Please sign this petition - one copy was sent but the final petition will present to the State Commission Assessment Panel when they meet to discuss the objections. 

Thank you to indaily https://indaily.com.au/news/2022/06/27/city-residents-protest-kings-head-tower/ for increasing the community profile of this situation.

While the development application acknowledges "the present structure dates from 1876. The building is thoroughly representative of Victorian commercial structures erected in the boom period, with cantilevered balcony, chamfered corner, bluestone walling and stuccoed dressings. This hotel is an important and original part of the character of the city." Their argument is that State Heritage on this building should be overridden for a "more resilient composition of uses of land on the site "

As a State we have seen too many Heritage buildings go through partial demolishing then be abandoned until the heritage value is looted, destroyed by the elements or fire, do not risk this happening to another Heritage building. Google “Wright Street Hotel fire” and the history of that hotel.

Local residents are concerned about plans to demolish the rear of the Kings head hotel and replace it with a 16 Storey building in an area where most buildings are under five storeys. The proposed building has an 282m2 hotel entertainment area (at the same height as the neighbours’ bedrooms), a 3-bedroom penthouse and 72 “serviced apartments” for holiday makers yet the design has no accessible units, no carparking, units as small as 11m2, no provision for staff, linen services, housekeeping including no drop off and pick up except in an existing one car length no standing zone. 

The building will be an environmental calamity as it ignores the effect it will have on the neighbourhood, noise pollution, the loss of over 200 solar panels on site and the building shadow at times blocking solar panel on surrounding buildings (including commercial scale setups), loss of direct light to over 50 homes with the worst effected townhouse loses over 1400 hours of direct light a year. Our modelling disagrees with the Solstice modelling in their application.

This petition was submitted 28/4/22 and will remain open until after the planning SA hearing for more information view the full application at  https://plan.sa.gov.au/have_your_say/notified_developments/current_notified_developments/submission?aid=2582