15Objectives

15 Objectives

15 Objectives

The objectives of the Plan in relation to heritage conservation are as follows—

(a) to protect, conserve and enhance the cultural heritage and the evidence of cultural heritage, including places, buildings, works, relics, townscapes, landscapes, trees, potential archaeological sites and conservation areas, and provide measures for their conservation,

(b) to protect, conserve and enhance the character and identity of the suburbs, places and landscapes of Leichhardt, including the natural, scenic and cultural attributes of the Sydney Harbour foreshore and its creeks and waterways, surface rock, remnant bushland, ridgelines and skylines,

(c) to prevent undesirable incremental change, including demolition, which reduces the heritage significance of places, conservation areas or heritage items,

(d) to allow compatible and viable adaptation and re-use of the fabric of heritage significance,

(e) to ensure the protection of relics and places of Aboriginal cultural significance in liaison with the Aboriginal community.

cl 15: Subst 2.4.2004.