Plans lodged for $50m luxury Hobart hotel
New details have been released on plans for a $50 million luxury hotel atop of Rosny Hill on Hobart’s Eastern Shore.
Hunter Developments lodged a proposal for a five-star hotel, public open space, cafe and lookout on Monday after it was granted landowner consent by Clarence City Council general manager Ian Nelson.
The revised proposal follows further public consultation by the proponent, which has reduced the size of the hotel for 100 to 60 rooms, including “six pod accommodation units”.
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The plans also include a restaurant with terrace and lounge areas, additional and reconfigured carparking and new and improved walking trails and nature experiences.
Nelson said he gave landowner consent as he considered the development application met relevant statutory requirements.
Clarence City Council general manager Ian Nelson. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
“Consent will enable the DA to be formally considered by council as the planning authority in the near future,” he said.
“The exact timing of public consultation for the proposal is unknown at the moment but will be advertised broadly when the time comes.”
Council said the development application features a management plan for the Rosny Hill Reserve that would ensure community interaction and involvement.
EARLIER: The developer behind a $50 million luxury hotel on the Eastern Shore has lodged a fresh development application with Clarence City Council.
Council’s new general manager Ian Nelson granted Hunter Developments landowner consent on Monday, which was required before the application could be deemed valid.
Graduate Architect Tom Chandler and Architect Robert Morris-Nunn. Hunter Developments have submitted a fresh proposal for accommodation at Rosny Hill. Picture: RICHARD JUPE
The proponent hopes to build a five-star, 60-room hotel on top of Rosny Hill. Director Robert Morris-Nunn could not be contacted for comment on Monday night.
Clarence Mayor Doug Chipman confirmed the application had been lodged.
“Now the development application has been lodged by our preferred developer we look forward to, as a planning authority, going through the assessment process which includes statutory public consultation,” he said.
He said the proposal would be assessed rigorously against the planning scheme.
The council has 42 days to assess the application — which can be paused to make requests for additional information — before the plans are publicly advertised.
The proponent was in discussions with the council last September but postponed talks after concerns were raised over the scale of proposal.
Hunter Developments is also preparing to lodge an application with Hobart City Council for a floating hotel near the Regatta Grounds.
A superimposed impression of the proposed Regatta Floating Hotel on the River Derwent, Hobart. View from Rosny Hill. Picture: Robert Morris-Nunn/Hunter Developments.
