The Huskisson community is continuing its push to save the Huskisson Holy Trinity Church.
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The church and surrounding land is set to be sold by by the Anglican Church in order to pay for a new premises.
A community group, Save Husky Church, has been petitioning to save the church and surrounding lands, as well as have the site heritage listed.
While an application for an Interim Heritage Order has been lodged with the Office of Environment and Heritage, the group has been trying to uncover more details about the potential sale.
The Anglican Church Property Trust Diocese of Sydney (ACPT) is the registered proprietor of the land, but despite continued efforts, the Save Husky Church group has not been able to obtain any details about the property from the trust.
“One thing that is alarming a number of people we are speaking to, including some parishioners, is that while the Church is being sold, and may indeed already have been sold, it has never been advertised for sale,” Save Husky Church member Tim Peach said.
“Huskisson is full of rumours about the sale.”
Earlier this year, before the group was established, Mr Peach emailed an expression of interest about buying the church, however was unsuccessful in gaining any information.
“The ACPT has been unable to tell me where and when the church had been offered for sale in the press, online or anywhere publicly,” Mr Peach said.
Mr Peach said while he realised the land and church could be sold by the Anglican Church at any point, he wanted to see more transparency.
“There is a serious opportunity for a group of local people, sympathetic to the Church and its grounds to buy the property and develop it modestly respect the environment and heritage,” he said.
“But it seems the ACPT are not offering the Church and grounds for public sale.”
Huskisson Holy Trinity Church parish committee member Ian Deck said details of any potential sales were “commercial in confidence”.
“We are into a long process at the moment and all the details are commercial in confidence,” he said.