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Addisons advises on heritage matters under national and state legislation and local government policy. Our team’s broad experience covers heritage as it relates to the built environment and development as well as matters of Aboriginal cultural heritage.
Clients needing Addisons’ advice on heritage matters may be navigating heritage issues under national, state, and local government regulations.
Our clients range from individuals and private developers to community organisations and agricultural operations. We assist them with obtaining approvals, negotiating heritage agreements, responding to heritage concerns and managing compliance issues.
As well as advising on issues under the Heritage Act 1977 (NSW), we assist with listings on the State Heritage Register and interim or emergency heritage orders, and Aboriginal Heritage Impact Permits (AHIPs).
We also have expertise on heritage incentive clauses in local environmental plans which provide incentives for the maintenance of certain heritage items.
provided advice and in some cases acted in the Land and Environment Court in relation to development within a heritage conservation area (HCA) or within the curtilage or vicinity of a heritage item. Advice included on a dual occupancy on land in Wahroonga behind a heritage-listed house, demolition of a house in an HCA in Killara, redevelopment of the St John’s Anglican church, the Cardinal Freeman Village in Ashfield, Discovery Point, and the Australian Technology Park at Eveleigh.
advised in relation to the heritage conservation and incentives clause to overcome permissibility under a local environmental plan.
advised on and assisted in providing notification to Heritage NSW for the breach of AHIP conditions.