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PLANS to demolish a 164-year-old homestead have been dashed following a move by the City of Greater Geelong council to permanently protect the site.<\/p>\n

Claremont Homestead in Waurn Ponds was built in 1857 by local Geelong architects, Shaw and Dowden, and is the one of last remaining homesteads of its kind in the region.<\/p>\n

South Barwon MP Darren Cheeseman said it was important to protect unique sites for future generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cClaremont Homestead is one of the few surviving examples of the beautiful Victorian Georgian houses in the area and it\u2019s only right it should be protected for future generations to enjoy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Minister for Planning Richard Wynne placed an interim heritage overlay over the homestead and will now work with the council to apply permanent heritage protections to the property.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis home is another example of our state\u2019s precious heritage and these protections will ensure this treasured place remains part of our identity for many decades to come,\u201d Mr Wynne said.<\/p>\n

In a statement the Victorian Government said the Geelong council only referred the homestead to the Planning Minister after they received an application to demolish it and that the Minister relies on local councils managing local planning matters in a timely fashion.<\/p>\n

\u201cCouncils are responsible for local heritage and they need to ensure they put in place the necessary protections to give certainty to their communities and to their landowners,\u201d Mr Wynne said.<\/p>\n

National Trust<\/a> conservation advocacy spokesperson for Geelong and Region Branch, Jennifer Bantow, said it was terrific that the site has been protected, but a lot had been lost because it\u2019s taken too long.<\/p>\n

\u201cClaremont was listed as having regional significance 20 years ago, the owners quite understandably didn\u2019t think there was a problem in demolishing it because heritage recommendations were never done,\u201d Ms Bantow said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo then it gets to a stressful situation where it becomes an emergency, which is what happened with Claremont.\u201d<\/p>\n

The heritage protections include an outbuilding connected to the homestead and a Norfolk Island Pine tree which was part of the homestead\u2019s garden and remains a local landmark.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good to have the house and the tree, it\u2019s better than nothing, but it\u2019s not the best outcome. It had a beautiful apple orchard and area surrounding it, but I\u2019m afraid that\u2019ll be gone with subdivision,\u201d Ms Bantow said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeritage properties like this one, which was a rural homestead, are enhanced if they have some space around them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Bantow said society had to start seeing heritage value as an asset not as an obstacle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can read books and brass plaques about where things used to be, but a greater way of understanding our history and being absorbed by it and learning from it is actually visiting places that have survived from history, and those places are heritage places.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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