Type of advice provided
Heritage advisors provide advice to residents and property owners who want to alter, extend or demolish heritage places. A heritage place may be a house, commercial building, public building, garden, tree, fence, moveable object or industrial heritage.
Advisors also provide valuable service to the council itself on the appropriate management and development of historic assets.
- Constructing a new building in a heritage area
- Design, colour and location of signs on commercial buildings
- Heritage colour schemes
- Restoration advice
- How to research the history of your house
- Access to local tradespeople with experience in heritage buildings
You can obtain free advice about heritage places from heritage advisors employed by local councils throughout Victoria.
Please note: When contacting council, ask for the planning department, as most heritage advisors are located there.