Wyndham City is seeking community feedback on the findings of Stage 2 of the Wyndham Heritage Review.
Wyndham City has been working to protect our important historical places. Heritage provides us with important evidence as to how our community has evolved and developed over time.
We are asking for feedback from landowners and the community on the draft Stage 2 recommendations.
This is an opportunity to provide additional information to ensure the accuracy of the recommendations for the protection of places and precincts. Submissions will be considered by a qualified heritage expert and incorporated into the final recommendations where relevant.
Wyndham City Mayor, Cr Jennie Barrera explained that Council is required under legislation to identify and protect heritage places and that there are community benefits in doing this.
“Fourteen individual places in Werribee and three individual places in Little River were found to be of significance to Wyndham City and have been recommended for protection in the Wyndham Planning Scheme,” said Barrera.
“As a region with high growth, heritage is particularly important to Wyndham as a touchstone to the past and a key contributor to a strong sense of place in our communities.”
“There are pressures on our special heritage places due to development and competing strategic objectives such as infrastructure provision and housing growth.”
“Wyndham City must manage these pressures on our historical places, to protect the places that make Wyndham special, and ensure that development is sensitive to identified heritage values.”
Other areas that have been found to be of significance and have been recommended for inclusion in the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay include:
- The Gibbons and Beamish Streets Residential Precinct
- The Campbells Cove and Baileys Beach Boatshed Precinct (Werribee South)
Design guidelines for both have been prepared to guide future development.
In response to the unique context of the Werribee South intensive agriculture precinct and the range of heritage values within this complex cultural landscape, an additional piece of work has been prepared to develop recommendations for innovative approaches to the recognition and celebration of heritage values in Werribee South.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage is protected under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006. We are undertaking consultation with Wyndham’s Registered Aboriginal Parties, including the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation and the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation to acknowledge and protect Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Values.
