{"id":106309,"date":"2025-08-30T08:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T08:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/106309\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T08:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T08:29:07","slug":"woolworths-plan-for-glengarry-shopping-centre-city-of-joondalup-and-residents-oppose-woolworths-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/106309\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolworths plan for Glengarry Shopping Centre: City of Joondalup and residents oppose Woolworths development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Supermarket giant Woolworths is facing council opposition to its plans for a major new development in Perth\u2019s northern suburbs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">As The Sunday Times recently reported, the Woolworths Group wants to replace the 50-year-old Glengarry Sopping Centre in Duncraig with a supermarket, restaurant, shops and upper-floor offices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">But this week the City of Joondalup revealed it would recommend against the plan when it comes before the WA Metro Outer Development Assessment Panel on September 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It said the development would \u201cunreasonably impact\u201d the amenity and safety of residents and users of Glengarry Drive, Culloden Road and potentially Carlyle Crescent and Kinloch Place because of multiple large delivery trucks accessing the development site daily from Culloden Road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2280a738e1ff84f86ad755985545f905dd0f89f1.jpg\" alt=\" Glengarry Shopping Centre. Picture: Andrew Ritchie\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera Icon Glengarry Shopping Centre. Andrew Ritchie Credit: Andrew Ritchie\/The West Australian<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Woolworths believes the redevelopment will improve shopping convenience and create \u201ca vibrant place for small business tenants and the community\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe\u2019re excited about the opportunity to upgrade and modernise the Glengarry Shopping Centre in Duncraig,\u201d a Woolworths spokesperson told PerthNow in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThe redevelopment would include new services and convenient shopping options, and aims to create a vibrant place for small business and the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">But residents have joined the City of Joondalup\u2019s opposition to the development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThe Development Assessment Panel must respect the community\u2019s grave concerns with this inappropriate proposal,\u201d Luke and Lisa Mansfield, of Culloden Road, said in a statement to The Sunday Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThis development would cause irreversible damage to Duncraig and the wider community due to noise pollution, traffic chaos and the negative impact on nearby retail centres. It also contravenes council\u2019s own commercial strategy. It\u2019s a lose-lose proposal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cResidents don\u2019t oppose development, but it must meet community expectations, comply with council\u2019s guidelines and respect the City of Joondalup\u2019s unique character.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Supermarket giant Woolworths is facing council opposition to its plans for a major new development in Perth\u2019s northern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99,135,44,46,84,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-106309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-local-government","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-perth","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-wa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}