Tasmania’s proposed AFL stadium shouldn’t be built, according to a damning planning report that says the “monolithic” project is too big for the site and not worth the cost.

The state’s planning commission on Wednesday released its final report into the proposed $945m Macquarie Point venue, a condition for Tasmania entering the AFL in 2028.

The report’s recommendation is not binding but could sway a parliamentary vote on whether to give the stadium the green light.

The stadium would cause “irrevocable and unacceptable adverse impacts on Hobart’s spatial and landscape character, urban form and historic cultural heritage”, the report said. ‘No precedent in the world’: Hobart concert hall opposes ‘noisy’ AFL stadium being built 170 metres from its stage Read more

“It offers almost no

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