PROPERTY NEWS
Construction work of a heritage-listed building in the Valley has been halted. Local councillor David Hinchliffe’s office told The Independent it had received notification that the building at 208 Wickham Street Fortitude Valley “was been attacked with the jack hammer”.
Office staff reported this to the Compliance and Regulatory Services and received the following advice from the Rapid Response Team: “At 2:30pm officers from the Rapid Response Group attended the address and have issued a stopwork order to the builders on site. Building work was occurring and some minor demolition work, namely; cutting in a doorway.
“This matter has been referred to the Central Built Environment and Land Use team and is currently being fully investigated by one of their officers. Further consultation with the owner and builder/s are taking place and compliance notices are being drafted for service.”
Councilllor Hinchliffe’s office staff said they understand that an application had been made for work to be done for a snack bar at the premises.
As this issue of The Independent went to press, a meeting with owners and other concerned parties was being held.
