Car park at Sanctuary Q Station North Head Sydney Harbour National Park. Credit Peter Sherratt DPIE.

Car park at Sanctuary, Q Station North Head, Sydney Harbour National Park. Credit: Peter Sherratt DPIE.

11. Subdivision of non-significant buildings

Subdivision on non-significant buildings

This exemption is for subdivision of the interior of a building that is not of heritage significance or the exterior of a heritage item for car spaces only.

Standard Exemption 11. Subdivision of non-significant buildings

General conditions (see page 6 of Government Gazette) apply to the use of all Standard Exemptions and must be complied with. 

The following specified activities/works to an item do not require approval under subsection 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977 if the specified activities/works are undertaken in accordance with each of the relevant standards prescribed below.

Specified activities/works:

  1. Subdivision under the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 (termed Strata subdivision) of the interior of a building that is not of heritage significance and which has been constructed since the listing of the item on the State Heritage Register or the publication of an Interim Heritage Order in the NSW Government Gazette.
  2. Subdivision under the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 of the exterior of an item for car spaces.

 Relevant standards:

  1. Strata subdivision under this exemption must not subdivide the curtilage of an item other than for car spaces in an existing area identified for carparking.
  2. Strata subdivision must not involve alterations to the external appearance of the building other than that permitted by other exemptions under the Heritage Act 1977.

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