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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 395 asked in the Legislative Council on 19 June 2012 by Hon Lynn Maclaren

Parliament: 38 Session: 1

FLORENCE HUMMERSTON BUILDING

395. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the Minister for Heritage:

With regard to the proposed dismantling and relocation of the Florence Hummerston building to facilitate the Elizabeth Quay development on the Perth waterfront —

(1) Can the minister explain how the dismantling of a registered heritage building within the waterfront development zone protects the heritage values of this place?

(2) Will the minister provide details of the place of storage for this building and the estimated costs associated with the dismantling, storage, relocation and reconstruction of the building?

(3) Can the minister state that the dismantling and relocation of a heritage-listed structure is best practice for its preservation and is not, in fact, demolition by stealth?

Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1)–(3) Although it supports the demolition of the less significant change rooms attached to the Florence Hummerston kiosk, the Heritage Council did not support the proposal to deconstruct and relocate the kiosk, which it preferred to remain in situ and be integrated with the development.

Section 11(3)(c) of the Heritage of Western Australia Act 1990 requires the decision-making authority—in this case the Western Australian Planning Commission—to make its final determination consistent with the Heritage Council's advice, unless there is no prudent and feasible alternative. Having considered the Heritage Council's advice, the central Perth planning committee, under delegated authority from the Western Australian Planning Commission, determined that there was no prudent and feasible alternative but to deconstruct and relocate the kiosk.

In advising the Heritage Council of its determination, the Western Australian Planning Commission committed to the deconstruction being undertaken under the advice of a heritage architect, with the building to be appropriately stored until another suitable location is identified in consultation with the local government authority and the Heritage Council.

Questions relating to the dismantling and relocation of the Florence Hummerston kiosk should be directed to the Minister for Planning, whose agencies are completing this work.