Heritage Considerations in the Cooma area
The Cooma area of the Snowy Monaro local government area covers approximately 5,183 square kilometres and includes the villages of Bredbo, Nimmitabel, Numeralla and Michelago and Cooma township. It has 230 Items, 10 Conservation Areas and one Aboriginal Item listed in the Heritage Schedule of its adopted Local Environmental Plan.
Following is information relating to Heritage Issues in the region.
Schedule 5 of the Cooma-Monaro Local Environmental Plan 2013 lists Heritage Items in the region.
See: Schedule 5 - Environmental Heritage
The purpose of this document is to identify the strategies for the former Cooma-Monaro Shire Council employed to guide heritage management for the financial years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17. The nine recommendations for local council heritage management have been reviewed and utilised in the preparation of this heritage strategy.
The former Cooma-Monaro Shire Council Heritage Strategy 2014-17 contains a series of objectives designed to ensure the effective management of the Shire’s cultural heritage by working closely with property owners and managers to ensure they are comfortable with heritage procedure and view heritage listing as an asset rather than a constraint.
To reduce unnecessary or onerous obligations on owners of heritage property, clause 5.10(3) of the Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River Local Environmental Plans (LEPs) identifies certain circumstances when development consent is not required for works undertaken on heritage items or within a heritage conservation area.
This policy aims to identify ‘works of a minor nature’ and provide guidelines for the maintenance and repair of heritage items, and buildings within a heritage conservation area.
Note: Before undertaking ANY works on a heritage Item, it is recommended that you contact Council for advice.
This fact sheet has been prepared to assist people who wish to carry out work that could impact on a heritage item.
Download: Heritage Impact Statement - Fact Sheet