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Annnexures – Item R2 Agenda: Urban Planning Committee Date: Monnday 25 November 2013 Item: R2 – White City – Proposed Heritage Item Annexures: 2 & 4 Heritage Inventory and Conservation Management Plan Review and Response White City, 30 Alma Street, Paddington September 2013 URBIS STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPORT WERE: Director Stephen Davies, B Arts Dip. Ed., Dip. T&CP, Dip. Cons. Studies Senior Consultant Kate Seaman, B Arts (Architecture), B Architecture Consultant Joseph Heng, B Arts, M Urban and Regional Planning, M Urban Development and Design Consultant Kristin Colenbrander: Research Job Code SH326 Report Number 01 xdisclai mer x © Urbis Pty Ltd ABN 50 105 256 228 All Rights Reserved. No material may be reproduced without prior permission. 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URBIS Australia Asia Middle East urbis.com.au TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................. i 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Brief ......................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Site Location ............................................................................................................................ 4 1.3 Methodology ............................................................................................................................ 4 1.4 Author Identification and Acknowledgements ......................................................................... 4 2 Site Description ................................................................................................................................ 5 2.1 Site Location, Access, Setting and landscape ........................................................................ 5 2.2 Buildings .................................................................................................................................. 6 2.3 Condition Assessment ........................................................................................................... 10 3 History ............................................................................................................................................. 11 3.1 Subject Site History ............................................................................................................... 11 3.2 Modifications and Dates ........................................................................................................ 15 4 Significance .................................................................................................................................... 16 4.1 What is Heritage Significance? ............................................................................................. 16 4.2 Statement of Significance ...................................................................................................... 16 4.3 Schedule of Significant Elements .......................................................................................... 21 5 Heritage Listings ............................................................................................................................ 22 5.1 Heritage Listings .................................................................................................................... 22 5.1.1 Local Government Policies .................................................................................................... 22 6 Conservation Policies .................................................................................................................... 27 6.1 What is a Conservation Policy? ............................................................................................. 27 6.2 Policy review .......................................................................................................................... 27 6.2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 27 6.2.2 Policy Principles .................................................................................................................... 28 6.2.3 General policies ..................................................................................................................... 29 6.2.4 Use of the Conservation Management Plan Policy ............................................................... 33 6.2.5 Conservation processes ........................................................................................................ 33 6.2.6 Views and vistas .................................................................................................................... 35 6.2.7 Access ................................................................................................................................... 36 6.2.8 Development on the site ........................................................................................................ 38 6.2.9 White City Tennis Centre ....................................................................................................... 47 7 Bibliography and References ........................................................................................................ 61 7.1 Bibliography ........................................................................................................................... 61 7.2 References ............................................................................................................................ 61 FIGURES: Figure 1 – Aerial Photo of Subject Site .............................................................................................................. 4 Figure 2 – existing views of the site ................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3 – Former White City Amusement Park .............................................................................................. 12 Figure 4 – White City Tennis Courts ................................................................................................................ 13 PICTURES: Picture 1 – View of existing centre court and grandstands looking north east ................................................... 5 URBIS URBIS CMP REVIEW WHITE CITY.DOCX Picture 2 – View from southern grandstand looking north ................................................................................. 6 Picture 3 – View of roof structure of southern grandstand ................................................................................. 6 Picture 4 – View of southern grandstand ........................................................................................................... 7 Picture 5 –Commemorative walk looking east ................................................................................................... 8 Picture 6 –Commemorative walk looking west .................................................................................................. 8 Picture 7 – Southern grandstand extension ...................................................................................................... 9 Picture 8 – Southern grandstand existing structure ........................................................................................... 9 Picture 9 – Southern grandstand existing structure ........................................................................................... 9 Picture 10 – Southern grandstand existing structure ......................................................................................... 9 TABLES: Table 1 – Heritage Listings .............................................................................................................................. 22 TABLE 2 – Policy 25 ....................................................................................................................................... 40 URBIS URBIS CMP REVIEW WHITE CITY.DOCX Executive Summary Urbis has been engaged by Hakoah Pty Ltd. to prepare a response to the proposal to recommend the listing of the subject site on the State Heritage Register. In response to this matter a review has been carried out of the Draft Heritage Inventory Form 2013, prepared by Woollahra Council, and the existing Conservation Management Plan (CMP), prepared for Poplar Holdings in 2008 by Conybeare Morrison Pty Ltd. This report has been instigated in response to Council‟s consideration of a report from Council‟s Planning staff in relation to the recommendation of a referral of the site to the Heritage Council of NSW for the potential listing of the site under the NSW Heritage Act. The premise of Council‟s report is that the site is considered to be of state significance and should be on the NSW State Heritage register, notwithstanding that it has not been listed to date at the local level. It is considered that there are processes that should be applied to the site to resolve the many issues relating to its future before it is recommended for inclusion on the State Heritage Register (SHR).