45Heritage conservation areas

45 Heritage conservation areas

45 Heritage conservation areas

(1) A person must not, in respect of a heritage conservation area—

(a) demolish or alter a building or work within the area, or

(b) damage or move a relic within the area, or

(c) excavate for the purpose of exposing a relic within the area, or

(d) damage or despoil a place within the area, or

(e) erect a building on or subdivide land within the area,

except with the consent of the Council.

(2) The Council must not grant consent to an application required by subclause (1), being an application for consent to erect a new building or to alter an existing building, unless the Council has made an assessment of—

(a) the pitch and form of the roof, and

(b) the style, size, proportion and position of the openings for windows and doors, and

(c) whether the colour, texture, style, size and type of finish of the materials to be used on the exterior of the building are compatible with the materials used in the existing buildings in the heritage conservation area.