Category: Current Advocacy Projects
Current advocacy submissions made by the RHSV Heritage Committee
RHSV Submission – Permit application P30209 Federation Square, Melbourne
Submission to the Heritage Council: Federation Square
The RHSV strongly supports the Executive Director’s recommendation for inclusion of Federation Square in the Victorian Heritage Register.
read more...Corkman Hotel Developer/Demolishers Get their Way
The Corkman Hotel saga ends with a complete victory for the developers. But the seeds of that victory were in the contradiction between the heritage overlay that was supposed to protect it and the planning scheme which encouraged developers to put up a 40 metre tower on the site! Read the RHSV statement on this appalling saga here.
read more...Major Threat to Historic Shopping Strips
We face a major heritage threat from an unexpected quarter. The historic shopping strips of our inner and middle suburbs are largely protected by local heritage overlays, not by the state.
read more...Victory at the QVM People’s Panel: The Great Turnaround
Heritage Victoria Officer’s Report – Queen Victoria Market
The report is of interest to all concerned with the QVM and indeed to all concerned with heritage issues and the workings of Heritage Victoria. It reflects great credit on Heritage Victoria. We urge all RHSV members to read the report.
The Friends of Queen Victoria Market have obtained release of this report, which the City of Melbourne had kept under wraps.
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