The Hoddle Grid heritage review started in 2016 and was backed by the National Trust of Australia as one of the most significant and complex heritage studies ever undertaken in Victoria.
Simon Ambrose, chief executive of the National Trust, said the review filled some urgent gaps in heritage protection across the city.
“This heritage review has redefined the very idea of heritage within the Hoddle Grid, not only protecting important nineteenth-century buildings and precincts but recognising 48 of the city’s most significant buildings built between 1945 and 1975,” he said. “This level of recognition for important post-WWII development is unparalleled in Australia.”
Ambrose said the addition of local heritage protections to these sites provided certainty to the community, property owners and developers, hopefully putting an end to eleventh-hour appeals for protection when places come under threat.
Future development proposals for places selected for heritage overlay will need to consider their heritage values and Cath Evans, interim Victorian executive director at the Property Council of Australia, said property owners may need more support to offset this cost.
Resident Mark Baker in front of Melbourne House, which has been included in the heritage protection.Credit:Simon Schluter
“When introducing new heritage measures, we urge all councils to consider the higher private economic costs in the effective management and maintenance of heritage listed buildings,” she…
