My informant was apocalyptic about it in his outrage. So much so that he didn't actually tell me what was being planned, just spluttering on about how it is a heritage listed building. I had to actually do a little research to discover a speech given by Michael Harbinson (the Lord Mayor of Adelaide) on the proposed redevelopment back in July. Which made sense given the nature of the consortium that bought it a few years back.
My informant wants to organise public and media protests, under the auspices that the public was not actually told about it and that it is a heritage-listed building. Unfortunately there is nothing that he can do in actuality. The alterations to the establishment are perfectly permissible under the Act (provided they don't change the facade they can do anything they desire to the interior), and the building isn't even changing it's actual technical classification of use since they intend to retain the rooms located on the second floor (at least for the forseeable time; later they might complete the transformation of the upper floors once they have established it as a restaurant and noted that the comparative cash flow from the accommodation portion of the business is a net drag on the rest of the business). Legally he doesn't have a foot to stand on. It's just changing from an "Irish Pub (which serves food)" to a "Chinese Restaurant (which also serves alcohol and has rooms for hire)." Even the Liquor Licensing Board would be hard put to justify not signing off on the change (since it reduces the capacity of the venue).
But it does mean that Adelaide is losing its main St Patrick's Day venue and a live music venue dedicated to folk-style songs. Which is his main complaint.
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My informant was apocalyptic about it in his outrage. So much so that he didn't actually tell me what was being planned, just spluttering on about how it is a heritage listed building. I had to actually do a little research to discover a speech given by Michael Harbinson (the Lord Mayor of Adelaide) on the proposed redevelopment back in July. Which made sense given the nature of the consortium that bought it a few years back.
My informant wants to organise public and media protests, under the auspices that the public was not actually told about it and that it is a heritage-listed building. Unfortunately there is nothing that he can do in actuality. The alterations to the establishment are perfectly permissible under the Act (provided they don't change the facade they can do anything they desire to the interior), and the building isn't even changing it's actual technical classification of use since they intend to retain the rooms located on the second floor (at least for the forseeable time; later they might complete the transformation of the upper floors once they have established it as a restaurant and noted that the comparative cash flow from the accommodation portion of the business is a net drag on the rest of the business). Legally he doesn't have a foot to stand on. It's just changing from an "Irish Pub (which serves food)" to a "Chinese Restaurant (which also serves alcohol and has rooms for hire)." Even the Liquor Licensing Board would be hard put to justify not signing off on the change (since it reduces the capacity of the venue).
But it does mean that Adelaide is losing its main St Patrick's Day venue and a live music venue dedicated to folk-style songs. Which is his main complaint.