Council is committed to the conservation of our built heritage, which includes statutory protection measures such as Code Amendments and support to heritage property owners through advice and grants.

Local Heritage listing of places is an important part of heritage conservation and helps to ensure that our past is preserved to tell the story to our future generations.

Further information about what it means for a place to be listed as a Local Heritage Place is available in the fact sheet.

Between 2020 and 2022 we undertook a comprehensive city-wide heritage review of our local heritage places, the first time this had been done since 1997. As part of the Local Heritage Places review, a Thematic Framework was developed, with the themes used in the assessment of the nominated places.

Following the review, Council endorsed the preparation of the Proposal to Initiate a Code Amendment. More information about the review can be found on the Review of Local Heritage Places Your Say page.

The Proposal to Initiate a Code Amendment was submitted to the Minister for Planning in July 2023, and approval granted in September 2024.

The Code Amendment includes a total of 89 places made up of:

• Two Representative Buildings recommended for upgrading to Local Heritage Places

• 43 places recommended for listing as Local Heritage Places

• 20 Local Heritage Places recommended for delisting

• 24 Local Heritage Places recommended for an amendment.

You can view the places and share your feedback on the places and feedback page.

In addition to 89 places, a Heritage Adjacency Overlay will be applied to properties adjacent to new Local Heritage Places and removed from places that are adjacent to properties delisted as Local Heritage Places.

The full draft Code Amendment and Heritage Adjacency Overlay map can also be viewed on the additional information page.

An important part of the process is community consultation on the proposed Code Amendments. Further details about the engagement are available in the engagement plan. Engagement was open from 3 February to 17 March 2025.

Owners and occupiers of impacted places, as well as those owning or occupying a property adjacent to an impacted place, were contacted by letter and invited to make a submission.