Heritage Items and Contributory Buildings. (a) Additions should be located to the rear to minimise the impact from the street (refer to Figure 7).
(b) Where the building form, detailing or use of individual buildings of historic character have been inappropriately altered and changed, any application to up- grade or re-use the buildings must clearly demonstrate that the architectural and streetscape value of the building will be enhanced by the proposal.
Heritage Items and Contributory Buildings. (a) Extensions should be kept to the rear of the site to minimise the impact upon the streetscape.
(b) If there is insufficient space for a rear extension, side extensions should be setback as far as possible from the street.
(c) Subdivision or site amalgamation involving heritage items or contributory buildings should not compromise the setting or curtilage of buildings on or adjoining the site.
(d) Construction, demolition or modification should not adversely affect the existing setting of the item or area.
Heritage Items and Contributory Buildings. Alterations and additions should not visually dominate, compete with or conceal the original scale and proportion of the heritage item, contributory building or conservation area.
Heritage Items and Contributory Buildings. (a) Council may require a proposed colour palette to be submitted with the development application.
(b) Original construction and in particular original finishes are to be maintained where possible.
(c) Changes to materials on elevations visible from the public domain are discouraged.
Heritage Items and Contributory Buildings. (a) All original verandahs and balconies should be retained and restored (refer to Figure 15).
(b) Infilling or enclosure of verandahs and balconies is not supported.
Heritage Items and Contributory Buildings. (a) Development to Heritage Items and Contributory Buildings must not include garages or driveways to the front of the property.
Heritage Items and Contributory Buildings. (a) Original and contributing elements of hard and soft landscaping are to be retained on heritage listed sites and where occurring in Conservation Areas.
(b) Where a site contains existing coursed local sandstone retaining walls, the walls are to be retained and incorporated into the overall design.
(c) High walls or fences and unsympathetic garden treatment (e.g. rockeries, dense plantings that are out of character) are discouraged.
Heritage Items and Contributory Buildings. (a) Where a building façade provides the core character detail and aesthetic qualities of an item the extent of a cohesive alteration and addition may extend to removal of other areas of the listed structure provided the façade remains in conjunction with a full structural bay or room depth and there remains a cohesive interface of new and existing works.
Heritage Items and Contributory Buildings. (a) Development should be designed to enhance original detailing of buildings.
(b) Original details should be retained and repaired where possible.
(c) Where original details have been removed or replaced with modern materials, consideration should be given to reinstating original features.
(d) Decorative elements should not be introduced on heritage items and contributory buildings unless documentation or physical evidence indicates the elements previously existed.
Heritage Items and Contributory Buildings. (a) Where original fences remain on listed items or within Conservation Areas these are to be retained and enhanced by appropriate maintenance and sympathetic landscaping.
(b) Planting and maintenance of existing planting is to avoid tree or plant growth that damages existing fences or gates.
(c) Fences and boundary walls employing masonry (principally stone or face brick) construction are not to be rendered, painted or coated with other materials unless the finish is known to be a detail of the original construction.
