Applications for development approval in a State Heritage Area are required to be referred, by the relevant authority, to the Minister responsible for the Heritage Places Act 1993. The Minister delegates assessment and decisions to Heritage South Australia in the Department for Environment and Water.
Heritage South Australia’s Heritage Standards are an assessment tool, linked to the State Heritage Area Overlay within the Planning and Design Code. Heritage Standards provide principles and acceptable minimum standards for development proposals and form the basis of Heritage South Australia’s decisions on proposed development referrals.
Released Heritage Standards
The following Heritage Standards have been developed by Heritage South Australia, in consultation with landowners, Planning and Land Use Services, councils, the South Australian Heritage Council, the community and key community groups:
- Burra State Heritage Area
- Colonel Light Gardens State Heritage Area
- Gawler Church Hill State Heritage Area
- Mintaro State Heritage Area
- Moonta Mines State Heritage Area
Future Heritage Standards
Heritage Standards will be developed for all State Heritage Areas except Arckaringa Hills, Belair National Park and lnnamincka/Cooper Creek. This will occur in consultation with landowners and key stakeholders, replacing the current State Heritage Area Guidelines for development.
Heritage South Australia will continue to use the existing Guidelines for Development for other State Heritage Areas as the basis of heritage assessments and decisions for any referred development proposals, until such time as new Heritage Standards are developed.
Further information
For further information about State Heritage Areas and Heritage Standards contact Heritage South Australia on (08) 8124 4922 or email DEW.StateHeritageDA@sa.gov.au.
