Overview

We seek to conserve buildings in our area that have heritage significance. This includes buildings dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries, and also outstanding buildings from more recent times. These are an important part of the heritage of our local area.

The Woollahra Council Heritage Gap Analysis, endorsed in 2021, identified Modern buildings (built in the period following the Second World War) as a “gap” in our heritage listed buildings and suggested more studies were required to identify significant buildings of the Modernist era in our area.

Our consultants GML Heritage have completed a comprehensive study of 26 buildings, and identified 19 which merit listing as heritage items on the Woollahra LEP 2014. These include a range of apartment buildings and houses by architects such as Harry Seidler, Peddle Thorp & Walker, Allen Jack & Cottier, and Bill Lucas.

Next steps

• We are seeking feedback from owners and residents of the properties studied by mid-February. At this stage we are primarily seeking information which will inform the study and our recommendations.
• The proposed listings will be considered by the Woollahra Local Planning Panel (Woollahra LPP) in early 2025. It is likely that the panel will seek to conduct site visits of some properties.
• If recommended by the Woollahra LPP, the planning proposal to list the items will be referred to a future meeting of Council seeking endorsement to progress to public exhibition (subject to approval from the Department of Planning, Housing & Infrastructure).
• Following public exhibition, a report will be progressed to a meeting of Council responding to the issues raised in submissions. If approved by Council, the heritage listings will be finalised.

At each stage of the process, affected parties will have an opportunity to make submissions to Council.

For more information see our FAQs section on this page.