Heritage Listing
| 16 December, 2002 |
Provisional heritage listing |
| March 2003 |
Independent Assessor's Report. |
| 29 April, 2003 |
Permanent heritage listing, under
chairman Professor John Brannock. |
| 11 June, 2003 |
Pine Rivers Shire Council filed an
appeal in the Planning & Environment Court |
| 7 October, 2005 |
Planning & Environment Court agreement
ratified |
| 31 October, 2005 |
Deadline for de-listing from heritage register by
new chair, David Eades. |
| 1 May, 2010 |
Protection of nominated heritage areas
of the track ceases |
Provisional Heritage
Listing
Lakeside International Raceway was provisionally listed as a culturally significant site
by the
Queensland Heritage Council on 16 December,
2002.
Heritage listing of Lakeside was initiated by Robert Hardacre,
who was soon joined by Trevor
Beutel. Mr. Beutel requested the
'Stop Action' and supplied
some historical information to the heritage listing
project research team.
In January 2003, Gordon Lomas reported in The Courier Mail that the 42 year old, 2.41km
circuit qualified for provisional heritage listing
with the Queensland State Government. According to the
Queensland Heritage Council chairman, Professor John Brannock,
"Lakeside International
Raceway, north of Brisbane, has met four of the six key criteria to be
heritage-listed."
This immediately prevented changes to the site including rezoning, major
modifications or demolition.
Independent Assessor's
Report
During the first quarter of 2003, as a matter of process
the Heritage Council commissioned report from an independent assessor in
response to two objections to the permanent listing of the circuit. The
report was rejected out of hand by motorsport historians and enthusiasts.
Independent Assessor's Report on Heritage Listing Objections
Permanent Heritage
Listing
On 29 April 2003, Lakeside International Raceway became the first motor racing circuit in the world to be granted full
permanent heritage listing.
Heritage
Register Entry
View
the Queensland EPA's summary of the history of Lakeside International Raceway.
Heritage listing does not restrict the motor racing at the site. On the
contrary, heritage listing is designed to protect all facets of the culture of the site,
and in this case, it is motor racing. There are many other advantages to
heritage listing
for the future development and management of the circuit. To find out more visit www.env.qld.gov.au
To gain an insight into how Lakeside International
Raceway has affected the culture and development of motor sport in Queensland,
take 3 minutes to read the letter of support from the
Fiat Car Club of
Queensland Inc.
De-listing from the
Heritage Register
On 7 October 2005, Lakeside International Raceway became the first motor racing circuit in the world to be
to lose its heritage listing. The Queensland Heritage Council and the Pine
Rivers Shire Council ratified an agreement in the Planning & Environment
Court. The Heritage Council made unusual concessions in the agreement and gave
no explanation for the change of position, other than to say it was to help
the PRSC find a "new use" for the motor circuit.
Environmental Protection Agency (Heritage Council) Press
Release
LMRE's Press
Release response
Planning & Environment Court Agreement
