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: Young Shire Council

Research and Investigation
1. Has a Heritage Study been undertaken and completed in your LGA?
  Yes - Wyong Shire Heritage Study 1994.  
2. If so when was the Study completed? Has it been revised?
  Main section was completed in 1994. There was a minor review of the Study and recommendations for inclusion in Wyong Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 1991 completed in 1996  
 

Tourism and Promotion
3. Does Council actively pursue cultural tourism in its area?
  Council promotes tourism through its support of Central Coast Tourism. However, the National Trust, National Parks and Wildlife Service, the local Museum and other private organisations and businesses publish most cultural tourism information.  
4. Has Council established specific heritage initiatives such as a
    'heritage trail', design guidelines & workshops?
  Council has a Development Control Plan (DCP) No. 76 - Conservation of the Built Environment, which includes specific guidelines for heritage buildings. There are no specific initiatives for tourism, except that Council does financially and in-kind support the Local Historical Society & Museum and the Great North Road Convict Trail Project.  
 

Support
5. Does Council operate or support the operation of a facility to allow
     recycling of fabric from demolished buildings?
  Council has a policy and guidelines for the recycling and disposal of waste from demolition sites. If the waste is unable to be processed at the Council run plant, a recycling guide is available which outlines all the companies that recycle and what meterials they accept.  
6. Does Council operate or provide assistance to operate a
     local history research facility for local residents use?
  Council owns and does limited maintenance on Alison Homestead that is leased and operated by the Local Historical Society which runs a research centre and museum from the premises.  
7. Does Council operate or provide financial assistance, or in kind support,
     for the operation of a local history museum in its area?
  Some financial and in-kind assistance is provided to the Alison Homestead Historical Society and Museum.  
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?
  Refer to attached extract (A) from Wyong LEP 1991.  
10. Does Council prepare and distribute information to its local community
       to assist residents in undertaking and conserving items of significance?
  Council has DCP No 76 - Conservation of the Built Environment, which is distributed on request. It provides guidelines for people restoring, renovating or conserving heritage items.  
11. Does Council employ a Heritage Adviser? (please give details)
 

Yes. Name: Colin Brady Architecture & Planning

  
 

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 - copy of Schedule from Wyong LEP 1991 is attached (B)  
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 - there is no formal policy, although the Council has not tested this.  
14. How many items from the following periods are included
       in the LEP? 1900-1929?  1930-1949?  1950-2001?
1900- 1929 59 1930-1949  14 1950-2001 8
15. How many industrial heritage sites are included in the LEP?
 

Primary Industry - related to farming, forestry and fishing - 7
Other Industry - 1 (a Nissan Hut)

  
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?
  Yes - refer to extract from Wyong LEP 1991 attached (C).  
18. Does the LEP include curtileges for listed items and
       important views and vistas?
  A series of maps relating to the heritage items listed in Wyong LEP 1991 show the area of the property listed, including curtileges etc.  
19. Does the LEP include items or places owned by Council?
  Yes, refer to list attached (D)  
20. How many conservation areas are included in the LEP?
  Nil  
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?
  Nil, but many of these areas are protected by Conservation zonings in Wyong LEP 1991.  
23. How many archaeological sites are included in the LEP?
  Nil  
24. How many Aboriginal sites are included in the LEP?
  Nil, but many are listed on the National Parks & Wildlife Service register and Council also has an Aboriginal Heritage Policy which helps to protect those that are not identified on this register.