Heritage in planning
Navigating the Planning System
The National Trust Advocacy Toolkit is a free online resource to support individuals and communities to advocate for the protection of places of cultural heritage significance.
Revisions and recommendation for the Victorian Planning Framework
Find out more about the Legislative Council’s Parliamentary 2022 Inquiry into the adequacy of the Planning and Environment Act 1987, and the National Trust’s response.
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External Resources
The State of Heritage Review: Local Heritage.
2023 Survey – Future Directions of The Victorian Heritage Register.
Heritage Threats
Demolition by Neglect
Demolition by Neglect is ‘the destruction of a building through abandonment or lack of maintenance’. In 2013 the National Trust commissioned a report on the issue of demolition by neglect in Victoria. In 2014, with the support of the Heritage Council of Victoria, we facilitated a forum of planners and experts to formulate policy initiatives to deal with the issue at local government level.
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Facadism
Facadism is the superficial retention of only the exterior face(s) of a building and the demolition of the remainder. The NTAV has produced a discussion paper highlighting the issues of this approach and providing policies and examples of how places can be re-developed without compromising on their heritage values.
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Value of heritage
External Resources
Why Heritage Report: Social, economic and environmental value of heritage from Australia and internationally:
Past Projects
Post-War Modern Architecture
In 2014, we published “Melbourne’s Marvellous Modernism: A Comparative Analysis of Post-War Modern Architecture in Melbourne’s CBD 1955 -1975.”
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W Class Trams
The National Trust has played a key role in supporting the maintenance, restoration and use of Melbourne’s W Class Tram fleet.
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