Originally, Salta Group applied for an 8 storey office building on this site.

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We objected, and got some meaningful changes for surrounding residents, and managed to have the height slightly reduced.

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However, Salta onsold the site.

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The current proposal is for a self-storage facility on the site.

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This would be slightly less tall than the original proposal, with the entry to be exclusively from Barkly Avenue and only exit to Adam Street. This would vastly decrease the traffic, parking and noise impacts, so - whilst perhaps not ideal - it is quite possibly the "least worst" result.

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Originally, Council were supportive of a 24/7 opening regime, but that was changed at their Planning Decisions Committee (26/5/26) to a saner set of opening hours after what I understand were over 50 community objections. 

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This is now with the Minister for a final decision, so it remains a matter of "watch this space". 

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Council's submission is here.