Award of Heritage Floor Space - Queen Victoria Building

18/05/2020 - Award of Heritage Floor Space - Queen Victoria Building

It is resolved that:

(A)        Council approve the Queen Victoria Building Conservation Management Plan, prepared by Urbis Pty Ltd, dated 8 August 2019, as required by the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 and provided at Attachment C to the subject report;

(B)        Council approve the award of 21,238.80 square metres of heritage floor space subject to:

(i)           placing covenants on the title, as required Clause 6.10 of the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012, to ensure that no development will occur on the site that either:

(a)         increases the total floor area of the building; or

(b)         increases the height of the building;

(ii)          placing covenants on title that ensure the continued maintenance and conservation of the building in accordance with the policies of the Queen Victoria Building Conservation Management Plan, prepared by Urbis Pty Ltd, dated 8 August 2019. This covenant must include a requirement for the ongoing provision of adequate insurance and funding for ongoing maintenance as required by the Sydney Development Control Plan 2012; and

(C)        authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to confirm the calculation of the final award and finalise the deed and required covenants in accordance with (B) above.

Carried unanimously.

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