Access the heritage map External link
The heritage map External link works alongside VicPlan External link, the Victorian Government's planning tool. It shows heritage places listed in the Melbourne Planning Scheme. It provides more details, such as whether buildings are individually Significant or Contributory to a precinct, and links to information such as Statements of Significance.
Use the search function to look up an address or click on the map to see heritage controls for a property.
Frequently asked questions
- Heritage Overlay: the map shows where the Heritage Overlay applies. The Heritage Overlay is a provision in the Melbourne Planning Scheme. It identifies heritage places including buildings, precincts, bridges, trees, and gardens that are recognised for their state or local significance.
- City of Melbourne’s Heritage Places Inventory: the map shows the heritage categories of buildings as listed in the Heritage Places Inventory, an incorporated document to the Melbourne Planning Scheme. The Heritage Places Inventory identifies whether a building is individually Significant or Contributory and whether it is in a Significant Streetscape. If a building is not listed in the inventory, it is likely to be Non-contributory. The heritage categories are defined in the Heritage Places Inventory (PDF 4.6 MB) External link and impact how the heritage policies External link are applied.
- Schedule to the Heritage Overlay: a list of the heritage places in the Heritage Overlay, including buildings, precincts, bridges, trees, and gardens that are recognised for their state or local significance.
- Statements of Significance: documents for locally significant heritage places that explain what makes them important and how changes should be managed to protect and enhance their heritage significance.
- City of Melbourne’s Heritage Places Inventory: a list of buildings within the Heritage Overlay that identifies a building is individually significant or contributory and whether it is in a Significant Streetscape. If a building is not listed in the inventory, it is likely to be non-contributory. The heritage categories are defined in the Heritage Places Inventory (PDF 4.6 MB) External link and impact how the heritage policies External link are applied.
- Victorian Heritage Register: a list of heritage places and objects that are state significance. It contains Statements of Significance for state significant places.
- Building identification forms: documents from conservation studies undertaken in the 1980s and 1990s, that include photos and are useful in determining changes that have occurred to heritage buildings.
- Aboriginal cultural heritage: this map doesn’t cover Aboriginal cultural heritage, which is protected under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 and the Aboriginal Heritage Regulations 2018. For more details, visit First Peoples – State Relations External link.
- Archaeological sites: this map doesn’t cover historical archaeological sites which are protected under the Heritage Act 2017. For more information contact Heritage Victoria External link.
This map and its associated material are provided for information purposes only. They should not be relied upon to determine the nature of heritage controls and categories under the Melbourne Planning Scheme which must be obtained by reference to the Melbourne Planning Scheme. The Melbourne Planning Scheme External link prevails in the event of any inconsistency.
Email us at heritage@melbourne.vic.gov.au with any questions or comments about the map.
