Panania Station Upgrade Transport for New South Wales 01-June-2016 Panania Station Upgrade Statement of Heritage Impact 19-Apr-2016 Prepared for – Transport for New South Wales – ABN: 18 804 239 602 AECOM Panania Station Upgrade – Statement of Heritage Impact Statement of Heritage Impact Panania Station Upgrade Client: Transport for New South Wales ABN: 18 804 239 602 Prepared by AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Level 21, 420 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000, PO Box Q410, QVB Post Office NSW 1230, Australia T +61 2 8934 0000 F +61 2 8934 0001 www.aecom.com ABN 20 093 846 925 1-June-2016 Job No.: 60488497 AECOM in Australia and New Zealand is certified to the latest version of ISO9001, ISO14001, AS/NZS4801 and OHSAS18001. © AECOM Australia Pty Ltd (AECOM). All rights reserved. AECOM has prepared this document for the sole use of the Client and for a specific purpose, each as expressly stated in the document. No other party should rely on this document without the prior written consent of AECOM. 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Subject to the above conditions, this document may be transmitted, reproduced or disseminated only in its entirety. 1--June-2016 Prepared for – Transport for New South Wales – ABN: 18 804 239 602 AECOM Panania Station Upgrade – Statement of Heritage Impact Quality Information Document Panania Station Upgrade Ref 60488497 Date 1-June-2016 Prepared by Erin Finnegan Reviewed by Luke Kirkwood Revision History Revision Revision Date Details Authorised Name/Position Signature A 20-Apr-2016 Draft Luke Kirkwood Signed in original. Principal Heritage Specialist B 30-May-2016 Revision to address Luke Kirkwood TfNSW comments Principal Heritage Specialist C 1-June-2016 Final Luke Kirkwood Principal Heritage Specialist 1--June-2016 Prepared for – Transport for New South Wales – ABN: 18 804 239 602 AECOM Panania Station Upgrade – Statement of Heritage Impact Table of Contents Executive Summary i 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Project Background 1 1.2 Site Identification 2 1.3 Project Methodology 3 1.4 Report Limitations 3 2.0 Statutory Context 5 2.1 Commonwealth Legislation 5 2.1.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) 5 2.1.2 Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cwlth) 5 2.2 State Legislation 5 2.2.1 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) 5 2.2.2 Infrastructure SEPP State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 (NSW) 5 2.2.3 Heritage Act 1977 (NSW) 6 2.3 Local Government 6 2.3.1 Bankstown Local Environmental Plan 2015 6 2.4 Summary of Statutory Controls 7 3.0 Historical Context 8 3.1 Early Settlement 8 3.2 The Coming of the Railway to East Hills 9 3.3 Development of Panania Railway Station Group 11 3.3.1 A Mid-Century Station Upgrade 11 3.3.2 Recent Change and Alterations to the Panania Station Group 13 4.0 Physical Evidence 16 4.1 Panania Station – Major Group Elements 16 4.1.1 General Overview 16 4.1.2 Platform Building (1931) 16 4.1.3 Platform (1931) 19 4.1.4 Footbridge, Stairs and Ramps (c1956) 19 4.1.5 Location Hut (c1931) 21 4.1.6 Platform Canopies (2010) 21 4.1.7 Additional elements – movable heritage 22 4.2 Comparative Analysis – Discussion of Footbridge 23 5.0 Significance Assessment 27 5.1 Introduction 27 5.2 Panania Railway Station Group 28 5.3 Grading of Significant Elements 29 6.0 Proposal description and impacts 31 6.1 Project Drivers 31 6.2 Options selection 32 6.3 The Proposal 33 6.4 Proposal Impacts 35 6.4.1 Engineering Scope 35 6.4.2 Platform Building Refurbishment 36 6.4.3 Earthworks 38 6.4.4 Ancillary facilities 38 6.5 Impacts to Heritage Significance – Panania Railway Station Group 40 6.5.1 Summary of Heritage Impacts 44 6.5.2 Summary of Archaeological Potential and Impacts 45 7.0 Statement of Heritage Impact 46 7.1 Introduction 46 7.2 Process Questions 46 7.2.1 Demolition (relating to the existing footbridge, ramps and stairs) 46 7.2.2 Major Additions (relating to the new lifts and pedestrian bridge) 47 1--June-2016 Prepared for – Transport for New South Wales – ABN: 18 804 239 602 AECOM Panania Station Upgrade – Statement of Heritage Impact 7.3 Statement of Heritage Impact 48 8.0 Recommendations 50 8.1 Recommendation 1 – Further heritage input and assessment required 50 8.1.1 Recommendation 2 – Movable heritage survey 51 8.2 Recommendation 3 – Archival recording 51 8.3 Recommendation 4 – Salvage of material from the existing footbridge 51 8.4 Recommendation 5 – Protection of Location Hut during construction 51 8.5 Recommendation 6 – Heritage interpretation 51 8.6 Recommendation 7 – Notification to NSW Heritage Division 51 8.7 Recommendation 8 – Update of Section 170 Heritage and Conservation Register listing 51 8.8 Recommendation 9 – Heritage induction 51 8.9 Recommendation 10 – Stop Work Procedure 52 9.0 References 53 List of Tables Table 1 Listed heritage items within the Proposal Area 7 Table 2 Comparative Analysis of Footbridges 24 Table 3 Significance assessment criteria 27 Table 4 Significance assessment – Panania Station 28 Table 5 Grading of significance criteria (from NSW Heritage Office, 2001:11) 29 Table 6 Panania Station grading of fabric 30 Table 7 Assessment of impacts to heritage significance of the Panania Railway Station Group 40 Table 8 Summary of the nature of the direct impacts 48 List of Tables Table 1 Listed heritage items within the Proposal Area 7 Table 2 Comparative Analysis of Footbridges 24 Table 3 Significance assessment criteria 27 Table 4 Significance assessment – Panania Station 28 Table 5 Grading of significance criteria (from NSW Heritage Office, 2001:11) 29 Table 6 Panania Station grading of fabric 30 Table 7 Assessment of impacts to heritage significance of the Panania Railway Station Group 40 Table 8 Summary of the nature of the direct impacts 48 List of Figures Figure 1 Panania Station Upgrade Study Area 2 Figure 2 Panania Railway Station Group Curtilage Plan (Adapted from OEH, 2016) 3 Figure 3 Detail of Bankstown Parish Map showing original grantees, undated. Approximate location of Panania Station marked. (Source: NSW Property & Information) 8 Figure 4 Panania Station 1942 (Courtesy of Sydney Trains) 10 Figure 5 Oblique aerial view of Panania, 1949. Station circled in red (Source: Molloy, 2015) 10 Figure 6 Excerpt of 1956 Plan for the Platform Building extension (Source: Sydney Trains Plan Room) 12 Figure 7 Excerpt of proposed footbridge, stairs and ramps, c1954 (Source: Sydney Trains Plan Room) 12 Figure 8 Plan of footbridge, stairs and ramps, c1981 (Source: Sydney Trains) 13 Figure 9 West elevation of Platform Building in 1984 (Source: RailCorp Section 170 Heritage Register) 14 Figure 10 West elevation of Platform Building in 2007, prior to the construction of platform canopies (Source: RailCorp Section 170 Heritage Register) 14 Figure 11 1931 Platform Building - east and north elevations in 2007, prior to the construction of platform canopies (Source: RailCorp Section 170 Heritage Register) 15 1--June-2016 Prepared for – Transport for New South Wales – ABN: 18 804 239 602 AECOM Panania Station Upgrade – Statement of Heritage Impact Figure 12 Facing west from footbridge in 2010. Note visual obstruction of Platform Building by canopies 15 Figure 13 Existing layout of Platform Building (Source: Jacobs, 2015) 16 Figure 14 Platform Building (eastern and northern façade) 17 Figure 15 Platform Building (northern façade) 17 Figure 16 Parapet with decorative brickwork to eastern façade. Note intrusive electrical box affixed to exterior 17 Figure 17 Original double-hung windows with bullnose sills replaced with replacement panes 17 Figure 18 Intrusive air conditioning unit inserted into original six-pane sash window 17 Figure 19 Replacement flush door. Note terrazzo door sill 17 Figure 20 Platform Building (eastern façade). Note old ticket window adjacent to non-DDA compliant Customer Information Window 18 Figure 21 1956 ticket window (eastern façade) which has been infilled 18 Figure 22 Original timber battened ceilings. Note number of perforations for services 18 Figure 23 Attachments to interior walls 18 Figure 24 Female toilet (Source: RailCorp Section 170 Heritage Register) 18 Figure 25 Female waiting room (Source: RailCorp Section 170 Heritage Register) 18 Figure 26 Island platform, eastern end 19 Figure 27 Island platform, western end 19 Figure 28 Brick platform detail 19 Figure 29 Platform and footbridge 19 Figure 30 View of the footbridge and stairs 20 Figure 31 View facing west from eastern end of platform 20 Figure 32 I-beam’ column construction 20 Figure 33 Footbridge over track 20 Figure 34 Concrete stairs to platform from the footbridge 20 Figure 35 Resurfaced footbridge deck and c2007 aluminium balustrading 20 Figure 36 Northern ramps to Anderson Street (north) 21 Figure 37 South ramp showing steel columns and concrete pier footings 21 Figure 38 Location Hut as viewed from the north (Panania Hotel car park) 21 Figure 39 Location Hut in relation to eastern end of platform 21 Figure 40 East elevation of Platform Building obscured by canopy structure 22 Figure 41 Canopies over western end of platform 22 Figure 42 Unsympathetic join of canopy