A heritage place is any place of historical significance that the Latrobe City Council considers appropriate to have statutory protection under the Latrobe Planning Scheme. If your property is affected by the heritage overlay it will be listed in the schedule in the heritage overlay and identified on the planning scheme maps.
A heritage place could 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. A heritage place cannot be moveable or portable objects (such as machinery within a factory or furniture within a house).
How is our heritage protected?
Properties are graded using the terms significant or not significant. There are three main levels of significance and each level has its own heritage list.
- Local: Items of local significance to an area are listed in a heritage overlay (HO) provided by the Local Planning Scheme. This ensures that the identified heritage significance of the item is taken into account when a planning permit is required.
- State: Items of state significance are listed by the Victorian Heritage Office on its State Heritage Register.
- National: Items of national significance are listed on the National Heritage List by the Federal Department of the Environment and Heritage.
Heritage Controls
A heritage overlay shows that a place or area has heritage values and helps to protect and conserve important heritage elements. The heritage overlay is standard across Victoria.
All heritage places are listed at the Schedule to Clause 43.01 Heritage Overlay within the Latrobe Planning Scheme and are given a reference number. The Planning Scheme maps show this number as a cross-reference between the maps and the schedule.
Certain works in a heritage overlay may require a planning permit. You can find out if your property is in a heritage overlay and the overlay number by creating a Planning Report at Land Services.
Under the Heritage Overlay a planning permit is required to:
- Subdivide land
- Demolish or remove a building (including part of a building)
- Construct a building (including part of a building, or a fence)
- Externally alter a building
- Construct or carry out works
- Construct or display a sign
- Externally paint an unpainted surface (refer to note below)
- Externally paint a building if the painting constitutes an advertisement.
If you are unsure whether you need a planning permit for the work you are proposing to undertake please contact our Heritage Advisor on telephone 1300 367 700.
In October 2010, Amendment C14 introduced the Latrobe City Heritage Overlay Planning Permit Exemptions and Application Requirements Incorporated Plan into the Latrobe Planning Scheme. View the plan.
The identification and listing of heritage items is an ongoing process. The opportunity for further research and identification of potentially historically significant places and objects may be provided during the completion of a future study.
The most recent Latrobe City Heritage Study (2010) comprises three volumes which are as follows:
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