Ku-ring-gai Heritage Conservation Areas North Inventory Sheet

Ku-ring-gai
Heritage Conservation Areas North Inventory Sheet
- Front fences: retain original front fences and reinstate front fences in appropriate period detail
when missing, to a height not more than 1.6m above natural ground level. Discourage use of brush
fencing.
- hedging species preferred: photinia, murraya paniculata, camellia. Cyprus leylandii should not be
used for hedging.
2. Redevelopment of neutral sites:
- encourage interpretation of earlier subdivision patterns
- respect scale and form of contributory development
- respect building line of contributory development
- encourage use of brickwork not rendered or painted finishes
- encourage contemporary detail
- provide landscape screening and softening
- recognise the collective precedents and impacts of each proposal
- avoid flat reflective monotonous glazed facades
- develop an approach for new development to enhance existing heritage character of the street
- Encourage hedging without front fencing to modern or infill housing in the street
- hedging species preferred: photinia, murraya paniculata, camellia. Cyprus leylandii should not be
used for hedging.
3. Enhance significance of the Heritage Conservation Area
- maintain and enhance brush box street tree planting in Ku-ring-gai Avenue. Gradually replace
other tree species (e.g.. jacaranda) with brush box in Ku-ring-gai Avenue.
- reinforce existing mature street tree planting in Boomerang Street
- maintain soft edges to Womerah Street
- protect remnant Blue Gum High Forest trees in street verges of Womerah Street
4. Car Parking
- do not allow construction of garages or carports on the street alignment of properties
- garages and carports are to be located behind the building line, and preferably to the rear of the
main building on each site
5. Landscaping
- Encourage maintenance and establishment of gardens including substantial trees and shrubs -
limit paving and hard surfacing, particularly to front gardens
6. View Protection
- ensure landscape buffer on adjacent sites outside the Heritage Conservation Area separates
development within the Turramurra Town Centre from Ku-ring-gai Avenue Heritage Conservation
Area
- ensure development on adjacent sites within the Turramurra Town Centre does not exceed 3
storeys in height
7. Heritage Items and Potential Heritage Items:
- protect listed Heritage items within the Heritage Conservation Area
- undertake further heritage assessment of the identified potential heritage items within the area
References
Ku-ring-gai Heritage and Neighbourhood Character Study Part B Godden Mackay Logan and Keys
Young, June 2000
Ku-ring-gai Avenue Study, Jennifer Harvey (unpublished), 2008
Authorship
Chery Kemp, Paul Davies Pty Ltd, Architects, Heritage Consultants
KU-RING-GAI HERITAGE CONSERVATION AREAS NORTH INVENTORY