58Heritage conservation

58 Heritage conservation

58 Heritage conservation

(1) The aims and objectives of this clause are to identify and protect the Blue Mountains’ natural and cultural heritage.

(2) In this clause—

alter, in relation to a heritage item or to a building or work within a Heritage Conservation Area, means change the inside or outside of the heritage item, building or work, but does not include changes that maintain the existing detail, fabric, finish or appearance outside of the heritage item, building or work.

bed and breakfast means the provision of accommodation and meals for commercial purposes within a dwelling house specified in Schedule 2 to Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 situated on land to which this plan applies—

(a) by the permanent residents of the dwelling house, and

(b) on a short term basis,

where the total occupancy of the dwelling house, including the permanent residents, does not exceed 10, but does not include the provision of accommodation and meals within a refreshment room.
For the purpose of this definition, dwelling house includes ancillary buildings, forming part of the main building group, existing at the appointed day and any alterations to such buildings, provided the site coverage, size and bulk of the building is not increased.

demolition means the damaging, defacing, destruction, pulling down or removal of a heritage item, building, work, relic or place in whole or in part.

Heritage Conservation Area means land to which this plan applies that consists of, or is included in, an area identified as such on the Map and in Schedule 2 to Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991.

heritage item means a building, work, relic, tree or place of heritage significance situated on land to which this plan applies and identified in Schedule 2 to Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991.

heritage significance means historic, scientific, cultural, social, archaeological, architectural, natural or aesthetic significance.

Map has the same meaning as in Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991.

relic means any deposit, object or material evidence which is over 50 years old relating to settlement.

(3) A person shall not, without the consent of the Council, in respect of a building, work, relic, place or tree that is a heritage item—