Former Tuart Hill post office could be demolished for new three-storey childcare centre
A development application has been lodged with the City of Stirling to transform the 991sqm site on the corner of Wanneroo Road and Cape Street into a childcare centre capable of accommodating 94 children.
The $3 million development is planned to be an Indigo Montessori Childcare & Kindy, which operates eight centres across WA from Applecross and Morley to Mt Hawthorn, Broome, and another in Tuart Hill on Waterloo Street.
Its proposed hours are 6.30 am to 7pm on weekdays, with a maximum of 20 staff and 13 on-site car parking bays.
The building, which has been vacant in recent years, served as the Tuart Hill post office from the early 1950s to the 1990s, when the post office moved about 100m north across the road, where it remains today.
Perth-based planning consultancy Lateral Planning, which is working with Macri Builders to oversee the development application process, believes the development will enhance the Tuart Hill local lentre.
'The site is ideally placed to accommodate a childcare centre,' they said.
'The childcare centre will provide residents of Tuart Hill and surrounds with improved and convenient access to childcare services.'
The development plans include planting 10 advanced trees on-site while keeping one existing tree.
Community consultation on the proposal is open through the City of Stirling until Thursday, June 17.
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