Win for heritage campaigners as city rejects Smith Street apartment tower

Kate McIlwain
Updated July 7 2020 - 4:13pm, first published 4:00pm
Save our heritage: Residents Jane Robertson, Neville Bolte, Norma Pesavento and Bev Ring were among those trying to save Marlene Court from development starting in November, when this image was taken. Picture: Adam McLean.
Save our heritage: Residents Jane Robertson, Neville Bolte, Norma Pesavento and Bev Ring were among those trying to save Marlene Court from development starting in November, when this image was taken. Picture: Adam McLean.

After more than nine months of objections from heritage campaigners, a proposal to build an eight-storey luxury apartment complex in Wollongong's harbourside precinct has been knocked back by planning officials.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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