I think if the people of Freo can come up with a fairly tight architectural vision, that includes 5 or 6 storey limits on building heights in certain areas, then people might feel a bit more relaxed about developera coking in.
*edit: ‘developers coming in.’
Unfortunately developers give themselves a shit name by building the same cookie cutter buildings as cheaply as legally required. Then they get butthurt when people aren’t interested in their tired vision to make their suburb look exactly like every single other suburb in this monotonous town.
I couldn’t agree more with your sentiment.
I usually come down feeling its the LGA’s failure to have an ongoing coherent neighbourhood plan that developers are held to. Of course the argument bback is always one of cost, and apparently thats the end of the conversation for most people. We’re never gona have our Gaudi moment with that attitude though.