New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

PARKES LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1990 - REG 29

29 Conservation incentives

(1) Nothing in this plan prevents the council from granting consent to an application for:

(a) the use, for any purpose, of a building that is a heritage item or the land on which the building is erected, or

(b) the use, for any purpose, of a building within a heritage conservation area or of the land on which the building is erected,

if it is satisfied that:

(c) the proposed use would have little or no adverse effect on the amenity of the area, and

(d) the conservation of the building depends on the council granting consent under this clause.

(2) When considering an application to erect a building on land on which there is situated a building which is a heritage item, the council may:

(a) for the purposes of determining the floor space ratio, and

(b) for the purposes of determining the number of parking spaces to be provided on the site,

exclude from its calculation of the floor space of the buildings erected on the land the floor space of the item, but only if the council is satisfied that the conservation of the building depends upon the council granting consent under this clause.