47Assessment of heritage significance

47 Assessment of heritage significance

47 Assessment of heritage significance

(1) Before granting consent required by this Part, the consent authority must assess the extent to which the carrying out of the proposed development will affect the heritage significance of the heritage item or heritage conservation area concerned.

(2) In the case of proposed development that would affect a heritage item, that assessment must include consideration of a heritage impact statement that addresses—

(a) the heritage significance of the item as part of the environmental heritage of Lake Macquarie City local government area,

(b) the impact that the proposed development will have on the heritage significance of the item and its setting, including any landscape or cultural features,

(c) the measures proposed to conserve the heritage significance of the item and its setting,

(d) whether any archaeological site or potential archaeological site will be adversely affected by the proposed development,

(e) the extent to which the carrying out of the proposed development will affect the form of any historic subdivision.

(3) In the case of proposed development in a heritage conservation area, that assessment must include consideration of a heritage impact statement that addresses the following—

(a) the heritage significance of the heritage conservation area and the contribution which any building, work, relic, tree or place affected by the proposed development makes to this heritage significance,

(b) the impact that the proposed development will have on the heritage significance of the heritage conservation area,

(c) the compatibility of the proposed development with nearby original buildings and the character of the heritage conservation area, taking into account the size, form, scale, orientation, setbacks, materials and detailing of the proposed development,

(d) the measures proposed to conserve the significance of the heritage conservation area and its setting,

(e) whether any landscape or horticultural features will be affected by the proposed development,

(f) whether any archaeological site or potential archaeological site will be affected by the proposed development,