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Fort Scratchley Plan of Management 2013 Plan of management Fort Scratchley 2013 www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au Plan of Management 2013 1 Table of Contents Acknowledgement of Country .................................................................................. 4 1.0 Executive Summary ................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................ 6 1.2 Values, vision, principles for management, key objectives and strategies ........ 6 2.0 Plan structure ............................................................................................................ 9 2.1 Study process .................................................................................................... 9 3.0 Introduction and overview ...................................................................................... 10 3.1 What is a plan of management ......................................................................... 10 3.2 Aims of the Plan ............................................................................................... 10 3.3 Land to which this Plan applies ........................................................................ 10 3.4 Heritage listings ................................................................................................ 10 4.0 Site description ........................................................................................................ 12 4.1 Brief history of Fort Scratchley ......................................................................... 12 4.2 Cultural significance ......................................................................................... 13 4.3 Site overview ................................................................................................... 13 4.4 Current uses ..................................................................................................... 13 4.5 Condition of buildings and land ....................................................................... 15 5.0 Planning context ...................................................................................................... 18 5.1 Legislative requirements and relevant planning documents ............................ 18 5.2 Review of the 2008 Plan of Management ........................................................ 21 6.0 Basis for management ............................................................................................ 23 6.1 Legislation and policy framework ..................................................................... 23 6.2 Values ............................................................................................................... 23 6.3 Community consultation .................................................................................. 24 6.4 Key issues ........................................................................................................ 24 6.5 Vision and principles for management ............................................................. 25 6.6 Objectives ......................................................................................................... 26 7.0 Management directions and actions ..................................................................... 27 7.1 Future Use and Development ........................................................................... 27 7.2 Leases, licences and other estates ................................................................. 27 7.3 Management action tables ..................................................................................... 30 8.0 Implementation and Review ................................................................................... 51 8.1 Resourcing and Implementation ...................................................................... 51 Production 8.2 Review .............................................................................................................. 51 Fort Scratchley Plan of Management Appendix A ..................................................................................................................... 53 prepared by the Appendix B ..................................................................................................................... 59 Future City Group of The City of Newcastle Appendix C ..................................................................................................................... 64 Appendix D ..................................................................................................................... 65 Published by The City of Newcastle Appendix E ..................................................................................................................... 81 PO Box 489, Newcastle NSW 2300 Appendix F ..................................................................................................................... 83 Ph: 4974 2000 Fax: 4974 2222 Email: [email protected] Web: www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au September 2013 © 2013 The City of Newcastle 2 Fort Scratchley Plan of Management 2013 3 Acknowledgement of Country The City of Newcastle acknowledges that Fort Scratchley is located on lands of the Awabakal Aboriginal People, who are the traditional custodians of the lands and waters of Newcastle. 4 Fort Scratchley Plan of Management 2013 5 • To retain and conserve the site in accordance with 1. Recognise and promote Fort Scratchley as a site 1.0 Executive Summary the Burra Charter of Australia and its associated of outstanding cultural significance and national guidelines. importance. • To manage the site with the primary objective of 2. Actively conserve and manage the Fort’s heritage enhancing the military heritage by explaining the values through appropriate maintenance and 1.1 Background managed and used over the next five to 10 years. It history and significance of the Fort, supported repair. reconfirms the heritage values identified in the Fort Arguably Newcastle’s most spectacular vantage point, by interpretive displays that demonstrate the 3. Establish and maintain a governance structure Scratchley Historic Site Heritage Management Plan Fort Scratchley Historic Site commands a significant functioning of individual components. appropriate to the Fort’s significance and 2008 (the Heritage Management Plan) and ensures position overlooking the Hunter River Estuary, coastline • To present and interpret the site’s significance in complexity. these values are protected in future management and Nobbys Headland. Newcastle’s earlier history (penal settlement, coal decisions. Further, the Plan endeavours to action 4. Provide adequate resources to ensure the long- mining and port activities). term sustainability of the site. Fort Scratchley is a site of outstanding heritage recommendations identified in the Heritage • To have primary regard for physical conservation significance, listed as part of the Coal River Precinct on Management Plan and address issues that have arisen 5. Retain and conserve moveable items in and interpretation. The site should become the NSW State Heritage Register and the Newcastle since the adoption of the 2008 Plan of Management. accordance with accepted principles and financially self supporting, however, it should not be Local Environmental Plan 2012. guidelines. required to yield a return on funds invested. 1.2 Values, vision, principles for 6. Provide a cultural tourism experience based on the Signal Hill, and subsequently Fort Scratchley was the • To retain and conserve all buildings, structures and Fort’s unique cultural heritage values. site of the first European coal mine in Australia and the management, key objectives and landscape elements in the inner Fort precinct. 7. Provide ways for visitors to enjoy the experience site of a coal-fired navigation beacon. It was a strategic strategies • To manage the grounds of the site as an integral and develop an understanding and appreciation of fort for over 150 years and is Australia’s only coastal part of the place. The bare open nature of the the Fort’s heritage values and the need to conserve fortification to fire on an enemy Naval vessel firing two 1.2.1 Values setting should be maintained although some former and manage these values. salvoes at a Japanese submarine that bombarded elements may be introduced for interpretive or ‘Values’ can simply be described as elements that 8. Suitably manage and conserve the natural and Newcastle with about two dozen shells during World operational reasons. New elements should only be make a place important. A plan of management is a cultural significance of the Fort’s landscape and War II. introduced where essential for the site’s operation. values-based document, meaning that management setting. • To maintain and where possible enhance significant The ownership of Fort Scratchley Historic Site actions are shaped to reflect, maintain and enhance 9. Provide for passive recreational activities that views to and from the site. was transferred to The City of Newcastle from the the values of the place. The site’s identified values are: complement the Fort’s cultural heritage and natural Commonwealth Government in June 2008. Council is • To maintain and where necessary preserve and setting. • Historic responsible for protecting the values of the site and restore the fabric of built elements. 10. Pr omote the site in a manner that enhances public ensuring it is utilised to its full potential. • Rarity • Sympathetic
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