Star Entertainment Group’s hopes of winning approval for the $529 Ritz-Carlton luxury hotel and residential tower in Pyrmont, Sydney have been scuttled by the NSW Independent Planning Commission. Today [Wednesday 20 November, 2019], the IPC sided with the state Department of Planning, Industry and Environment’s decision to reject the 237-metre-tall structure after months of debate.

The Lord Mayor of Sydney has questioned the credibility of the state’s planning system this week as the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) began hearing the case for and against by numerous parties for the proposed development of The Ritz-Carlton Sydney.

Marriott International has formally put forward its case for the development of The Ritz-Carlton Sydney, with an executive from the group saying the NSW capital’s current offering in the luxury space is “weak”.