Statement of Heritage Impact Tomago Resource Recovery Facility
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Project Number: HN000056-B STATEMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT TOMAGO RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY FINAL 11 / 11 / 2020 REMOND IS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD C/O JACKSON ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING Attn: Rylan Loemker Email: [email protected] HERITAGE NOW CONTACT [email protected] 0425 250 310 www.heritagenow.com.au Executive Summary Heritage Now has been engaged by Jackson Environment and Planning on behalf of REMONDIS Australia Pty Ltd to prepare a Statement of Heritage Impact for the proposed Tomago Resource Recovery Facility and Truck Parking Depot, located at 21D & 21F School Drive, Tomago. The assessment is required as part of the Environmental Impact Statement and Development Application process. The Project Area is located at 21D and 21F School Drive, Tomago (Lots 8 and 11 DP 270328, and part of lot 301 DP 634536) approximately 12 km north west of Newcastle. The closest heritage items are 350 m from the Project Area - Tomago House and Chapel – they are listed as two separate heritage items on the Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan 2013 and as a single listing on the State Heritage Register. Past land use of the Project Area by early settlers was likely agricultural. The land has since been heavily modified through industrial land use, including sandmining. There are no heritage items within the Project Area. No specific mitigation measures are needed In general, all on-site personnel are to be made aware of their obligations under the NSW Heritage Act 1977 and the below recommendation is to be followed. Recommendation 1 All on-site personnel are to be made aware of their obligations under the NSW Heritage Act 1977, including the reporting of any historic, or suspected historic material. This may be implemented through an onsite induction or other suitable format. TOMAGO STATEMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT | HN000056- B I Abbreviations, Acronyms, Terms and Definitions Acronym Definition DCP Development Control Plan DP Deposited Plan DPIE Department of Planning Industry and Environment EP&A Environmental Planning and Assessment LEP Local Environmental Plan NSW New South Wales OEH Office of Environment and Heritage SHR State Heritage Register SoHI Statement of Heritage Impact TOMAGO STATEMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT | HN000056- B II Contents 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Project Area ............................................................................................................................ 2 1.2 Project Proposal ...................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Methodology ........................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Authorship .............................................................................................................................. 2 2 Historic Context .............................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Development of Tomago ........................................................................................................ 5 2.2 History of the Project Area ..................................................................................................... 6 3 Legislative Context and Heritage Listing ......................................................................................... 8 3.1 Legislative Context .................................................................................................................. 8 3.2 Heritage Listings and other Relevant Instruments and Guidelines ........................................ 9 3.2.1 Statement of Significance ............................................................................................. 10 3.2.2 Development Control Plan ............................................................................................ 10 3.3 Summary ............................................................................................................................... 10 4 Site Visit and Physical Assessment ................................................................................................ 11 4.1 Project Area .......................................................................................................................... 11 4.2 Summary ............................................................................................................................... 11 5 Assessment of Heritage Impact and Mitigation............................................................................ 12 5.1 The Proposal ......................................................................................................................... 12 5.2 Significance Overview ........................................................................................................... 12 5.3 Impact Assessment ............................................................................................................... 12 5.4 Mitigation Measures ............................................................................................................. 12 6 Conclusions and Recommendations ............................................................................................. 13 7 References.................................................................................................................................... 14 8 Plates ............................................................................................................................................. 15 Tables Table 1 Summary of Heritage Listings..................................................................................................... 9 Figures Figure 1 Project Area............................................................................................................................... 3 TOMAGO STATEMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT | HN000056- B III Figure 2 Project Proposal ........................................................................................................................ 4 Figure 3:1923 Parish Map showing location of Project Area and Tomago House.................................. 7 Figure 4 Project Area overlaid on the 1974 aerial photograph .............................................................. 7 Figure 5 Heritage listings near the Project Area ..................................................................................... 9 Figure 6 Survey Area ............................................................................................................................. 11 Plates Plate 1 Modern industrial buildings ...................................................................................................... 15 Plate 2 Modern fill from industrial activities ........................................................................................ 15 Plate 3 Disturbed contexts and modern rubbish .................................................................................. 16 TOMAGO STATEMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT | HN000056- B IV 1 Introduction Heritage Now has been engaged by Jackson Environment and Planning on behalf of REMONDIS Australia Pty Ltd to prepare a Statement of Heritage Impact for the proposed Tomago Resource Recovery Facility and Truck Parking Depot, located at 21D & 21F School Drive, Tomago. The assessments are required as part of the Environmental Impact Statement and Development Application process. 1.1 Project Area The Project Area is located at 21D and 21F School Drive, Tomago (Lots 8, and 11 DP 270328) approximately 12 km north west of Newcastle. The total area of the Project Area is 48455m2 (Figure 1). 1.2 Project Proposal REMONDIS intends to relocate their existing truck parking depot and resource recovery facility in Thornton to Tomago. This facility will involve the processing of waste, including hazardous materials. The proponent also intends on constructing a truck parking depot on the vacant lot of 21F School Drive (Figure 2). 1.3 Methodology This document has been prepared in accordance with the relevant Heritage Division guidelines, including, but not limited to: • Assessing Heritage Significance (OEH 2015) • Statements of Heritage Impact (OEH, formerly Heritage Office 2002) This Statement of Heritage Impact includes: • An overview of the heritage significance of features concerning the project proposal • What impact the proposed works will have on that significance • What measures have been proposed to mitigate negative impacts • Why more sympathetic solutions are not viable 1.4 Authorship This report has been prepared by Crystal Phillips, Heritage Consultant at Heritage Now and Tessa Boer-Mah, Principal Heritage Consultant at Heritage Now. TOMAGO STATEMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT | HN000056- B 2 Figure 1 Project Area TOMAGO STATEMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT | HN000056- B 3 Figure 2 Project Proposal TOMAGO STATEMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT | HN000056- B 4 2 Historic Context This section provides the foundation for understanding the history of the region, as well as the Project Area. 2.1 Development of Tomago The traditional custodians of the land at Tomago are the Worimi people. The word ‘Tomago’ is said to derive from the Worimi word for ‘sweet water’ as they knew of the underground fresh water sources in the area long before European settlers invaded.1 One of the earliest European settlers in Tomago was Richard Windeyer in