National and World Heritage listing and their potential relationship with character preservation districts and proposed environment and food production areas
A consortium of six councils in partnership with Regional Development Australia Barossa and the University of Adelaide are proposing a bid to nominate parts of the Mount Lofty Ranges for UNESCO World Heritage listing as a ‘working agricultural landscape’. The process comprises two stages: inclusion on Australia’s National Heritage list followed by a bid for World Heritage listing.
National and World Heritage listing would recognise and celebrate the national and international significance of the landscape’s links to South Australia’s utopian origins, not just for future generations of Australians but also for the world. UNESCO listing also creates global branding opportunities for the region and its produce, and paves the way for new high value niche markets. The listing of cultural and agricultural values is not about imposing an additional layer of control or regulation, creating a museum, or changing current planning rules. Rather it is about encouraging the area to continue to evolve and develop under local and state government policies, and delivering real and lasting economic, cultural and environmental benefits.
UNESCO listing will complement, not duplicate, existing character preservation legislation and provision for ‘environment and food production areas’ under proposed planning reforms.
The bid is pro-development and pro-business, just as it is pro-landscape and pro-environment. The creation of character preservation or food production areas on their own won’t facilitate development or drive investment. The character preservation designation is designed to protect existing character and constrain urban development, with a focus on what shouldn’t occur rather than proactively supporting the prosperity of the region. Similarly, the provisions for environment and food production areas would essentially only create areas in which residential development cannot take place, without effectively driving sustainable primary production and profitable economic activity.
UNESCO listing, on the other hand, works as an enabler and a celebration. Unlike legislation, which is generally restrictive in form, and which only comes into effect or has relevance if and when someone proposes to undertake development, National and World Heritage listing is expected to be an ongoing economic driver for alternative forms of development. It aims to stimulate owners and operators to invest, and to commence new employment generating activities, some of which may comprise development guided by local policies, but some of which may lie outside the planning and development system.
National and World Heritage listing could provide the catalyst or incentive for a landowner or business operator to capitalise on increased national and world recognition, awareness and visitation to improve standards (including environmental standards), to add premiums to the selling price of food and drink products, to construct new buildings or introduce new activities or experiences – all providing economic as well as possible cultural, aesthetic and environmental benefits. In such a way, listing becomes an enabler of a development approach built on the uniqueness of the Mount Lofty Ranges and its agricultural systems.
National and World Heritage listing and their potential relationship with character preservation districts and proposed environment and food production areasA consortium of six councils in partnership with Regional Development Australia Barossa and the University of Adelaide are proposing a bid to nominate parts of the Mount Lofty Ranges for UNESCO World Heritage listing as a ‘working agricultural landscape’. The process comprises two stages: inclusion on Australia’s National Heritage list followed by a bid for World Heritage listing.National and World Heritage listing would recognise and celebrate the national and international significance of the landscape’s links to South Australia’s utopian origins, not just for future generations of Australians but also for the world. UNESCO listing also creates global branding opportunities for the region and its produce, and paves the way for new high value niche markets. The listing of cultural and agricultural values is not about imposing an additional layer of control or regulation, creating a museum, or changing current planning rules. Rather it is about encouraging the area to continue to evolve and develop under local and state government policies, and delivering real and lasting economic, cultural and environmental benefits.UNESCO listing will complement, not duplicate, existing character preservation legislation and provision for ‘environment and food production areas’ under proposed planning reforms.The bid is pro-development and pro-business, just as it is pro-landscape and pro-environment. The creation of character preservation or food production areas on their own won’t facilitate development or drive investment. The character preservation designation is designed to protect existing character and constrain urban development, with a focus on what shouldn’t occur rather than proactively supporting the prosperity of the region. Similarly, the provisions for environment and food production areas would essentially only create areas in which residential development cannot take place, without effectively driving sustainable primary production and profitable economic activity.UNESCO listing, on the other hand, works as an enabler and a celebration. Unlike legislation, which is generally restrictive in form, and which only comes into effect or has relevance if and when someone proposes to undertake development, National and World Heritage listing is expected to be an ongoing economic driver for alternative forms of development. It aims to stimulate owners and operators to invest, and to commence new employment generating activities, some of which may comprise development guided by local policies, but some of which may lie outside the planning and development system.National and World Heritage listing could provide the catalyst or incentive for a landowner or business operator to capitalise on increased national and world recognition, awareness and visitation to improve standards (including environmental standards), to add premiums to the selling price of food and drink products, to construct new buildings or introduce new activities or experiences – all providing economic as well as possible cultural, aesthetic and environmental benefits. In such a way, listing becomes an enabler of a development approach built on the uniqueness of the Mount Lofty Ranges and its agricultural systems.
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