Brunswick 10-storey development to go ahead after planning minister overrules council

A council in Melbourne’s north has been overruled by the planning minister, with a 10-storey apartment development given the green light.

Merri-Bek council rejected a plan for the Princes Park Motor Inn site at 609-703 Park Street in Brunswick, in part because the development would dominate a heritage-listed power substation on the site.

But developer Mirvac lodged plans with Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny to have the project fast-tracked, and they were approved.

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Councillor of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Elisabeth Jackson, says the substaton will be “completely dwarfed” by the development.

“It is socially and historically significant. It is a cute little building if you look at it,” she said.

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