Tasmanian Heritage Council chair Brett Torossi. Picture LEIGH WINBURN
A REVIEW of more than 1770 heritage-listed properties around Tasmania has determined only 150 will remain on the register as the State Government-initiated cull speeds up.
The Government set a target in its first Budget to reduce the 5000 entries on the Tasmanian Heritage Register by up to 30 per cent.
So far, the review of 1771 properties has determined that 777 do not meet the criteria and the Tasmanian Heritage Council will start a process to remove them from the list.
The Heritage Council said another 674 properties would be investigated before a decision to delist was made.
A decision cannot be made on a further 168 properties because they are not listed on a local planning scheme. They will stay on the register while the Heritage Council discusses with local councils whether they can be protected through those schemes.
Owners of properties that the Heritage Council deems do not fit the bill will be notified soon before public notices are placed in Tasmanian newspapers and a 60-day period for objections or submissions begins.
“The purpose of the Integrity Project is to review each entry and ensure they meet at least one criteria in the Act,” Tasmanian Heritage Council chair Brett Torossi said.
Tasmanian Greens Leader Cassy O’Connor says the Solicitor-General had raised questions about the legality of removing properties from the list.
The Greens said yesterday the Tasmanian Heritage Council’s update on the process had been prompted by advice from the Solicitor-General that there were legal questions over the removal of the 700 properties already earmarked to go.
“I know it is not the practice of government to release advice from the Solicitor-General, but certainly Minister for State Growth Matthew Groom is obliged to be up front with the House about the legal status of those 700 properties,” Ms O’Connor said in Parliament.
She said the proposed number of heritage properties to be removed from the register
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