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1 & 1A Lamond Drive, 1444 &
1444A Pacific Highway,
Turramurra
Item 20
DA1099/04
13 April 2005
assessing impacts on heritage items. Council has prepared a similar document <strong>to</strong> assist in
preparation <strong>of</strong> impact assessments.
Impact on nearby heritage items.
The heritage report considers there is no impact on the nearby heritage items, mainly <strong>be</strong>cause they
are separated from the heritage items by a reasonable distance. The assumption here is that the
curtilage <strong>of</strong> the heritage items is limited and does not extend <strong>to</strong> include the subject site. The report
maintains that in the case <strong>of</strong> No 1359 Pacific Highway, almost directly opposite, separation by the
Pacific Highway is sufficient and in the case on No 1428 Pacific Highway, separation by Lamond
Drive and one other house lot is sufficient. It maintains that 1428 Pacific Highway is <strong>to</strong>o far
removed <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> affected. While I accept that there is some physical and visual separation, I conclude
that the development would have impact as the scale <strong>of</strong> the development is much wider and higher
than the existing context, which is one and two s<strong>to</strong>rey residential buildings in garden settings and it
would <strong>be</strong> a visually dominant element in the immediate area. However, I acknowledge that the
proposed development would not diminish the view <strong>of</strong> the heritage items from the public areas,
particularly the Pacific Highway.
Impact on Urban Conservation Area.
The subject site is located relatively close <strong>to</strong> the National Trust UCA No 25 – Heydon Avenue
Warrawee. The precinct includes most <strong>of</strong> the land <strong>be</strong>tween the Pacific Highway and the railway
line from Redleaf Avenue <strong>to</strong> Finlay Road. Council has adopted a policy <strong>of</strong> reviewing the UCAs
classified by the National Trust. UCA No 25 was reviewed in Oc<strong>to</strong><strong>be</strong>r 2004. The draft report
extends the precinct along the Pacific Highway <strong>to</strong> include No 1444, which is part <strong>of</strong> the subject site.
Although Council has not exhibited the draft review for this area, it is apparent that the subject site
has some contribu<strong>to</strong>ry values <strong>to</strong> the UCA and the heritage impact assessment has not acknowledged
this, or included reference <strong>to</strong> it in its assessment. The review <strong>of</strong> this precinct, concludes it has State
heritage significance. The following is the Statement <strong>of</strong> Significance, which supplements the
statement in DCP 55:
“The Heydon Avenue Warrawee UCA is one <strong>of</strong> the his<strong>to</strong>rically and aesthetically distinctive
residential areas within Ku-ring-gai which exhibit exceptional heritage significance and values
in the integrity and qualities <strong>of</strong> their development pattern and streetscapes, buildings and
gardens. The subdivision pattern <strong>of</strong> the area and its his<strong>to</strong>rical evolution remain legible,
retaining vestiges <strong>of</strong> the early estates in the boundaries and streets formed when subdivision
were pursued - allowing many <strong>of</strong> the existing homes, which are the first buildings upon their
sites, <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> built. Many <strong>of</strong> these houses are the work <strong>of</strong> notable contemporary architects and
retain their sophisticated garden settings, some <strong>of</strong> which are in turn the work <strong>of</strong> prominent
landscape architects and gardeners. They are still <strong>be</strong>ing studies and their significance <strong>be</strong>tter
unders<strong>to</strong>od.
The areas predominantly residential character, established and maintained by its early
residents and interrupted only by the well-known local people and private schools, in
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