What Actually Is a Heritage Conservation Area? A Management Critique Based on a Systematic Review of New South Wales (Australia) Planning Documents

While the community of Australian planning professionals is familiar with identification, interpretation and application heritage conservation areas, this not a concept that to general public. Yet, none official publications issued by New South Wales state authorities provide definition purpose areas goes beyond declaring them be spatially bounded area containing items. It left local their own interpretations definitions. This paper provides systematic review definitions contained in NSW studies documents. presents first ever comprehensive as well nature characteristics an area’s constituent, contributory or detracting components. Based on this, then explores role part public domain focussing importance isovists commensurate curtilages when discussing permissible alterations new developments.