Coogee: Edgecumbe Estate heritage conservation area goes ahead
A collection of 10 homes built during ‘a key period’ in Coogee’s history will now be protected as part of a heritage conservation area, despite opposition from some homeowners affected by the changes.
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A collection of 10 homes built during “a key period” in Coogee’s history will now be protected as part of a heritage conservation area.
Randwick Council voted to established a new heritage conservation area, to be known as Edgecumbe Estate, during a council meeting earlier this month.
The resolution was made despite opposition from some homeowners affected by the changes.
The estate is made up of 10 properties: 37, 39 and 41 Dudley St, 142A, 144, 146, 148, 150 and 152 Brook St and 5 Edgecumbe Ave.
The properties neighbour one another around the corner of Dudley and Brook streets.
The heritage conservation area aims to preserve the suburb’s history, protecting the properties from demolition and redevelopment.
“The heritage conservation area comprises a group of properties representing several styles associated with the inter-war period of the early 1920s,” a Randwick Council spokeswoman said.
“This was a key period in the development of Coogee becoming a residential suburb and, as a group, the properties form a coherent character at the corner of Dudley and Brook streets.”
The properties are now protected under the Randwick Local Environmental Plan 2012 in clause 5.10 (heritage conservation).
Development consent is required for any works to demolish, add to, or alter the properties and council will consider the effect of any proposed developments on the heritage significance of the estate before giving consent.
Three of the properties have also been identified as “fine examples” of inter-war Californian bungalow architecture.
The council has resolved to list the three properties 39 and 41 Dudley St and 148 Brook St as local heritage items, meaning there are even tighter restrictions on development for those properties.
The properties at 152 Brook Street and 142A Brook Street were existing local heritage items.
The draft planning proposal for Edgecumbe Estate was put on exhibition between May 28 and June 26.
It received a mixed response including opposition from some homeowners.
The owner of 148 Brook St was among those opposed to the proposal and submitted that the property had insufficient heritage significance and it would cause unreasonable financial hardship if the proposal went ahead.
Council received 931 total responses to the proposal of which 75 per cent were in support (24 written submissions and 677 signatures on an online petition) and 25 per cent were not in support (186 written submissions and 44 signatures on a written petition).
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