Tasmanian Heritage Council to remove 514 properties from Tasmanian Heritage Register

Notice of removal properties from the Tasmanian Heritage Register, The Examiner, November 14, 2016

On Monday 14 November, 2016, the TASMANIAN HERITAGE COUNCIL ADVERTISED THE REMOVAL OF 514 PROPERTIES FROM THE TASMANIAN HERITAGE REGISTER in The Examiner, The Mercury and The Advocate.

The register lists buildings deemed important, at the State level, to preserve because of their historic value and ‘for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations’.

Many of the places that will be removed from the Tasmanian Heritage Register will remain subject to local heritage codes in the relevant local planning scheme. However, the draft Statewide Planning Provisions (SPPs) that are intended to apply to local heritage places do not provide equivalent protection for heritage values, and many local councils lack the resources to properly assess heritage impacts.

The Hobart City Council’s submission on the draft SPPs concludes:

“[T]he heritage code of the SPPs is deficient in many areas. Heritage values will be eroded, the detail of buildings and fine grain qualities will be lost and Hobart will become a city of facades. The code is lengthy, not consistent and poorly drafted. It requires considerable redrafting to ensure it is consistent with current and good heritage practice…”

The same outcome will be repeated across Tasmania.

With the government’s planning ‘reform’ so clearly driven by developers and their lobby groups, protections for the built heritage that makes Tasmanian suburbs and towns unique are compromised. The results are predictable: bit by bit the old houses and buildings that are an important window to our past will be replaced and the charm that is loved by locals and visitors alike will be lost forever.

For a full list of the proposed properties to be removed from the Tasmanian Heritage Register visit:

http://heritage.tas.gov.au/heritage-listed-places/reviewing-the-register/public-notices/14-november-2016

Any person who made a submission in relation to the initial removal proposal, may appeal against this final decision to the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal. An appeal must be made in writing and lodged with the Tribunal 30 days from the publication of the Public Notice (November 14, 2016).

If you are going to appeal, don’t leave it to the last day!

For further information contact:

Heritage Tasmania
GPO Box 618
Hobart TAS 7000
Phone: 1300 850 332
Email: enquiries@heritage.tas.gov.au
Website: http://heritage.tas.gov.au/heritage-listed-places/reviewing-the-register

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