State of the Heritage Report
The following checklist can be completed by local government authorities to ensure that their Council has submitted complete and up to date information for incorporation into the National Trust's 'State of the Heritage Report'.

Please complete the checklist with examples and return to the National Trust of Australia (NSW), GPO Box 518, Sydney 2001.

Local Government Authority: Grafton City Council

Research and Investigation
1. Has a Heritage Study been undertaken and completed in your LGA?
  Yes  
2. If so when was the Study completed? Has it been revised?
  1985, partly  
 

Tourism and Promotion
3. Does Council actively pursue cultural tourism in its area?
  Yes, supports local tourism group.  
4. Has Council established specific heritage initiatives such as a
    'heritage trail', design guidelines & workshops?
  Heritage trail brochure.  
 

Support
5. Does Council operate or support the operation of a facility to allow
     recycling of fabric from demolished buildings?
  No  
6. Does Council operate or provide assistance to operate a
     local history research facility for local residents use?
  Yes  
7. Does Council operate or provide financial assistance, or in kind support,
     for the operation of a local history museum in its area?
  Yes  
8. Does Council operate a 'local heritage fund'? Please indicate
     level and type of assistance.

 

 No  
9. Does Council provide conservation incentives other than through
     its local heritage fund?
  Yes, via LEP incentives  
10. Does Council prepare and distribute information to its local community
       to assist residents in undertaking and conserving items of significance?
  Yes, Heritage Council material  
11. Does Council employ a Heritage Adviser? (please give details)
 

No

  
 

Statutory Controls
12. Does Council have an adopted Heritage Local Environment Plan or a Schedule of Items of Environmental Heritage attached to its LEP?
  Yes  
13. Does Council have a policy of removing items from the LEP
       on the basis of an owner's opposition even though due process
       has been followed and the item's significance established?
  No  
14. How many items from the following periods are included
       in the LEP? 1900-1929?  1930-1949?  1950-2001?
1900- 1929 14 1930-1949  4 1950-2001 Nil
15. How many industrial heritage sites are included in the LEP?
 

Nil

  
16. How many items of moveable heritage or collections are included in the LEP?
  Nil  
17. Does the LEP require consideration of impacts from
      developments in the vicinity of heritage items?
  No  
18. Does the LEP include curtileges for listed items and
       important views and vistas?
  Yes  
19. Does the LEP include items or places owned by Council?
  Yes  
20. How many conservation areas are included in the LEP?
  Two  
21. How many listings of significant interiors are included in the LEP?
  Nil  
22. How many natural areas of heritage significance are included in the LEP?
  All street trees of genera Brachychiton, Ficus and Jacaranda, more than 3m in height.  
23. How many archaeological sites are included in the LEP?
  Nil  
24. How many Aboriginal sites are included in the LEP?
  Nil