Fremantle blocks Port Beach development over planning failures

Fremantle councillors voted unanimously to oppose rezoning 23 hectares at Port Beach from industrial to urban. They say the State Government has not kept promises on coastal planning and transport.

Why it mattersThe rejection stops the housing development plan. This likely delays new homes for WA, which has a housing shortage.

AustraliaThis blocks a major residential project in Perth's south, affecting WA's housing plans and coastal management policy in Fremantle.

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