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Hornsby Junction Remodelling and Commuter Car Park Projects Non Hornsby Junction Remodelling and Commuter Car Park Hornsby Junction Remodelling and Commuter Car Park Non-Aboriginal Heritage Impact Assessment Report to Jacobs on behalf of Transport for NSW January 2016 Page i Hornsby Junction Remodelling and Commuter Car Park EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Artefact Heritage has been engaged by Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Ltd (Jacobs), on behalf of Transport for NSW, to undertake a non-Aboriginal Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) for the proposed Hornsby Junction Remodelling and Commuter car park. The Proposal includes the following scope of works: • Hornsby Junction Remodelling: installation, removal and reconditioning of track work, overhead wiring and signalling infrastructure between Waitara and Asquith. The Proposal would also include a new train driver’s walkway and a train ‘turnback’ facility (track work that allows trains to pass from one track on a diverging path) located about 30 metres south of Bridge Road, Hornsby. • Commuter car park: new multi-storey car park structure that provides approximately 230 additional parking spaces. The Proposal would also include a new vehicular entry and exit from the George Street/Burdett Street intersection (via reconfigured traffic signals) and the relocation of the high voltage overhead power lines (owned by Sydney Trains) from the site of the existing commuter car park. Overview of findings This HIA concludes that the construction of the commuter car park would have a moderate visual impact on two items of local heritage significance: • The Hornsby Railway Station group and Barracks, listed on the Railcorp (now Sydney Trains) section 170 register: The proposed carpark is likely to result in a moderate visual impact to the heritage railway station through the introduction of a structure currently occupied by ground-level carparking. As the view corridor between the former barracks building and the proposed carpark is limited, the new carpark would result in a minor visual impact to the former barracks building. • The State Rail Authority (SRA) electricity plant and signal box, listed on the Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013 (Hornsby LEP): Construction of the proposed carpark would result in a moderate visual impact to the heritage item, as it would introduce a structure where currently carparking is at ground level only. The introduction of the proposed carpark would alter the current landscape of the carpark and railway station, and be directly visible from the SRA electricity plant and signal box. The Proposal to remove an existing A-frame would result in minor impact to heritage fabric within the following heritage listed item: • The SRA electricity plant and signal box, listed on the Hornsby LEP: The A-frame has been assessed as being an element of moderate heritage significance within the Hornsby rail yard, which has been heavily modified and contains few historic elements. However, the A-frame has not been specifically identified as being an item of heritage significance within the heritage listing. The removal of the A-frame therefore constitutes a minor impact to the heritage item. An additional two heritage items of local significance would also be subject to negligible visual impacts primarily due to the commuter car park. These comprise: • The Railway cloak room building, listed as item A52 on the Hornsby LEP • The Peats Ferry Road Precinct, Hornsby West Side Heritage Conservation Area and street trees on the eastern side of Jersey Street, listed as item C5 on the Hornsby LEP. The study area was assessed as having low-moderate potential to contain an archaeological resource associated with earlier phases of the North Shore Railway Line and Hornsby Railway Page ii Hornsby Junction Remodelling and Commuter Car Park station. If a substantially intact archaeological resource were encountered during works it would have local heritage significance. Remains of this type are considered to be ‘works’ under the Heritage Act 1977, and disturbance of these items does not require heritage approval or notification. Proposed excavation to remove and install proposed track work and Overhead Wiring Structures within the Hornsby Railway yard has low to moderate potential to encounter these remains. As it is unlikely that archaeological remains will be encountered during excavation works an unexpected finds procedure is deemed to be a sufficient management strategy. Recommendations • Design of the commuter car park should aim to be sympathetic to the heritage context of the Hornsby Railway Station, and aim to minimise the potential for adverse impact on the setting of the surrounding heritage item. The design should aim to be low in form where possible, to avoiding competing with those unmodified elements of Hornsby Station visible from street level, such as the current platform canopies. The façade fronting George Street should be finished in a suitable material and colour. • It is recommended that a program of archival recording is undertaken prior to the removal of the existing A-frame in the Hornsby rail yard. This is an element of moderate heritage significance within the Railcorp s170 curtilage of the Hornsby Railway Station group and Barracks, and has local significance. This recording should include a photographic record of the A-frame to be replaced in the yards and on the platforms, and be undertaken in accordance with the NSW Heritage Office (1998) guidelines How to Prepare Archival Records of Heritage Items. The recording need only meet the minimum requirements for archival recording, measured drawings of the structures would not be necessary. • If archaeological remains are encountered during development, activity in the immediate vicinity of the find should cease, the material should be left in place and protected from harm, and a qualified archaeologist or heritage professional contacted to assess the significance of the remains and advise of any requirements. It is possible that archival recording of substantially intact remains may be required before work can commence. Page iii Hornsby Junction Remodelling and Commuter Car Park CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction and Background .................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1.1 The proposal ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 The study area ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 Methodology ........................................................................................................................... 3 1.3.1 Aims and objectives ............................................................................................................ 3 1.3.2 Report structure .................................................................................................................. 3 1.3.3 Identification of heritage listed items .................................................................................. 3 1.3.4 Assessing historical archaeological potential and research significance ........................... 3 1.3.5 Assessment of heritage impact .......................................................................................... 5 1.4 Limitations and constraints ..................................................................................................... 6 1.5 Report authorship ................................................................................................................... 6 2.0 Statutory Context ...................................................................................................... 7 2.1 The Heritage Act 1977 ............................................................................................................ 7 2.1.1 Archaeological relics ........................................................................................................... 7 2.1.2 State Heritage Register ...................................................................................................... 8 2.1.3 Section 170 registers .......................................................................................................... 8 2.2 The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ....................................................... 9 2.2.1 The Hornsby LEP 2013 ...................................................................................................... 9 2.3 The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ................................. 11 2.3.1 Commonwealth Heritage List ........................................................................................... 11 2.3.2 National Heritage List ....................................................................................................... 11 2.4 State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) [ISEPP] 2007 .................................... 11 3.0 Historical Background ............................................................................................ 12 3.1 Aboriginal histories of the locality ......................................................................................... 12 3.2 Early European land-use ...................................................................................................... 12 3.3 Horticulture ..........................................................................................................................
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