Heritage Register Review Fraser Coast Regional Council September 2017
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Heritage Register Review Fraser Coast Regional Council September 2017 Converge Heritage + Community Contact details are: Simon Gall Converge Heritage + Community ABN:71 366 535 889 57 East Street, Scarness QLD 4655 Tel: (07) 4124 1938 Email: [email protected] Copyright © 2017 Document Verification Project Fraser Coast Heritage Register Review Project Number 17080 Document Title Heritage Register Review File Location Heritage Register Review_FINAL_120917.docx Client Fraser Coast Regional Council Version history Revision Date Nature of revision Prepared by Authorised by 0 09/06/2017 Draft CB SG 1 04/08/2017 Revised draft CB 2 12/09/2017 Final CB Heritage Register Review | i Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Project Background ....................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Purpose of this Report .................................................................................................................. 5 1.3 Personnel ...................................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 Study Timing .................................................................................................................................. 5 1.5 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................... 6 2 Heritage Provisions in the Planning Scheme ......................................................................... 7 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 7 2.2 Overview of impact of changing legislative provisions ................................................................. 7 2.3 Local Heritage Register ................................................................................................................. 7 2.4 Development Assessment Under the Act ..................................................................................... 8 2.4.1 How Development is Regulated Under the Act ................................................................. 8 2.4.2 Local Heritage Places ......................................................................................................... 9 2.4.3 Queensland Heritage Places .............................................................................................. 9 2.4.4 Overview of Development Assessment ........................................................................... 10 2.5 Heritage and Character Overlay Code ........................................................................................ 10 2.5.1 Mapping ........................................................................................................................... 10 2.5.2 Assessment Triggers for State Heritage Places ................................................................ 11 2.6 Recommendations ...................................................................................................................... 11 2.7 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 13 3 Demolition Control Areas - Update .................................................................................... 15 3.1 New Demolition Controls - Industrial and Commercial .............................................................. 15 3.1.1 Industrial .......................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.2 Commercial ...................................................................................................................... 21 3.2 Updated Overlay Code - Demolition Control Area ..................................................................... 27 3.3 Other Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 28 4 Understanding Significance in the Context of Development ............................................... 29 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 29 4.2 General Overview of Heritage..................................................................................................... 29 4.2.1 Purpose of Heritage ......................................................................................................... 29 4.2.2 Levels of Significance ....................................................................................................... 29 4.2.3 Heritage Management in Australia .................................................................................. 30 4.2.4 Defining a Heritage Place ................................................................................................. 30 4.3 Understanding Significance ......................................................................................................... 30 4.4 The 'additional information' card ............................................................................................... 31 4.4.1 Context ............................................................................................................................. 31 Heritage Register Review | ii 4.4.2 Development Considerations .......................................................................................... 32 4.5 General principles for development of heritage places.............................................................. 33 4.5.1 Applying the Burra Charter in Development Assessment ............................................... 33 4.5.2 Adaptive Reuse ................................................................................................................ 33 4.5.3 No Prudent or Feasible Alternative ................................................................................. 34 4.6 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 34 4.7 Further Reading........................................................................................................................... 34 5 The Heritage Register - Citations ....................................................................................... 35 5.1 Entering and Removing Places from the Heritage Register ........................................................ 35 5.2 Nominations to enter and remove - a structured approach ...................................................... 35 6 Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 37 6.1 Using the 'additional information' cards ..................................................................................... 37 6.2 Offsets and Incentives ................................................................................................................. 37 6.3 Reviews and Updates .................................................................................................................. 37 6.4 Places .......................................................................................................................................... 38 Appendix 1 - Applicable Heritage Legislation Extracts .................................................................. 39 Appendix 2 - Additional Information for Heritage Citations ......................................................... 40 Appendix 3 - Individual Recommendations for Heritage Citations ................................................ 41 Heritage Register Review | iii List of Tables Table 1: Suggested changes to provisions relating to demolition control areas. ................................. 27 Table 2: Context in the 'additional information' card ........................................................................... 31 Table 3: Development Considerations in the 'additional information' card. ........................................ 32 Heritage Register Review | iv 1 Introduction 1.1 Project Background With recent changes in State legislation, the Fraser Coast Regional Council sought the review the Local Heritage register and the Fraser Coast Planning Scheme 2014 Heritage and Neighbourhood Character Overlay Code and maps to ensure that Council's framework for heritage protection is up to date, reflects best practice and encourages the appropriate use of the regions Local Heritage Places. 1.2 Purpose of this Report Council requested the completion of the following tasks: · Review the Council policy fo r “Guidelines for nominations for inclusion in, removal from, or alteration of the Fraser Coast Heritage Register” and the Fraser Coast Local Heritage Register format to ensure that it reflects current, best practice principles. Preparation of a more practical listing place card framework which clearly details the heritage values and informs suitable development outcomes for all Local Heritage Places. · Review the Fraser Coast Planning Scheme 2014 Heritage and Neighbourhood Character Overlay Code and the Fraser Coast Heritage Register to ensure they meet amendments to State planning provisions (State Planning Policy, SP Regulation, SDAP). · Review mapping and Code provisions