Ch Smith Building 16-24 Charles Street Launceston TAS 7250

I am very impressed with the overall keeping of the heritage integrity on this development. It just shows how a good marriage of old and new can work well together.

I would ask that the "Reckett's Blue" advertising sign be restored as it is heritage artwork and would complement and increase awareness of others that are in the inner city. Just two blocks away, the City Council restored a Duck River's product one on the side of the old Johnstone & Wilmot Georgian warehouse. Twenty years later, it still looks great.

My other concern is the implementation of windows and therefore the partial destruction of the Art Deco curved brick facade fronting Charles Street. This facade is unique in the country, is truly remarkable and stands alone in its own right as industrial heritage decorative art. I am doubting the amount of internal light that these windows might afford, would be sufficient to fulfill modern requirements and is more design affectation than useful lighting. Would not skylights on the roof behind the facade give better light along with keeping the heritage integrity of the site continuing?

Dear Planning Officer,

It is great to know that this long neglected site in the inner city will be transformed and utilised. Are there any street view drawings for the north, west and south facing aspects of the development? They do not appear in the proposed drawing plans.

Congratulations to Errol Stewart and Scott Curran for developing a design that integrates the historical buildings on the CH Smith site with modern additions, which do not overwhelm. It is pleasing to see that the remaining buildings on Charles Street and the Bond Store in Canal Street are to be restored.
I have a few questions about the plans:
1. The end wall facing Cimitiere Street is to be “repainted as per heritage conditions”. Does this mean that the ghost sign is to re-painted and that it will not be blank as per the video?
2. Will the hoist be replaced above the Bond Store door?
3. Will the interpretative floor display the artefacts that were retrieved from the archaeological dig?
4. Is it necessary to place windows in the unique red brickwork on Charles Street?
5. Could more bicycle hoops be placed near the café?
Marion Sargent
President
Launceston Historical Society

After all these years at last we are to see a go ahead development thanks to the foresight of Errol Stewart and Scott Curran and no thanks to previous developers who just exacerbated the ugliness of the site.I look forward to watching the development take place while I concur with the previous writers. It is to be hoped also that the Old Cordial Factory/Bond Store will have all its guttering,downpipe pits etc, hoist, slate tile roof and so on replaced to the profiles currently in place to maintain its built heritage integrity

The plans look as if they will tidy up the area. Hopefully the old timbers have not been neglected so long that they cant be used.
There appears to be bike parking for tenants. Whether this is actually in the right place and is secure enough is hard to determine from the plans.
There needs to be more bike parking in the public areas, particularly near the cafe. Sometimes it is difficult to pre plan the position of hoops until the natural traffic flows of the site have developed. Some flexibility will be required.