Local heritage

Heritage can relate to a wide variety of places, including:

building or a group of buildings
site or a landscape
community and religious places.

There are a number of ways our City’s heritage can be protected, most notably through the individual listing of such places as state and local heritage places.

Types of heritage listing

State heritage (not shown on the map)
Local heritage (shown in blue on the map)
Representative buildings (shown in teal on the map)

The City of West Torrens has also designated historic precincts identified through the Historic Area Overlay in the Planning and Design Code.

Heritage listed properties map

Local

Contributory

Heritage places and the Planning and Design Code

The Planning and Design Code policies and the associated Historic Area Overlay Design Advisory Guidelines seek to:

conserve and enhance places of historical significance
conserve and enhance those elements which contribute to the significance of heritage places
ensure that development does not adversely affect the significance of heritage places
conserve specifically identified places by allowing a use that would otherwise be prohibited if this will demonstrably assist with the conservation of the significance of the place.

The guidelines address issues relating to demolition, design, height, setback, car parking and landscaping for existing buildings and places, as well as providing advice on new development suitable to historic areas.

For more information regarding the assessment of development applications within Heritage Area Overlay or on State, Local or Representative Buildings contact City Development during business hours via the following ways:

Contact us during business hours
Email your enquiry to development@wtcc.sa.gov.au (we can call or email you back)
Visit the Development Desk at the City of West Torrens Civic Centre, 165 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Hilton

West Torrens Heritage Review

Council has recently reviewed heritage and historic areas in West Torrens to better understand local historic themes , and identify opportunities to protect places of heritage value. Additional work is being undertaken to consider new places and buildings to be protected. Further information can be found at West Torrens Heritage Review | Your Say West Torrens.

Previous Heritage Surveys

From time-to-time qualified heritage consultants are engaged to survey an area. Heritage surveys can be of a local council area, of a region or can survey the whole state for places that fit a particular theme eg 20^th century heritage. These surveys identify potential places of state and local heritage significance and potential historic conservation areas. The Department for Environment and Water hold details of heritage surveys which can be found at: Department for Environment and Water - Heritage surveys.

West Torrens Historical Society

The West Torrens Historical Society is a voluntary not-for-profit organisation founded in March 1976. It records, collects and researches matters of historical interest relating to the people, businesses, events, land and buildings within West Torrens. Details regarding the Historical Society can be found here.