33   Items of the environmental heritage

(1)  A person shall not, in respect of a building, work, relic or place that is an item of the environmental heritage:

(a)  demolish or renovate that building or work,

(b)  damage or despoil that relic or place or any part of that relic or place,

(c)  excavate any land for the purpose of exposing or removing that relic, or

(d)  carry out any development in relation to land on which that building, work or relic is situated or the land which comprises that place,

      except with the consent of the council.

(1A)  (Repealed)

(2)  The council shall not grant consent under the Act pursuant to subclause (1) in respect of an item of the environmental heritage unless it has made an assessment of:

(a)  the significance of the item as an item of the environmental heritage of the Shire of Leeton,

(b)  The extent to which the carrying out of development in accordance with the consent would affect the historic, scientific, cultural, social, archaeological, architectural, natural or aesthetic significance of the item and its site,

(c)  whether any stylistic or horticultural features of the item or its site should be retained, and

(d)  whether the item constitutes a danger to the users or occupiers of that item or to the public.

Note. The website of the Heritage Branch of the Department of Planning has publications that provide guidance on assessing the impact of proposed development on the heritage significance of items (for example, Statements of Heritage Impact).

(3)  (Repealed)