Heritage Panel
Meeting Minutes
12 March
2020
Minutes of the Heritage
Panel Meeting held on Thursday, 12 March 2020
File No: I2020/371
PRESENT: Cr
B Cameron, Cr A Hackett, Cr J Martin
Staff: Chris
Larkin (Manager Sustainable Development), Jordan Vickers (Planner) for Report
4.1, Nancy Tarlao (Heritage Planner), Deborah Wray (Heritage Advisor), Noreen
Scott (Minute Taker)
Members: Chris
Cooney (Mullumbimby/Brunswick Valley Historical Society)
Vivienne
Gorec (Bangalow Historical Society)
Caroline
Lloyd
Gae Laverty
Joe
Vescio
Cr Cameron
(Chair) opened the meeting at 9:00am and acknowledged that the
meeting was being held on Bundjalung Country.
Apologies:
Shannon Burt (Director Sustainable Environment and Economy),
Michael Stewart (Jali),
Declarations of Interest – Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary
There were no declarations of
interest.
Adoption of
Minutes from Previous Meetings
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Moved:
That the minutes of the Heritage Panel Meeting held on
14 November 2019 be confirmed.
(Hackett/Cameron)
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Business Arising from Previous Minutes
There was no business arising
from previous minutes.
Staff Reports -
Sustainable Environment and Economy
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Report No. 4.1 Heritage
Panel Walk - Brunswick Heads
File No: I2020/168
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Heritage Panel:
1. Note
the results from the heritage walk will be retained as a basis for any
future heritage studies for Brunswick Heads.
2. Note the
results from the heritage walk will be provided to planning staff to inform character
narratives for Brunswick Heads that may be prepared for future LEP or DCP amendments that result from the
adoption of the Residential Strategy.
3. Be invited
to review and contribute to any future character narrative statements for Brunswick
Heads.
4. Recommend
Council consider a heritage conservation area for Brunswick Heads to be
determined by further survey, subject to funding and staff availability.
5. Request
staff to confirm the time frame and process for the drafting of the character
narratives in item 2.
(Cameron/Cooney)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.2 Draft
Byron Shire Heritage Strategy 2020-2024
File No: I2020/214
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Heritage Panel:
1. Endorse the
Byron Heritage Strategy 2020-2024 for adoption at the next available Council
meeting.
2. Nominate the
following four priorities from the Byron Heritage Strategy 2020-2024 with
four key actions identified to achieve them in the 2020/21 work program.
a.
Operate a Heritage Panel to provide community input to
heritage matters in the Byron Shire Council area
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Action - Resourcing for heritage planning be increased where
able.
b.
Identify Heritage Items in the Byron Shire and list them
in the Local
Environmental
Plan
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Action - Council to consider a heritage conservation area
for Brunswick Heads as determined by further survey, subject to funding and
staff availability.
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Action - Council to prepare character narratives for
Brunswick Heads in relation to any future DCP or LEP’s amendments that
result from the adoption of the Residential Strategy.
c.
Appoint a Heritage Advisor to assist Council, the
community and owners of listed Heritage Items, properties in Heritage
Conservation Areas or potential items,
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Action – Seek additional resourcing for the heritage
advisor where possible.
d. Manage
heritage in the Byron Shire area in a positive manner
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Action - Develop a heritage awards program to show good
examples of heritage conservation resulting from repair, maintenance, or
infill; and
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Action – Support community initiatives that showcase
local heritage in particular the development of walks and interpretation
trails.
(Cooney/Vescio)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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Report No. 4.3 Heritage
Panel Member Updates
File No: I2020/235
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Committee Recommendation:
That the Heritage Panel:
1. Note
the member updates.
2. Request
further reports be provided to the Panel on the following:
(i)
Development application requirements for heritage conservation
areas and heritage items.
(ii)
The heritage significance of the Flick Farm and associated
fencing and the group of houses on the 1903 Robinsons subdivision.
(Gorec/Laverty)
The recommendation was put to
the vote and declared carried.
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There being no further business the meeting concluded at 11:02.
