Dapto's first high-rise unit block too large for heritage hotel site: council

Kate McIlwain
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:48pm, first published September 23 2020 - 2:30pm
Changing streetscape: While the nine-storey towers are recommended for refusal at this stage, the council has acknowledged the character of Dapto is set to change. Artist's impression: Supplied
Changing streetscape: While the nine-storey towers are recommended for refusal at this stage, the council has acknowledged the character of Dapto is set to change. Artist's impression: Supplied

Developers behind the bid to build Dapto's first high-rise apartment block will be sent back to the drawing board if Wollongong City Council has its way, with the plans recommended for refusal.

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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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