The Heritage Owner's Guide is primarily for people who own a place protected by the Heritage Overlay in the City of Melbourne Planning Scheme. It includes information on why protecting our heritage matters, the planning mechanisms in place to protect heritage, and how to apply for planning permits.
You can read all sections of the guide via the links below, or download the full guide as a PDF or Word document.
Introduction
The City of Melbourne has a rich and important heritage locally, nationally and internationally. It has been at the forefront of heritage planning in Australia since the 1980s.
Council’s role is to identify and protect Melbourne’s heritage for current and future generations. We do this through a proactive program of heritage reviews and assessments, amendments to the planning scheme and the implementation of Council’s Heritage Strategy.
More than 7000 properties are protected under the Heritage Overlay in the Melbourne Planning Scheme. The municipality has benefited from this commitment to heritage and is renowned as one of the world’s great Victorian-era cities.