Under Victoria’s Planning and Environment Act, Boroondara is required to identify and protect heritage places for current and future generations.

A Heritage Overlay is a planning control applied to individual or groups of properties that have historic, aesthetic, architectural, technical or social values.

Heritage Overlays ensure changes to a building don’t negatively impact on the heritage significance of a place or precinct - but it doesn’t mean a blanket ban on changes to a building.

In most cases, owners looking to demolish, construct, alter or extend buildings or structures in a Heritage Overlay will require planning permission from Council.

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