Bayswater city councillor Chris Cornish wants heritage guidelines established for Mt Lawley, which is expected to be folded into the council under the Barnett government’s council mergers.
Cr Cornish has tabled a motion for Baysy to emulate Stirling city council’s heritage program and incorporate official heritage rules into its town planning scheme.
It’s seen as a way to deflect criticism from groups like the Mt Lawley Society, which are critical of the suburb’s proposed move from Stirling to Bayswater.
“I would have thought the answer is obvious; because of the recent vociferous support of Stirling’s heritage guidelines by the [society],” he says.
“If the MLS are fully supportive of these guidelines then why wouldn’t we adopt them? I’m certainly not too proud to adopt a policy, procedure or plan just because it is from a different local government.”
by STEPHEN POLLOCK
Perth Voice Interactive 
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