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The Heritage Citations Review is part of the Wyndham Heritage Review, which Council commenced in 2021.

Council has engaged heritage consultants Extent Heritage to review and update existing planning documentation for ninety-one (91) heritage places currently protected in the Wyndham planning scheme through their inclusion in the Heritage Overlay.

The project will involve fieldwork, historical research, and heritage assessments to prepare draft place citations and updated statements of significance.

The consultant will prepare a draft report outlining recommendations such as updated place citation reports, statements of significance, and proposed changes to mapping.

Opportunities to have your say

During Stages 1 and 2, Council will undertake targeted engagement with property owners and historical societies.

Following the completion of Stages 1 and 2, Council will seek feedback from the community and other key stakeholders—including property owners, custodians, and historical societies—on the draft recommendations.

Council will consider submissions before preparing a final report which is expected to be considered by Council in mid-2026.

Next Steps

If adopted by Council and authorised by the Minister for Planning, Council will commence a planning scheme amendment to implement the findings of the Heritage Citations Review into the Wyndham Planning Scheme.

This stage of the project will look at 40 existing places in the Heritage Overlay, listed here. You can also view them via the map below.

1. HO7 Hegarty’s House - 24 Ballan Road Werribee
2. HO11 Evans House - 725 Boundary Road, Truganina
3. HO14 House - 780 Bulban Road Werribee
4. HO17 Corpus Christi gates - Chirnside Ave (cnr Russell Street), Werribee
5. HO20 Werribee Guides Hall - Soldiers Reserve, College Road, Werribee
6. HO23 Cottrell Street Sports and Physio Centre - 90 Cottrell Street Werribee
7. HO24 Racecourse Hotel - 78-80 Cottrell Street Werribee
8. HO28 Robertson Farm - CA G Sec 22 Psh Tarneit, Derrimut Road, Tarneit
9. HO30 Wine Cellars - Derrimut Road, Tarneit
10. HO31 Werribee Primary School - 2 Deutgam Street Werribee
11. HO32 Villa Franca - 35-39 Deutgam Street Werribee
12. HO39 Truganina Cemetery 1 and HO39 Truganina Cemetery 2 - Woods Road, Truganina
13. HO44 Kurrajong trees - Road reserve - Duncans Road, Werribee
14. HO57 Powell Shops and Service Station - 5 & 7 Glen Street Werribee
15. HO58 Houses - 63-65 Greaves Street Werribee
16. HO62 Hogan House - Lot 3 Hogans Road, Tarneit
17. HO77 Werribee Cemetery - Railway Avenue Werribee
18. HO79 House former police paddocks - 1-3 Rainsford Street Werribee
19. HO89 Roland Carter House - 51-59 Russell Street Werribee
20. HO94 Former Picture Palais - 15-19 Station Place, Werribee
21. HO97 Muswell - 9-11 Synnot Street, Werribee
22. HO98 St Thomas Church of England - 119-121 Synnot Street Werribee
23. HO99 Police House former - 129 Synnot Street Werribee
24. HO101 Sumiya - 6 Wattamolla Avenue Werribee
25. HO103 Little House - 56-58 Wattle Avenue, Reserve on Bowery Court and 77, 85 & 87 Wattle Avenue Werribee
26. HO105 Troup Park and Weighbridge - Watton Street, Werribee
27. HO106 War memorial - Cnr Watton Street and Station Place
28. HO107 Deney’s Clock - Cnr Watton Street and Station Place, Werribee
29. HO110 Former Shire Hall - 49 Watton Street, Werribee
30. HO111 Milk Bar and Bolero Cards and Gifts - 63-65 Watton Street Werribee
31. HO112 Commercial Hotel - 101-111 Watton Street Werribee
32. HO113 Bridge Hotel - 197-199 Watton Street Werribee
33. HO114 Silver Birches - 211 Watton Street Werribee
34. HO115 Masonic Centre - 223 Watton Street, Werribee
35. HO116 House - 23-25 Wedge Street South Werribee
36. HO117 House - 36 Wedge Street Werribee
37. HO118 Rockleigh - 111 Werribee Street, Werribee
38. HO119 Skeleton Creek Water Reserve and Water Holes - Pt CA 3 Sec 15 Psh Truganina, Woods Road Truganina
39. HO125 Truganina ARP Hall - Woods Road, Truganina
40. HO131 Wesleyan Chapel site - 911 Boundary Road, Truganina

This stage of the project will look at the next 51 existing places in the Heritage Overlay, listed here. You can also view them via the map below.

1. H01 Ford - Werribee River
2. HO3 Werribee Diversion Weir - Heaths Road, Werribee
3. HO5 House - 949 Aviation Road, Werribee South
4. HO6 Carramar House and Farm - Lot 1 LP205808, 1055 Aviation Road Werribee South
5. HO8 Campbells House and Store - 85 Edgars Road, Little River
6. HO9 The Peppercorns (1) HO9 The Peppercorns (2) HO9 The Peppercorns (3) - 1625 Boundary Road, Mt Cottrell
7. HO10 Volant House (1) HO10 Volant House (2) HO10 Volant House (3) - 1645 Boundary Road, Mt Cottrell
8. HO12 Werribee Racecourse - Bulban Road, Werribee
9. HO13 Devine House - Lot CA 34 Psh Bulban, Bulban Road Mambourin
10. HO15 Werribee Park PS - 10 Cayleys Road, Werribee South
11. HO18 Cobbledicks Ford and Reserve (1) HO18 Cobbledicks Ford and Reserve (2) - Cobbledicks Ford Road, Mt Cottrell
12. HO21 Carter Housing Estate (Precinct) - Bounded by College Road and Anderson Street and comprises properties in Mary Avenue and Carter Crescent, Werribee
13. HO26 Cunningham House - 51 Cunninghams Road, Werribee South
14. HO33 Diggers Road Soldiers Memorial Hall - 450 Diggers Road, Werribee South
15. HO34 Portelli House and Shop - 650 Diggers Road, Werribee South
16. HO35 Dam - CA B Sec 18 Psh Tarneit, Dohertys Road, Mt Cottrell
17. HO41 Bambra Park - 2 Dukelows Road, Mt Cottrell
18. HO42 Cobbledicks House Ruin - 2 Dukelows Road, Mt Cottrell
19. HO43 Dukelow House - 215 Dukelows Rd Tarneit
20. HO45 Braemor - 630 Duncans Road, Werribee South
21. HO46 Building and Water Tower - 818 Duncans Road, Werribee South
22. HO47 Deveney House - 835 Duncans Road, Werribee South
23. HO48 Former Werribee Estate School and School Teachers House - 849 Duncans Road, Werribee South
24. HO49 Fowlers House and Silo - 885 Duncans Road Werribee South
25. HO50 Grahams Dairy - 1107 Duncans Road, Werribee South
26. HO52 Little River Uniting Church - NE Corner Edgards Road and Boadles Lane, Little River
27. HO53 Mouyong (1) HO53 Mouyong (2) - Lots 1 & 2 PS609745 Edgards Road, Little River
28. HO54 Shaw House - 115 Edgars Road, Little River
29. HO55 Richmond and McNaughton properties - 230 Edgars Road, Little River
30. HO56 Old Little River Hotel - 16 Flinders Street, Little River
31. HO60 Anderson Homestead Site - Lot B PS708632, South of Lollypop Creek, Greens Road, Wyndham Vale.
32. HO61 Chaffey Irrigation Scheme - Riverbend Historical Park, Heaths Road, Werribee
33. HO66 House 22-26 - Little River Road, Little River
34. HO69 Jack Carters Poultry Farm - 60-68 Lock Avenue, Werribee
35. HO70 Adapted Railway Carriage - 500 O’Connors Road, Werribee
36. HO71 Tardrew House - 510 (518) - O’Connors Road, Werribee South
37. HO73 Tarcombe - 2-54 Old Melbourne Road, Little River
38. HO80 Bull House - 35 River Street, Little River
39. HO82 Bulban Reserve - Rothwell Road, Little River
40. HO83 Little River Mechanics Institute - 8 Rothwell Road, Little River
41. HO84 Christ Church - 48-50 Rothwell Road, Little River
42. HO86 Barrie House - 1-3 Rothwell Street, Little River
43. HO87 Former Grooms House - 8 Rothwell Street, Little River
44. HO88 Bates House - 13 Rothwell Street, Little River
45. HO100 Water Tower and Office - 1 Tower Road, Werribee
46. HO104 Chirnside Park - Watton Street, Werribee
47. HO121 McNaughton Reserve - 95-109 You Yangs Road, Little River
48. HO122 Grants Bridge - You Yangs Road, Little River
49. HO123 St Michaels Catholic Church - 1-13 You Yangs Road, Little River
50. HO124 Little River Recreation Reserve (1) HO124 Little River Recreation Reserve (2) - 15-31 You Yangs Road, Little River
51. HO129 Carroll House (Toowoomba) - 32 River Street, Little River

Council is consulting with the area’s Registered Aboriginal Parties, the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation and Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, to seek input into the project. Council also invites other Traditional Owners and First Peoples in Wyndham to provide feedback on the Heritage Citations Review through the Loop.

Council has engaged qualified heritage consultancy Extent Heritage to review the planning documentation and mapping for approximately 92 heritage places in the Heritage Overlay.

The need to undertake this project was identified in the Wyndham Heritage Review (Gap Study) Stage 1, adopted by Council in June 2021.

The places included in the Heritage Citations Review have been selected based on the recommendations of the Wyndham Heritage Review (Gap Study) Stage 1, which was adopted in Council in June 2021.

Many of the citations being reviewed were prepared in 1997 for the Heritage of the City of Wyndham report.

The first stage of the Heritage Citations Review will reviewed 40 existing places in the Heritage Overlay, primarily located in Werribee, Truganina and Tarneit.

The second stage of the Heritage Citations Review will review 51 existing places in the Heritage Overlay, including complex places and sites in the remainder of the municipality.

A heritage citation is a short report by a qualified heritage expert on a significant place that is used to guide planning decisions.

It includes a description of the heritage place and its setting, historical information, assessment against heritage criteria, comparative analysis with other similar places, and a statement of significance outlining its heritage values.

Heritage citations are prepared in line with guidelines provided by the State government.

Council is reviewing heritage citations for existing places in the Heritage Overlay to fulfill its requirements under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 to conserve and enhance places of heritage significance. Many of the citations for heritage places in Wyndham were prepared in 1997 and need to be reviewed and updated in line with current state government requirements.

This project will update planning documentation and mapping for places in the Heritage Overlay and provide greater certainty to landowners and the community regarding the protection of Wyndham’s significant heritage places.

Council will be notifying all affected landowners of the project. Our consultants will be visiting each property to verify its heritage features and condition and determine whether there have been any changes or alterations.

Council may request access to the property so the consultant can survey the building(s), and any gardens, landscaping and trees listed in the Schedule to the Heritage Overlay. If permission for access is not provided by the landowner, an inspection will be undertaken from the street or public realm, if possible.

The consultant will then undertake an assessment and prepare updated documentation for public consultation. Landowners and the broader community will have an opportunity to review draft documentation and provide feedback. Feedback will be reviewed by the consultants and incorporated where relevant.

The draft documentation will then be provided to Council for adoption and approval will be sought for the commencement of a Planning Scheme Amendment to include the updated documentation in the planning scheme.

The Heritage Overlay is a planning control found at Clause 43.01 of all planning schemes in Victoria. A Heritage Overlay can be applied to precincts, individual buildings, land, gardens, trees or other items of heritage significance.

The schedule to the Heritage Overlay contains a list of places in Wyndham covered by a Heritage Overlay.

The purpose of the Overlay is to encourage the conservation and enhancement heritage places and trigger a requirement for a planning permit so the impact of proposed development on the heritage values of the place can be properly considered. A planning permit may be required for demolition, subdivision and works that change the appearance of the heritage place.

The Heritage Overlay is a tool to manage change rather than to stop development or the ongoing use of heritage places.

What the Heritage Overlay protects will depend on which features of your property are considered significant. The Statement of Significance and Schedule to the Heritage Overlay lists which elements are significant.

A Heritage Overlay also covers the setting, being the immediate and extended environment of a place that is part of or contributes to its cultural significance and distinctive character.

A planning permit isn’t required for general maintenance and repairs to a heritage place, provision of services such as water tanks, air conditioning units or other dwelling services which are not visible from the street, repainting or repairing a building in the same materials and colours, or internal alterations of buildings (unless stated in the schedule to the Heritage Overlay).

The places being reviewed are currently protected by their inclusion in the Heritage Overlay https://planning-schemes.app.planning.vic.gov.au/Wyndham/ordinance

Places won’t be removed from the Heritage Overlay without a heritage-based justification or proper process. A Planning Scheme Amendment, generally subject to public exhibition and the approval of Council and the Minister for Planning, is required to change or remove the Heritage Overlay.

Council will consider the consultant’s recommendations on updating the Heritage Overlay, and may seek to amend the Wyndham Planning Scheme to make changes to the Heritage Overlay where places no longer meet the threshold for protection, or where the extent of the Heritage Overlay needs to be updated.

A Planning Scheme Amendment will also be required to include statements of significance for each place in the planning scheme, in line with State government requirements.

Affected landowners will be notified of any proposed changes to the Heritage Overlay, and opportunities to provide feedback will be provided.

Stage 2 of the Heritage Citations Review includes the Carter Estate Precinct. A heritage precinct is an area which has been identified as having heritage value. Places which are in Heritage Overlay precincts can be graded either Significant, Contributory or Non-Contributory.

Significant heritage places are individually important places of heritage significance.

Contributory buildings contribute to the significance of the heritage precinct that they are located in. They are not individually significant places, however, when combined with other significant and/or contributory heritage places, they are important in showing the heritage significance of a precinct.

Non-Contributory places in a heritage precinct that don’t have heritage significance. They are included in the Heritage Overlay because any development of that place might impact on the heritage significance of the precinct or neighbouring Significant or Contributory heritage places. Landowners may be able to remove, alter or develop non-contributory elements or places. However, a permit is still required under the Heritage Overlay to allow Council to consider impacts on the heritage values of the precinct.

Council is currently seeking early input on the Heritage Citations Review from affected landowners and key knowledge-holders including the Werribee District Historical Society and Little River Historical Society.

Council will seek broad community feedback on the findings of the Heritage Citations Review, including draft citations, via the Loop in early-2026. All affected landowners will be notified.

Once the documentation has been finalised following community consultation, it will be provided to Council for adoption.

There will be another opportunity for the community to have a say if Council requests a planning scheme amendment to include the documentation in the planning scheme, and this is authorised for exhibition by the Minister for Planning.