Heritage conservation areas
Heritage maps and database
There a number of heritage conservation areas within the City of Sydney's local area.
The Sydney Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2012 details the boundaries of these areas in its list of heritage maps (go to Links).
The City's database of heritage item inventories and conservation areas identified in planning instruments is located on the Heritage Council of NSW's website (go to Links).
While the information for many of the database entries is incomplete, preparing detailed inventory sheets is an on-going process that is being undertaken as and when resources are available.
Building contributions maps
To identify whether buildings and sites in heritage conservation areas are contributory, neutral or detracting, review the DCP sheet maps and select the building contributions map for the relevant area.
Building contributions definitions
- Contributory
- Significant historical period layer, highly or substantially intact.
- Significant historical period layer, altered yet recognisable and reversible.
- Neutral
- Significant historical period layer, altered in form, unlikely to be reversed.
- New sympathetic layer or representative of a new layer.
- Non significant historical period layer.
- Detracting
- Refers to either scale, materials or details.
- New detracting development.
- Other detracting development.
The Sydney DCP 2012 further explains these terms.
Links
Last updated: Wednesday, 19 June 2013