A highly contentious social housing proposal set for Beaufort Street in Inglewood has been approved by the WA Planning Commission, despite local opposition including from the City of Stirling.

Inglewood residents at this morning’s WAPC Statutory Planning Committee meeting argued the planned multi-storey building at the corner of Wood Street should be specifically an over 55s development, not social housing.

They also decried a lack of street level commercial opportunity afforded by the plan to demolish an existing building and replace it with a four-storey complex of 50 units.

Spinnaker Developments managing director Lucas Berry said the development was not designed with appropriate amenities for an open market bank valuation that would be required for construction finance if assuming a

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