Protect our heritage
In the transition to South Australia’s new planning system, hard won protections for our treasured heritage places are under threat. If newly proposed regulations are allowed, thousands of places are at imminent risk of demolition, with no right of objection or appeal for neighbours, councils or communities. More than half of our protected places are now at risk of being destroyed.
We need your support to prevent this mass destruction of our heritage.
Protect our Heritage! People’s Forum September 18 – Norwood Concert Hall
Changes to South Australia’s planning laws are causing widespread public concern about a loss of community rights, overdevelopment in a number of areas and diminished protections for our built heritage and natural environment. Policies being proposed for introduction under the State’s new Planning and Design Code have not been properly consulted upon and are not consistent with many of the stated objectives of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act (PDI […]
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Proposed changes “won’t protect our heritage buildings”
Despite repeated denials and persistent misinformation from the State Planning Commission, the Local Government Association of South Australia (LGASA) has made clear its position that heritage protections would be weakened by the changes being proposed by the Commission. Those working in local government have the most experience in working to protect our heritage. The LGASA has criticised a lack of detail in policy proposals advocated by the Commission and called […]
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Questions the State Planning Commission won’t answer
The State Planning Commission’s controversial proposals to slash South Australia’s heritage protections have raised great concern in the community. The Commission refuses to hold any public debate on the risks and costs of what it is proposing, saying it is not obliged to do so. However, it did offer to hold a Question and Answer session for the Community Alliance, an umbrella organisation for local residents’ groups and invited them to […]
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Ask the Premier to strengthen our heritage protection system
Ask the Premier to stop this disaster from happening by strengthening our heritage protection system and not allowing it to be undermined by new planning rules. View and sign our online petition at change.org to protect South Australia’s heritage from demolition.
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