Hotel heritage delisting deferred

Gosford Council has deferred a decision to remove the heritage listing of the Patonga Hotel until it receives further information.

The Council's Heritage Advisory Committee considered a recommendation from council's architect Mr Mark Wasson to delist the hotel at its meeting of April 21.

Mr Wasson made the recommendation in February as part of a staff report on an application to roofing over an outdoor terrace at the hotel.

He addressed the committee on April 21, outlining the development history of the Patonga Hotel site.

He reiterated his recommendation that the item be delisted from Schedule 5 of the Draft LEP 2009.

Mr Wasson told the committee that there had been a number of alterations and additions to the hotel and that some heritage significance may have been lost.

The committee resolved that before it made a decision it would seek additional information.

A date has not been set for the next Heritage Advisory Committee meeting.

Kaitlin Watts, 9 Jun 2011

Interviewee: Garry Chestnut Council Agenda HC.025, 24 May 2011