Definitions

Alteration

An alteration is to modify the fabric of a heritage place, without undertaking building works such as an addition.

Assessed significance

The assessed significance of an individual heritage place or heritage precinct is identified in the relevant Statement of Significance, as contained in the place citation. This normally identifies what is significant, how it is significant, and why it is significant.

Concealed / partly concealed

Concealed means cannot be seen from a street (other than a lane, unless the lane has heritage value) or public park. Partly concealed means that some of the addition or higher rear part may be visible provided it does not visually dominate or reduce the prominence of the existing building's facade(s) in the street.

Conservation

Conservation means all the processes of looking after a place to retain its heritage significance. It may include one or more of maintenance, preservation, restoration, reconstruction, adaptation and interpretation.

Context

The context of a heritage place can include; its setting (as defined under ‘setting’), the immediate landholding, adjoining significant or contributory places, and the surrounding area.

Contextual design

A contextual design for new buildings and additions to existing buildings is one which adopts a design approach, derived through analysis of the subject property and its heritage context. Such an approach requires new development to comfortably and harmoniously integrate with the site and the street character.

Contributory heritage place

A contributory heritage place is important for its contribution to a heritage precinct. It is of historic, aesthetic, scientific, social or spiritual significance to the heritage precinct. A contributory heritage place may be valued by the community; a representative example of a place type, period or style; and/or combines with other visually or stylistically related places to demonstrate the historic development of a heritage precinct. Contributory places are typically externally intact, but may have visible changes which do not detract from the contribution to the heritage precinct.

Cultural significance

Cultural significance means aesthetic, historic, scientific, social or spiritual value for past, present or future generations.

Enhance

Enhance means to improve the presentation and appearance of a heritage place through restoration, reconstruction or removal of unsympathetic or intrusive elements; and through appropriate development.

Fabric

Fabric means all the physical material of the heritage place.

Facadism

The retention of the exterior face/faces of a building without the three-dimensional built form providing for its/their structural support and understanding of its function.

Front or principal part of a building

The front or principal part of a building is generally considered to be the front two rooms in depth, complete with the structure and cladding to the roof; or that part of the building associated with the primary roof form, whichever is the greater. For residential buildings this is generally 8-10 metres in depth.

For most non-residential buildings, the front or principal part is generally considered to be one full structural bay in depth complete with the structure and cladding to the roof or generally 8-10 metres in depth.

For corner sites, the front or principal part of a building includes the side street elevation.

For sites with more than one street frontage, the front or principal part of a building may relate to each street frontage.

For sites with more than one frontage, the front or principal part of a building can include each frontage, where these are of identified heritage value.

Heritage place

A heritage place has been assessed to have natural or cultural heritage value and can include a site, area or space, building or other works, structure, group of buildings, precinct, archaeological site, landscape, garden or tree.

Heritage precinct

A heritage precinct is an area which has been identified as having heritage value. It is identified as such in the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay and mapped in the Planning Scheme Heritage Overlay Maps.

Individual heritage place

An individual heritage place is equivalent to a significant heritage place. It may be categorised significant within a heritage precinct. It may also have an individual Heritage Overlay control, and be located within or outside a heritage precinct.

Key attributes

The key attributes or important characteristics of a heritage precinct as identified in the precinct Statement of Significance, include building height, massing and form, style and architectural expression, detailing, materials, front and side setbacks and orientation.

Lane

A lane is a narrow road or right of way (ROW) generally abutting the rear or side boundary of a property. It may be paved or unpaved and in public or private ownership and will typically provide vehicle access to adjoining properties.

Maintenance

Maintenance means the continuous protective care of a place, and its setting, and is distinguished from repair which involves restoration or reconstruction.

Massing

Massing means the arrangement of a building’s bulk and its articulation into parts.

Non-contributory place

A non-contributory place does not make a contribution to the cultural significance or historic character of the heritage precinct.

Preservation

Preservation is maintaining the fabric of a place in its existing state and retarding deterioration.

Reconstruction

Reconstruction means returning a place to a known earlier state, and is distinguished from restoration by the introduction of new material.

Respectful and interpretive

Respectful means a modern design approach to new buildings, additions and alterations to buildings, in which historic building size and form are adopted, and proportions and details are referenced but not directly copied, and sympathetic colours and materials are used. Interpretive means a looser and simplified modern interpretation of historic building form, details and materials.

Restoration

Restoration means returning a place to a known earlier state by removing accretions or later additions, or by reassembling existing elements. It is distinguished from reconstruction through not introducing new material.

Services and ancillary fixtures

Services and ancillary fixtures include, but are not limited to, satellite dishes, shade canopies and sails, solar panels, water storage tanks, disabled access ramps and handrails, air conditioners, cooling or heating systems and hot water services.

Setting

Setting means the immediate and extended environment of a heritage place that is part of or contributes to its significance.

Streetscape

A streetscape is a collection of buildings along a street frontage. When referred to in relation to a precinct, a streetscape typically contains a majority of buildings which are categorised significant or contributory.

Significant streetscape (as referred to in this policy)

Significant streetscapes are collections of buildings outstanding either because they are a particularly well preserved group from a similar period or style, or because they are a collection of buildings significant in their own right.

Significant heritage place

A significant heritage place is individually important at state or local level, and a heritage place in its own right. It is of historic, aesthetic, scientific, social or spiritual significance to the municipality. A significant heritage place may be highly valued by the community; is typically externally intact; and/or has notable features associated with the place type, use, period, method of construction, siting or setting.

When located in a heritage precinct a significant heritage place can make an important contribution to the precinct.

Use

Use means the functions of a place, including the activities and traditional and customary practices which may occur at the place or are dependent on the place.

Visible

Visible means anything that can be seen from a street (other than a lane, unless the lane is identified as having heritage value) or public park.