Reform of the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995

Drafting the proposed new historic heritage legislation is underway. Monthly updates will be provided on the progress of both legislative and non-legislative reforms through our monthly e-news bulletin.

Planning sessions and ongoing discussions with a Local Government Reference Group and cultural heritage practitioners continue to assist in refining and confirming the detail behind these reforms, so that the best outcomes are achieved.

The reform process aims to achieve greater clarity, consistency and predictability for heritage owners, developers and planning authorities. It also aims to streamline engagement with the systems in use and minimise red tape.

An important area of work is the development of a standard heritage schedule template for planning schemes. A draft schedule has been developed in consultation with the Policy Division of the new Tasmanian Planning Commission (TPC). Your comments and thoughts on this draft are welcome. Click here to email your comments. Once finalised the Draft Heritage Schedule will be subject to a formal approval process as part of the broader review and expansion of the Common Key Elements Template for Planning Schemes currently being carried out by the TPC.

If you would like to receive monthly updates on the reform process, please email Robyn.Shaw@heritage.tas.gov.au and subscribe to Heritage Tasmania's e-bulletin.

The following papers and resources are available:

Mackay Report (Aug 2005)

'Managing our Heritage' position paper (Sept 2007)

'Tasmania: An Historic Environment' symposium (Nov 2008)

Non-legislative changes to the management of Tasmania's Historic Environment (July 2009)

Draft standard heritage schedule template for planning schemes

Legislative Reform Fact Sheet (October 2009)

For further information or advice, please contact Heritage Tasmania.

Phone: (03) 6233 2037 or 1300 850 332
Email: enquiries@heritage.tas.gov.au