjoining residents.
Plans for a pod hotel in Fremantle were approved by the inner-metro development assessment panel on Tuesday.Credit: Composite Image: inner-metro Development Assessment Panel
New plans approved by the inner-metro development assessment panel on Tuesday included revised plans to reduce the building height by half a metre from 13.8 to 13.3 metres.
LyLo Fremantle is to be the WA version of locations already in New Zealand and Queensland.
The approved development has 80 rooms with 247 beds, a small bar and communal dining, kitchen, laundry and bathroom areas with a 24-hour reception.
The panel approved the development 4-1, with the two City of Fremantle panel representatives disagreeing.
City of Fremantle Councillor Ingrid Van Dorssen told the public present at the meeting that despite “being in their shoes” as a previous petitioner against “developments like this”, she was satisfied the proposal met planning conditions.
“It’s not an easy decision,” she said.
“They’ve made some minor changes, for me personally they didn’t go as far as I would have liked them to, but they are improvements.