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Ku-ring-gai backs heritage homes motion and spends $2.8m on new tech platform

Council voted to ask the NSW planning and heritage ministers for new protections for heritage-listed homes, and approved a $2.8 million contribution management system to overhaul developer contributions.

7 October 2026 · source: Ordinary Meeting of Council 15 September 2026, 15 Sep 2026 · written by software from the public record

Key facts

When
Ordinary Meeting of Council 15 September 2026, 15 September 2026
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the council
Watch
the meeting webcast

Ku-ring-gai Council has voted unanimously to ask the state government to create a new pathway for heritage-listed houses to be incorporated into adjacent developments, and to consider denying consent to developments that would otherwise see those homes demolished.

The motion, moved by Councillor Taylor, also asks the Ministers for Planning and Heritage to refrain from issuing development consents that conflict with that pathway. Councillor Taylor revised the original motion to include the Heritage Minister alongside the Planning Minister before reading it to the meeting.

Another councillor spoke in support of the amended motion, and Mayor Wheatley put it to a vote. It passed with every councillor in favour.

The site at Turramurra Plaza sits on council-owned land.

Minutes will be published on the council website within the next two working days.

Watch the council discuss it: the webcast starts where this item came up.

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