Heritage guidelines and overlays

Heritage Guidelines

Parts of our built and natural environment tell us about our history. They also contribute to our culture.

That's why it's so important to protect them. 

Council has Heritage Design Guidelines(PDF, 6MB). These are a reference document for the Stonnington Planning Scheme.

Planning permit applications

If a heritage property owner wants to develop the property, the Heritage Policy and Guidelines help to guide them.

They explain how Council makes decisions on planning permit applications for heritage properties.

The Policy and Guidelines help you understand whether Council is likely to support proposals within Heritage Overlays.

Heritage Overlays

Heritage Overlays help Council protect locally important properties or areas.

The citations explain the history, description and reasons why a place is important to our heritage.

You can find citations for individual heritage places and areas in the City of Stonnington in the Victorian Heritage Database.

Follow these step-by-step instructions(PDF, 170KB) to find the Heritage Overlay or address on the Victorian Heritage Database.