On 15-16 March 2016, the National Trust appeared at the panel hearing for Whitehorse Planning Scheme Amendment C172.

The City of Whitehorse are implementing one of the first municipal-wide postwar heritage studies in Victoria, so the hearing raised lots of interesting issues about “challenging” heritage, and will set a precedent for future amendments.  Simon Reeves, an expert on Victoria’s modernist heritage, appeared as an expert for the City of Whitehorse.

Click here to read the National Trust’s submission to the Panel on 16 March 2016

Click here to read the National Trust’s original submission supporting the Amendment, back in October 2015.

This ES&A Bank was the subject of much discussion at the Panel Hearing. Do you think it should have a heritage overlay?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…