HERITAGE
City Plan Heritage was established within the City Plan Group in 2000. By offering professional heritage consultancy services within the infrastructure of a large multidisciplinary firm rather than being aligned to an architectural practice, City Plan Heritage can provide its clients truly independent advice. From large-scale developments to small residential extensions, empathy and respect for the work of the designers, architects and other specialists is assured, as is work quality and value. Our work assists a range of clients with decision making and approvals, demonstrating our commitment to meet the current statutory and philosophical standards. We offer the full range of independent heritage assessment & advice, collection care & management services available by virtue of the extensive breadth, skill & experience of our staff.
City Plan Heritage is a corporate member of Australia ICOMOS and our team is skilled in the disciplines of heritage conservation and management, bringing together a unique combination of experience, qualification and practise in architecture, archaeology, heritage conservation and interpretation. We are often involved from the earliest design stage of a proposal in order to provide the best technical and management advice for all heritage issues. Our principals are involved in the making of heritage legislation and principles at government, non-government organisations and institutional levels.
We are fully prequalified to provide heritage services to the NSW Government under the NSW Government Contingent Workforce Scheme (SCM0007), Built Heritage Conservation Consultants (SCM3831), Prequalification Scheme for Consultants in Construction (SCM1191) and we are an approved supplier under the Local Government Procurement Panel (LGP). City Plan Heritage has also been appointed to the Defence Infrastructure Panel – Environment, Heritage and Estate Engineering 2020 – 2025 (AZ6179) for the provision of services in the category of Historic Heritage to the Commonwealth Government. Our services include:
HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENTS
- Advice on the design to ensure the best outcome for the place’s heritage significance.
- Assessment of the Heritage Significance of the place based on documentary evidence.
- Assessment of the proposed works and of any impact on heritage issues against the relevant heritage planning provisions and in accordance with best practice heritage guidelines.
- Advice on the design to ensure the best outcome for the place’s heritage significance.
- Opportunities and constraints to inform the management of heritage assets.
CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLANS
- Written conservation management document to advise owners on why an item is significant and how its value can be conserved while ensuring future viability
- Advice based on the three-step NSW Heritage Management System – investigate significance, assess significance and manage significance through policies and conservation strategies to achieve long term viability of the place
- Understanding of the heritage character and values of a local government area or parts of the area to inform the strategic planning for it made by the relevant council.
HERITAGE INTERPRETATION
- Often a heritage requirement when an item will be demolished or with change of use, heritage interpretation tells the history and story of the place via a series of graphic panels, guided walks and displays guided by Interpretation Strategies and Plans.
- Specialist technical advice before and during construction and provision of sign-off for occupation certificates.
- Undertaking expert photography and compiling digital and hard copy reports in accordance with the NSW Heritage Office guidelines.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS & COORDINATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES
Provision of research, field assessment, heritage management, planning and archaeological field services of Aboriginal and historic period sites.
Traditional Owner engagement and relationship management.
- Provision of independent heritage advice to assist councils’ in their assessment of heritage related DAs or a second opinion on council’s own assessment.
COLLECTION SERVICES
- Significance assessments
- Collection management, cataloguing & research
- Preparation of collection policies & prevention needs assessments
- Exhibition research & curating
- Public program development
- Disaster preparedness