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: Ku-ring-gai 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?
  1986/87. Revised 1996/97  
 

Tourism and Promotion
3. Does Council actively pursue cultural tourism in its area?
 

No

  
4. Has Council established specific heritage initiatives such as a
    'heritage trail', design guidelines & workshops?
   
 

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?
   
8. Does Council operate a 'local heritage fund'? Please indicate
     level and type of assistance.

 

Yes. $10,000 per annum. Grants up to $1,000 on a dollar for dollar basis.

 
9. Does Council provide conservation incentives other than through
     its local heritage fund?
  Yes  
10. Does Council prepare and distribute information to its local community
       to assist residents in undertaking and conserving items of significance?
  Yes  
11. Does Council employ a Heritage Adviser? (please give details)
 

Yes. Name: Sean Johnston

  
 

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 200 1930-1949  400
 1950-2001

100
15. How many industrial heritage sites are included in the LEP?
 

None (none in LGA)

  
16. How many items of moveable heritage or collections are included in the LEP?
  1. Contents of 'Tulkiyan' - historic house.  
17. Does the LEP require consideration of impacts from
      developments in the vicinity of heritage items?
  Yes  
18. Does the LEP include curtileges for listed items and
       important views and vistas?
  Yes - but not defined in Local Environmental Plan  
19. Does the LEP include items or places owned by Council?
  Yes  
20. How many conservation areas are included in the LEP?
  4  
21. How many listings of significant interiors are included in the LEP?
  2  
22. How many natural areas of heritage significance are included in the LEP?
  None  
23. How many archaeological sites are included in the LEP?
  None  
24. How many Aboriginal sites are included in the LEP?
  None