The contested development – across the road from Princes Park and best known as the site of the Princes Park Motor Inn – has been the subject of multiple applications and hearings over seven years.
There are 14 electrical substations in the inner north council of Merri-bek that have been heritage listed as “historically significant” for their association with the establishment and development of the Brunswick’s electricity supply network.
Lachlan Smith questions whether a heritage protected electrical substation in Brunswick should be preserved in a new development.The initial plans for 609-703 Park Street in Brunswick, submitted in 2016, involved demolishing the century-old substation and the motel to build 333 apartments and a childcare centre.
Artist’s renders of the approved development retaining the electricity substation within the apartment complex. Merri-bek Mayor Angelica Panopoulos said the substations, which were built between 1912 and 1940, were historically significant.
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