Heritage Listings and Maps

Heritage items, heritage conservation areas (HCAs) and archaeological sites are listed on Schedule 5 of the Newcastle Local Environmental Plan 2012. 

To check if your property is a heritage item or in an HCA, use the NSW Planning Portal online mapping tool ePlanning Spatial Viewer. 

• Access the Spatial Viewer Quick Reference Guide (PDF) for further assistance. 

Inventory sheets for heritage items and HCAs are available on the NSW State Heritage Inventory (SHI). They include a brief statement of the significance of the property or HCA, a description, photograph, and some include historic notes. 

Get a Section 10.7 Planning Certificate from City of Newcastle for confirmation of heritage listings affecting your property. 

The Contributory Buildings Maps are provided for each of City of Newcastle’s heritage conservation areas (HCAs) and classify existing buildings as either contributory, neutral or non-contributory.  The identified level of contribution of a building to the streetscape character and significance of the HCA, based on the Contributory Buildings Map, will guide the approach to development within HCAs. 

The rankings provide a snapshot assessment of the building as viewed from the street and can be used as a starting point in the understanding of a building’s potential heritage significance. The ranking of each building is based on a visual assessment, not on historical documentary research.  

In the event there is an alternative view regarding the ranking of a building, the applicant should undertake a heritage assessment. This is to be carried out by a recognised heritage consultant, using the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage's guidelines and the principles and processes of the Burra Charter. The assessment should be used as a basis of further action. 

For an explanation of the rankings, see the definitions in Section E1 Built and landscape heritage of the Newcastle Development Control Plan 2023. 

The maps below were produced in January 2020 and illustrate the current rankings: 

• Cooks Hill (PDF). 
• Glebe Road Federation Cottages (PDF). 
• Hamilton Business Centre (PDF). 
• Hamilton Residential Precinct (PDF). 
• Hamilton South 'Garden Suburb' (PDF). 
• Newcastle City Centre (PDF). 
• Newcastle East (PDF). 
• The Hill (PDF). 

To check if your property is a site of known or potential Aboriginal cultural heritage and/or historical archaeology, use City of Newcastle's online mapping tool Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Historical Archaeology App. 

• Refer to Newcastle Archaeological Management Plan 1997 and Newcastle Archaeological Management Plan Review 2013 for more details on archaeological sites identified by the App. 
• Refer to Schedule 5 and associated heritage map sheets of the Newcastle Local Environmental Plan 2012 for heritage listed archaeological sites. 
• More details on archaeological sites listed by the Newcastle Local Environmental Plan 2012 and declared Aboriginal Places are available by using the NSW State Heritage Inventory (SHI). 
• For a detailed search of declared Aboriginal Places and other sites of Aboriginal cultural significance, use the Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (AHIMS).