The Anglican Church will go to the Land and Environment Court next month to argue for the right to subdivide and sell part of a historic piece of land in Vaucluse, including the burial site of William Wentworth, after the local council refused the proposal on the grounds of the site’s heritage significance.
Woollahra Council refused the application from the Anglican parish of Watsons Bay to subdivide land on Fitzwilliam Street. The site contains the heritage-listed Wentworth Memorial Church.
The parish wants to divide the land in two, retaining the church and mausoleum but selling land containing a church hall. The funds would pay for the redevelopment of a church hall at St Peter’s in Watsons Bay.