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| Subject: Idiots in Government: OZschwitz Council orders developer to rebuild retarded heritage facade Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:49 pm | |
| A “high-handed” developer who smashed down most of the protected 1912 Edward facade of an old Potts Point building to make way for a new apartment block has been ordered to reinstate the wall by council officers.
In addition, if an investigation finds it was an offence that was committed intentionally and caused significant harm to the environment, the developer could face fines of up to $5 million and even a jail sentence from a criminal prosecution.
The facade of the old apartment building Hensley Hall was broken down with sledgehammers – despite a City of Sydney condition of the development being to keep it intact – with only two spindly gables remaining, propped up by metal and timber girders. When council officers investigated, following a tip-off from Fairfax Media, the Singapore-based developer Roxy Pacific said the facade had been rotten and it had no alternative but to demolish the greater part of it.
https://www.domain.com.au/news/city-of-sydney-council-orders-developer-roxy-pacific-to-rebuild-potts-point-heritage-facade-20170927-gyp10r/ |
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