The draft Built Heritage Action Plan 2026-2031 sets out how we will retain, protect and enhance our heritage buildings across Holdfast Bay.

Heritage buildings play a vital role in our city. They help shape the character of our neighbourhoods, add architectural variety to our streets, and create a sense of identity in our community. They can also be reused and adapted over time, supporting more sustainable outcomes and helping to maintain their long-term value.

While many buildings are heritage-listed, ongoing actions are needed to ensure our heritage is protected.

We invited you to review the objectives and actions in this new draft Built Heritage Action Plan. Your feedback will help us understand what matters most to you and where we should focus our efforts in the coming years.

This plan will shape how our built heritage is protected and enhanced over the years ahead.

This consultation closed 5pm Thursday 13 August 2026.

In July 2026, Council sought the community’s feedback on the draft Built Heritage Action Plan 2026-2031. We wanted to know what you thought of the draft Action Areas and supporting actions, which set out how we will retain, protect, and enhance our heritage buildings across Holdfast Bay.

We engaged the community through an online and hard copy surveys, supported by promotion via the website, social media posts on various platforms, Mayor’s speech and Holdfast News.

A total of 40 submissions were received s in response to the survey.

In summary, the following responses were received:

• 97% of respondents were supportive of Action Area 1 – Protect
• 100% of respondents were supportive of Action Area 2 – Lead
• 94% of respondents were supportive of Action Area 3 – Promote and Support
• 97% of respondents were supportive of Action Area 4 – Advocate

Additional topics raised in the feedback included:

• Heritage should be a responsibility of the State Government
• Costs related to heritage protection should not detract from Council’s core services
• Decision-making should be transparent
• The role of the Heritage Advisory Committee should be clarified
• More specific actions, priorities and implementation timeframes should be identified in the Plan
• The lack of current demolition controls to protect buildings
• A wider variety of housing types and periods should be investigated for potential heritage listing
• Reporting on what actions have been achieved under the Plan should be provided to the community
• Adaptive reuse of buildings should be promoted and supported

Council received the report and findings on 15 September 2026. To read the report and the engagement findings, please click here

Council has now endorsed the Built Heritage Action Plan, and this will be published on the Council website.

We thank the community for their interest and feedback, which helped finalise the Built Heritage Action Plan.

Click here to view the final plan
*Note that a finalised publication of the plan is currently in development