Section 27 - State Environmental Planning Policy (Precincts—Eastern Harbour City) 2021 - Heritage conservation

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27 Heritage conservation

(1) A person must not, in respect of a building, work, relic, tree or place that is a heritage item—

(a) demolish, dismantle, move or alter the building, work, relic, tree or place, or

(b) damage or remove the relic, or

(c) excavate land for the purpose of discovering, exposing or moving the relic, or

(d) damage or despoil the tree or place, or

(e) erect a building on, or subdivide, land on which the building, work or relic is situated or that comprises the place, or

(f) damage any tree or land on which the building, work or relic is situated on or on the land which comprises the place, or

(g) make structural changes to the interior of the building or work,

except with the consent of the consent authority.

(2) However, consent under this section is not required if the applicant has notified the consent authority of the proposed development and the consent authority has advised the applicant in writing before any work is carried out that it is satisfied that the proposed development—

(a) is of a minor nature, or is for the maintenance of the heritage item, and

(b) would not adversely affect the significance of the heritage item.

(3) In this section, heritage item means a building, work, relic, tree or place that is indicated as a heritage item on the Heritage Map.