25 Station Street Dundas NSW 2117

Demolition of heritage item and associated outbuilding.

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(Source: Parramatta City Council, reference DA/899/2016)

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  1. Kerrie Moon commented

    If this is a heritage building why is demolition allowed? This should be preserved.

  2. Grant Peaty commented

    As a heritage building it should not be allowed to be demolished, neither should the council allow it to be run into disrepair so that the only option is demolition thus bypassing heritage protections. The council should be actively protecting the heritage of the region. This site was subject to a development application not very long ago, and it would not surprise me if this was heading down the same path, but with the removal of the herttage impediment first.

  3. Les Tod, OAM. Hon Secretary, Parramatta Branch, National Trust of NSW commented

    This was listed on Parramatta City Council LEP 532 for good reason - it is of Local Heritage Significance. If it has been allowed to run down to the point it needs demolition, Council is at fault for allowing this to happen and should be entertaining a demolition order on a building it is legally liable to protect.

  4. Harkirat Singh commented

    If we can't protect our ancestors heritage., nature and fauna, culture and identity..then God bless Australia.

  5. Harkirat Singh commented

    If we can't protect our ancestors heritage., nature and fauna, culture and identity..then God bless Australia.

  6. Tony Ganner commented

    This article, and the actions of Parramatta City Council alarm me.
    The article alarms me because the image is of the property I'm renting at 23 Station St.
    Their actions alarm me, because this is further proof that the law means nothing to those with money; it seems the only people ever held accountable for 'crimes' in Australia, are poor people skipping on expensive train fares.

    If anybody in the area had been notified about this demolition, we would have protested.
    The only notification I received, was the sound of a JCB smashing through the roof, right outside of my bedroom, window, when the demolition illegally started at 6:30am.

    Now I'd been inside the house in question, on multiple occasions, and can vouch for the fact that, excluding a few broken floorboards on the front porch, it was in better condition than many houses that are still considered fit for living.
    The demolition was clearly a matter of convenience for plans of the owner, or somebody planning development.

    I also have not been informed of what kind of development is planned, nor have I been consulted on whether or not I'm OK with my 3 hours of morning sunlight being obstructed by what will probably be a new block of flats, after being woken up by power-tools for the 2 years it will take them to build it.

  7. Tony Ganner commented

    And just to clarify, the Heritage building in question, is not the block of flats they put in the picture. It was an old but well kept cottage, next door.

  8. Harkirat commented

    I am sorry. "RIP Vox populi"

  9. Ben Stephens commented

    Um excuse me Mr Les Tod, OAM. Hon Secretary, Parramatta Branch, National Trust of NSW. Your comment... "This was listed on Parramatta City Council LEP 532 for good reason - it is of Local Heritage Significance" ... it seems this house had no local heritage significance at all. I'm betting it's replaced by a ghastly looking 3 storey block of units covered in cheap cladding and shotty render with limited parking for the residents. These poor quality developments are going up everywhere and they look terrible, 'bleeding rio rust stains in 5 years' is a new building standard.

    The photos displayed in the application for this house show a typical house in Dundas with a small amount of termite damage needing renovation by a motivated home owner. I've repaired and renovated many homes over the years with termite damage and this home has minimal damage.

    What is the point of having heritage laws? If a property is protected by heritage then it should be Protected and Restored, not bulldozed and replaced shotty developments. I've been living in this area for almost 20 years and prior to that Epping for 23 years, the number of heritage buildings bulldozed for large developments are countless. It's appalling and clearly obvious the objectives of the council and local government.

    Scrap heritage protection like you scrap heritage buildings, they do absolutely nothing anyway!

  10. J. Muzzatti commented

    If this is of heritage value then DO NOT DEMOLISH. This is why we have these laws. Seems to me that PCC is more interested in developers' donations than it is in maintaining heritage values.

  11. Michelle kondoulis commented

    It is already gone?!

  12. Tony Ganner commented

    Yes, and the picture is not of the building, but rather is one I took of my own driveway for Google, NOT a picture of the property. The only reason I even found out about this page was from google finding my name when searching for what employers would see.

    I demanded 3 years ago that they take down my photo, and put up a real one of the beautiful cottage, but they have completely ignored me, despite my saying they do not have permission to use my photo. They have absolutely no regard for the law whatsoever.

    The building, which was not in disrepair at all, only abandoned, was illegally demolished at 6:30am about 4 years ago, and the lot has been empty and overgrown ever since, with the exception of a bi-annual 6am JCB churning it all back to mud again.

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