Heritage Advisory Committee
Queanbeyan City Council is committed to recognising and where possible to preserving the Heritage of the city. A long standing committee has been set up for this purpose with the objectives as follows:
Monitoring heritage policy, advising Council on heritage issues, raising community awareness of heritage issues, review funding submissions and commenting on specific development applications when requested by Council and involving the demolition of buildings built prior to 1960, and major development likely to affect the streetscape in cases for sites that are within a heritage conservation area or are listed as a heritage item under Queanbeyan Local Environmental Plan 1998.
The Committee meets monthly.
Free Heritage Advice
Council also provides free of charge to rate payers, the services of a qualified Heritage Advisor, who is able to give advice on Heritage – be it renovation, restoration, rebuilding and demolition. You can arrange an appointment by contacting Council on
02 6285 6276.
The Heritage Council of NSW has produced a document
Heritage Listing Explained which outlines the benefits and effects of listing properties for owners and the community. This document answers commonly asked questions and gives owners a practical insight into how to make sympathetic changes.
Grant Funds for Heritage Buildings
As part of Council’s commitment to the protection of the community’s heritage, Council in conjunction with the NSW Department of Planning’s Heritage Office, has established a Local Heritage Assistance Fund. The fund assists owners with the cost of maintaining buildings that are considered to have heritage significance to the community. The Local Heritage Assistance Fund provides grants on a dollar for dollar basis for work on heritage listed buildings and buildings within the Heritage Conservation Area. For further information see
The Local Heritage Assistance Fund
Heritage Awards
Council continues to offer local Heritage Awards to encourage restoration work in Queanbeyan involving preservation, sympathetic additions and/or appropriate adaptation carried out on Heritage commercial buildings, residential buildings or heritage landscape such as parks, gardens and streetscapes. The awards also seek to encourage good modern building design, which could become part of the district's heritage in the future. These are awarded annually during the Heritage Festival in April.
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Heritage Awards