The proposed high-rise on the corner of Camp Street includes 5255 square metres of office space, a penthouse apartment, 66 car parks, bicycle facilities, male and female showers and a cafe.

It is the brainchild of local developer Robert Willian.

Councillors will make a decision on whether or not to grant a planning permit for the development at its ordinary council meeting tonight.

If approved, it will align with the council's plans to overhaul Mair Street as part of its CBD strategy, announced last October, making it the city's principle office location and major road for through-traffic.

Existing warehouses and a Blockbuster Video store currently located on the land would be bulldozed to make way for the development.

The application, lodged by TGM Group on April 6, received three objections.

A business operator in the immediate vicinity was concerned with the car parking, while two individuals expressed concerns in relation to the design of the building and the potential impact on the heritage precinct.

An officers' report says "the key issues identified relate to the dispensation of car parking, the design of the building and its energy efficiency and the impact on the heritage place and existing heritage buildings".

The report recommended councillors support the plan, subject to 13 conditions.

They include amended plans, a landscape plan, drainage construction, a waste disposal and management plan and on-site lighting.

In May, Mr Willian said the proposed development would work in conjunction with the CBD strategy, cementing the central business district as the commercial centre of Ballarat.

Community members had mixed reactions over the proposal when it was reported in The Courier in May.

Some said the modern building would add dynamism to Mair Street, while others urged the council not to pass the proposal because it would not be in tune with the existing architecture.

Local historian Anne Beggs-Sunter raised a number heritage concerns, including the height of the building and the building materials proposed.