Heritage and planning

Heritage places can include an individual site, a precinct area covering many sites, buildings, structures, archaeological sites, trees, gardens, geological formations, fossils, habitat or other places of natural or cultural significance and its associated land.

Heritage overlays

The Heritage Overlay aims to conserve and enhance heritage places and precincts by managing change appropriately.

Many proposed changes will require a planning permit.

Local heritage places

There are close to 200 places with a Heritage Overlay in the Banyule Planning Scheme. If your property is affected by a heritage overlay, it will be listed in the Banyule Planning Scheme schedule in the heritage overlay and identified on the planning scheme maps.

The Victorian Heritage Register, part of the Victorian Heritage Database, lists Victoria's most significant heritage places and objects. These places or objects are:

  • of special cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria.
  • legally protected to help ensure it survives for future generations to appreciate.

To see a list of local places go to Victoria Heritage Register Database: Banyule Council sites

Some places listed in the Banyule Planning Scheme are also on the Victorian Heritage Register (refer relevant column in Clause 43.01s: Schedule to the Heritage Overlay). These places have been identified as of State significance under the Heritage Act 2017.

Cultural heritage policies

Cultural heritage policy and reference documentation

Back to top