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Council Endorses Plans For Latrobe Heritage Overlay

Latrobe City Council adopted the 2008 Latrobe City Heritage Study at Monday night’s council meeting.

By Latrobe City Council - 24th April 2009 - Back to News

And begin the process of preparing an amendment to the Latrobe Planning Scheme to introduce a heritage overlay to cover sites recommended by the study.

Latrobe City mayor, Cr Lisa Price, said the 2008 Latrobe City Heritage Study includes a history of the municipality and citations for 139 individual places and 14 heritage precincts of local heritage significance within the municipality.

"The citations are those suggested by local historical societies, those with a specific interest in heritage and the public at large.

"The study includes recommendations for statutory protection and other measures to conserve and manage heritage places that form the basis of a conservation program," Cr Price explained.

"Some of Latrobe’s heritage icons such as the Traralgon Post Office and Courthouse complex, the Toongabbie Mechanics Institute, and the prefabricated iron house ‘Loren’ at Old Gippstown are already afforded protection through their listings in the Victorian Heritage Register or Latrobe Planning Scheme. However, there are some surprising anomalies, as well known heritage icons such as Airlie Bank Homestead in Morwell, Glengarry Railway Station, the Tyers Mechanics Institute and a number of buildings at Old Gippstown are not currently listed. These will be given an element of protection through the proposed planning scheme amendment," Cr Price said.

"We are not just talking buildings either. The 2008 Latrobe City Heritage Study includes significant trees and infrastructure such as the well known oak tree near Moe Railway Station; the elms at Sandbanks Reserve beside the Latrobe River and the nearby Bluff Causeway Bridge; and the Washington Palms located on the site of the former Morwell Butter Factory manager’s residence off the old Princes Highway.

"The social value of heritage is about the attachment to places or buildings that are important to a community, experienced in people’s daily lives. These places contribute to the character of our neighbourhoods," Cr Price said.

"Heritage places contribute to the character, amenity and identity of Latrobe City and enhance its appeal as a place to live, work and visit. The introduction of policy to the Latrobe Planning Scheme will therefore have a positive social and economic benefit for the community of Latrobe City and the historical significance of the wider Gippsland area."

Cr Price said residents had also clamoured for an element of protection to be given to a number of streetscapes in Latrobe City which demonstrate heritage values.

"In the past there has been outrage in communities at the demolition of a Federation era home for example, in a sympathetic streetscape. Its replacement with a modern building totally out of tone with the surrounding neighbourhood is just one result of being out of step with residents’ and community expectations.

"The heritage overlay now being sought aims at preserving the memory of key periods which have shaped the development of the Latrobe Valley, represented by those sites which remain across Latrobe City today."

Latrobe City’s chief executive officer, Paul Buckley, said the commencement of the planning scheme amendment to introduce the heritage overlay to recommended sites, as sanctioned by council on Monday, is now subject to authorisation from the Minister for Planning.

"Should ministerial authorisation be granted, the amendment will be subject to an extended exhibition process for a period of eight weeks anticipated to commence in June 2009," Mr Buckley explained.

"During exhibition, all landowners and statutory authorities likely to be affected will be notified in writing, and public submissions will be invited for consideration by an independent planning panel appointed by the Victorian Government.

"The exhibition and submission process will also provide the opportunity for further review of places recommended for inclusion within the heritage overlay," Mr Buckley added.


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