About the amendment
The area covered is generally in the area bound by Eastwood Street, Macaulay Road, Stubb Street and Racecourse Road and was formerly within the City of Moonee Valley. This area is where the 1983 Flemington/Kensington Conservation Study (adopted by Council in 1985) identified heritage buildings but which at that time were not recommended for protection.
In addition to this area, a further 23 properties were assessed in the Percy Street area bounded by Market Street, Epsom Road and Percy Street, Kensington.
The independent review was undertaken by Graeme Butler and Associates and resulted in the creation of two documents: Kensington Heritage Review 2013 and The Review of Heritage Buildings in Kensington-Percy Street Area 2013. The two reviews of buildings in Kensington were undertaken to identify which buildings within the study area have heritage significance and should be protected under the Melbourne Planning Scheme.
Changes to the planning scheme proposed by Amendment C215
The amendment implements the recommendations of the two heritage reviews by changing the Melbourne Planning Scheme to:
- introduce new individual heritage places and heritage precincts
- remove one individual place from the heritage overlay
- modify existing heritage overlays (such as shifting properties from one precinct to another)
- change the existing building and streetscape gradings of existing heritage places.