Majestic Church leaders have been left gutted by a commissioner’s decision to decline planning permission for their proposed multimillion-dollar development in central city Christchurch.
The church was seeking consent to build a chapel, auditorium, art studios, cafe, apartments and a multi-storey parking building, designed by internationally acclaimed Melbourne architect Koos de Keijzer, on the former Cranmer Court site at the corner of Montreal and Kilmore streets.
The 900-member church bought the site last year for $10 million after attempts by heritage campaigners to save the Gothic-style Cranmer Court building failed and it was demolished. Continue reading
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