Heritage is about more than historic buildings. It’s about the stories, places and experiences that shape the community. It’s the landmarks we recognise, the history we share and the memories passed through generations. Protecting heritage isn’t just about conserving the past, it’s about carrying those important stories forward into the future.

Under NSW planning laws, all councils must help protect local heritage. One way to do this is by keeping a list of important heritage places in our Local Environmental Plan (LEP). Councils are encouraged to review these lists and planning rules regularly to make sure heritage places are properly recognised and protected.

As part of the Heritage Review, Council has developed a Draft Heritage Strategy as well as recommendations to remove and list new heritage items.

The draft Heritage Strategy provides a framework to identify, protect, support and promote Albury’s heritage - places that are important to our community. It aims to strike a balance between maintaining and conserving our heritage and accommodating the evolving needs of our growing community.

The Albury Local Environmental Plan 2010 (Albury LEP 2010) currently contains 245 local heritage items, 12 state heritage items and 16 Heritage Conservation Areas. The Albury Local Government Area has one Declared Aboriginal Place, Mungabareena, which is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.

The draft Heritage Review is funded by the NSW Government with matched funding from AlburyCity.

Explore key highlights of the review in the snapshot below and find the full documents in the document libraries. Find the draft strategy and schedule changes - including nominations and delisting requests - in the Draft Strategy and listings area. Explore the identified heritage areas across the city in the Heritage Conversation Areas library.

Key changes

The review has helped us shape the following recommendations.

• An updated history of Albury reflecting a more comprehensive and inclusive narrative.
• Updated documents to reflect community nominations and delisting of heritage items.
• Enhancement of the information for priority heritage items and heritage conservation areas contained in Schedule 5 of the Albury LEP 2010.
• A draft Heritage Strategy to address key heritage challenges and actions to guide planning decisions and management.
• Introduction of a monitoring period every 12 months and a review period every 10 years in the draft Heritage Strategy.

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