WOOLWORTHS hasn’t given up on its long-held desire to demolish the Maylands Peninsula Tavern and replace it with a $3.5 million, 1000sqm Dan Murphy’s liquor barn.
The grocery giant says it is “reviewing and assessing” its options regarding the WA liquor commission’s rejection of its application last week.
Maylands Labor MP Lisa Baker, a long-time critic of the plan, says any appeal is likely to fail.
She says Coles went down the same route in 2010 with its plans for a 1250sqm First Choice store on Guildford Road and that ended in tears.
The commission has not yet published its reasons for the rejection but Ms Baker says it didn’t pass the “public interest test”.
“Size matters,” she says.
“They’ve got the wrong business case. People don’t want big liquor stores on their iconic blocks where there’s housing.
“It’s fine when it’s in a shopping centre like the Galleria.”
by EMMIE DOWLING
Perth Voice Interactive 
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