Owners of heritage items and homes in conservation areas

Where is the heritage property?

Free heritage impact statement checklist for an addition to a heritage item or a home in a conservation area: what the NSW guidelines expect.

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  • No sign-up until the draft
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5 FT APN 018-224-07 ADU · 640 SQ FT

ePlan fills in

  • Heritage listing
  • Conservation area
  • Zone
  • Nearby heritage items

How it works

Heritage impact statement checklist, from one answer

  1. Enter the address and describe the works.
  2. ePlan checks the heritage listings and sets out the sections the guidelines expect.
  3. Read the checklist free. Need the rest of the DA? Start a Statement of Environmental Effects.

What you get

Heritage impact statement checklist and 2 more documents

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Statement of Environmental Effects door.

The first draft

Heritage impact statement checklist (free)

  1. Site description and map
  2. Site history
  3. Physical analysis
  4. Heritage significance
  5. Description of the proposed works
  6. Heritage impact assessment

Modeled on: NSW Guidelines for preparing a statement of heritage impact (2023)

Next · 2

Statement of Environmental Effects

  1. Site
  2. Proposal
  3. Planning controls
  4. Impacts
Next · 3

Town planning report (Victoria)

  1. Zone and overlays
  2. Clauses
  3. Assessment
  4. Conclusion

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

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minimum contents the NSW guidelines set for a statement of heritage impact, from site history to a conclusion with recommended conditions
Source: NSW Guidelines for preparing a statement of heritage impact (2023)

Ready for the paperwork?

A Statement of Environmental Effects for a granny flat, deck or alteration DA in NSW, written against the LEP and DCP controls for your lot. Free to read.

Statement of Environmental Effects →

Questions

Heritage Impact Statement: what people ask

When can council ask for a heritage impact statement?

Under clause 5.10(5) of the standard NSW LEP, the consent authority may, before granting consent, require a heritage management document for development on land with a heritage item, in a heritage conservation area, or in the vicinity of either.

Source: legislation.nsw.gov.au

Who should write it?

The NSW guidelines recommend an appropriately qualified and experienced heritage professional, and say whoever prepares it must understand the Burra Charter.

Source: environment.nsw.gov.au

What must it include?

At minimum: a site description and map, site history, physical analysis, heritage significance, a description of the works, an impact assessment, for conservation areas or nearby items how the works affect their significance, and a conclusion with recommended conditions or mitigation.

Source: environment.nsw.gov.au

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