We share our community’s passion for preserving local heritage and our Community Heritage Study can progress towards entering its next stage comprising owner consultation and public exhibition. The study was endorsed by the Wingecarribee Local Planning Panel on June 29, 2023 and a motion to progress it was passed at the Council Meeting of July...
On Friday 16 September 2022 the Land and Environment Court of NSW dismissed an appeal by the owner of 26 Elizabeth Street ‘Karingal’ in Moss Vale against Council’s issuing of an Interim Heritage Order over the property. Council is undertaking a review of proposed heritage items that were deferred in 2012, Karingal being one of...
Wingecarribee Shire Council is calling on nominations for the 2020 Wingecarribee Heritage & Urban Design Awards. Council’s Strategic Land Use Planner (Heritage), Sarah Farnese explained the significance of the recently expanded awards. “The Southern Highlands contains some of the most beautiful and significant heritage places in the state and our community is rightly proud of...
Wingecarribee Shire Council is calling on owners of heritage properties to apply for funding as part of this year’s Wingecarribee Heritage Assistance Grants Scheme. Council’s Heritage Strategic Land Use Planner Sarah Farnese said the grants scheme aimed to preserve and protect our Shire’s significant historical places. “The Southern Highlands contain some of the most beautiful...
Restoration and conservation projects which preserve and protect our Shire’s heritage and history were celebrated at the recent 2018 Wingecarribee Heritage Awards. A total of 10 projects were recognised across eight categories at the evening ceremony held in the Henrietta Rose Room in the Old Bowral Town Hall on Monday 21 May. Council’s Strategic Land...
