An interim heritage order on Jackman’s Cottage at Bundanoon has been extended to include the whole of Governors Street in a last-minute bid to scuttle Norlex’s plan to bottling the town’s groundwater.
As a Land and Environment Court hearing on Norlex’s appeal wound up at the Moss Vale Civic Centre on Wednesday, councillors in a meeting upstairs suspended standing orders to extend the interim order.
A staff member was sent immediately to advise the court of its decision.
Norlex is appealing Wingecarribee Shire Council “deemed refusal” of a new development application to extract groundwater from a Governor’s Road property.
The 120-year-old Jackman’s Cottage, thought to be the oldest building in Bundanoon, stands only a few feet off Governors Road, which will be widened to accommodation trucks to the Norlex site.
In a report to council’s heritage consultant, Peter Kabaila said Thomas Trood built Jackman’s Cottage 1884 or 1885, possibly using sandstone rejected for constructing the Goulburn Courthouse.
For the full story see the Southern Highland News, Friday, April 25
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