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Dubbo City Heritage Inventory 1520269 State Heritage Inventory Study Number Dubbo Urban Heritage Review 2006-07 Community-Based Heritage Study Significant Aspects of the Dubbo Urban Area; its Commercial Buildings, Historic Homes, Cottages and Streetscapes Final Report Volume I Prepared for Dubbo City Council Environmental Services Division of Council Civic Administration Building, Church Street DUBBO NSW 2830 Prepared by Christo Aitken & Associates in association with representatives of the Dubbo community PO Box 1051 BATHURST NSW 2795 P : 02 6337 5260 F : 02 6337 5260 E : [email protected] February 2007 rev1 Dubbo Urban Heritage Review 2006-07 The Report Prepared for Dubbo City Council Environmental Services Division of Council Civic Administration Building, Church Street DUBBO NSW 2830 Prepared by Christo Aitken & Associates in association with representatives of the Dubbo community PO Box 1051 BATHURST NSW 2795 Dubbo City Council Final Report Urban Heritage Review 2006-07 February 2007 rev1 Executive Summary In 1985 Dubbo City Council embarked on a Heritage Study of the entire local government area and the completed study has been extensively used by Council over the past 25 years. As part of Council’s Management Plan and, in particular its Review of the five Urban Areas Development Strategies, Council initiated a review of heritage items in rural and urban areas in 2001 and 2004 respectively. This study is part of that overall review and its focus is on Dubbo’s urban areas. The general format of the study follows that recommended by NSW Heritage Office in its guideline document Community Based Heritage Studies. The project was grant funded from NSW Heritage Office. The study commenced in 2004 with the establishment of a community advisory group and preliminary research into places that the community might regard as significant to Dubbo, however progress on the study was delayed. In mid 2006 work recommenced and the study was completed in early 2007. The framework for this report is divided into eight sections and includes related attachments within each section. Sections 1 and 2 provide a general introduction and outline of the management approach. Sections 3 and 4 review the 1986 heritage study and the intervening years. The 1986 recommendations are discussed and detailed including the degree to which they were adopted and their current relevancy overviewed. Understanding the intervening years from 1986 to 2006 and the changes in the statutory requirements and heritage management in New South Wales provides the background for local government requirements and community expectations. The thematic history in section 5 is also restructured in line with current directions in National, State and Local themes. Section 6 details the processes within which the study was undertaken in Dubbo, the role of the community, the analysis and assessment and the places that were included in the research. A comprehensive tabulation of almost 700 places was initially set up and this will provide the opportunity for longer term co-ordination and on-going assessment of the places. A range of recommendations are included in Section 7. The recommendations have been divided into three broad areas of management and administration, recognition and protection and interpretation and tourism. In summary the recommendations cover the following aspects: • Understanding Council’s Responsibilities for Environmental Heritage • Developing Council Heritage Strategy • Showing Council Leadership in the management of its own properties • Managing Recognition and Protection in the LEP, the heritage inventory and conservation areas • Setting up a framework of appropriately detailed development control guidelines • Engaging with the community and allowing their involvement in the process • Encouraging building owners and developers through conservation incentives • Educating, Interpreting and facilitating cultural tourism in the region The Urban Heritage Review is part of an overall process with Council developing appropriate planning strategies, guidelines and measures to improve the built environment of the City of Dubbo and management of “Old Dubbo”. The city retains much of its unique heritage and it is important for its future that growth and development continue in a way that retains the best of the old but also encourages the best of the new. Development at all cost, without appropriate guidelines to protect and integrate the city’s rich past, is not in the best long-term interest of the City of Dubbo or its community. This study is part of that process and provides part of the framework for planning for that future. Summary of Document Revisions Rev1 April 2008 – Correction to minor typographical errors, formatting and dates Christo Aitken & Associates ● Bathurst ● NSW 2795 i Dubbo City Council Final Report Urban Heritage Review 2006-07 February 2007 rev1 Table of Contents VOLUME I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................................................................................................................................I SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................1 1.1 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 AIMS AND APPROACH .....................................................................................................................................................2 1.3 LIMITATIONS....................................................................................................................................................................3 1.4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS....................................................................................................................................................3 1.5 RELATED ATTACHMENTS................................................................................................................................................6 SECTION 2 STUDY COMPONENTS.................................................................................................................................9 2.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................9 2.2 MANAGEMENT OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................................................................9 2.2.1 Dubbo City Council Advisory Group ...................................................................................................................9 2.2.2 NSW Heritage Office ...........................................................................................................................................11 2.3 FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY.........................................................................................................................................11 2.3.1 Community-Based Heritage Studies ...................................................................................................................11 2.3.2 The Dubbo LGA Approach .................................................................................................................................13 2.4 RELATED ATTACHMENTS...............................................................................................................................................15 SECTION 3 REVIEW OF THE 1986 HERITAGE STUDY..........................................................................................21 3.1 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................................21 3.2 THEMATIC HISTORY ......................................................................................................................................................21 3.3 INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS..........................................................................................................................................26 3.4 IMPLEMENTATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..............................................................................................................29 3.5 RELATED ATTACHMENTS..............................................................................................................................................35 SECTION 4 THE INTERVENING YEARS 1986 - 2006.................................................................................................37 4.1 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................................37 4.2 DUBBO LEPS AND LATER AMENDMENTS ....................................................................................................................37 4.3 1989 NSW HERITAGE SYSTEM REVIEW......................................................................................................................38 4.4 HERITAGE AMENDMENT ACT 1998..............................................................................................................................40 4.5 THE HERITAGE REGULATION 1999 ..............................................................................................................................41 4.6 THE NSW STATE HERITAGE INVENTORY AND REGISTER...........................................................................................41
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