20Conservation incentive relating to heritage items

20 Conservation incentive relating to heritage items

20 Conservation incentive relating to heritage items

(1) Nothing in this plan prevents the council from granting consent to the use for any purpose of a building that is an item of environmental heritage or of the land on which that building is erected, where the council is satisfied that—

(a) the use would have little or no adverse effect on the amenity of the area, and

(b) conservation of the building depends on the council granting consent as referred to in this subclause.

(2) The council, when considering an application for consent to erect a building on land on which there is a building which is an item of environmental heritage, may exclude from its calculation of the gross floor area of the buildings erected on the land the gross floor area of the item of environmental heritage—

(a) for the purpose of determining the floor space ratio, and

(b) for the purpose of determining the number of parking spaces to be provided on the site,

but only if the council is satisfied that the conservation of the building which is an item of environmental heritage depends upon the council granting consent as referred to in this subclause.