Government heritage advisers lodge ‘strong objection’ to Barangaroo plan | michaelkoziol
The state government’s own heritage advisers have objected to “unacceptable” plans to increase development at Central Barangaroo, saying it would compromise the heritage of the Millers Point peninsula and diminish Observatory Hill.
“[Millers Point’s] rows of terrace houses, which were specifically constructed for its dockside workers, its laneways and streets have retained the ability to demonstrate that way of life through a physical and visual connection to the harbour,” it told the government. The modification plans increase the permitted building heights at Central Barangaroo, including a 20-storey residential “tower”.Heritage Council chair Frank Howarth, a former director of the Australian Museum, said the changes known as “modification nine” showed “the danger of incrementalism”, with revised height limits eating further into views already compromised by Crown’s tower.
Sight lines at Barangaroo are now the subject of a parliamentary inquiry chaired by One Nation NSW leader Mark Latham. The inquiry is examining the probity, integrity and potential bias of negotiations between the government, Lendlease and Crown, with a report due by Christmas.
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