Cultural Heritage Management Plans (CHMP)

Cultural Heritage Management Plans (CHMPs) are a way of protecting and managing Aboriginal cultural heritage while allowing development to proceed.  If a CHMP is required, a planning permit cannot be issued until the CHMP has been prepared and approved by the relevant Registered Aboriginal Party.  

A Cultural Heritage Management Plan is required if: 

• all or part of the subject of the proposed development is in an area of cultural heritage sensitivity – land within 200m of a named waterway - that has not previously been significantly disturbed; and
• all or part of the activity is a high impact activity.  Examples of high impact activities include certain construction or building works and subdivisions into three or more lots if a dwelling may be constructed on each of the lots.

A  Cultural Heritage Management Plan is not required for exempt activities, such as building alterations, demolitions or removals; extensions to a dwelling; construction of one or two dwellings; construction of buildings ancillary to a dwelling such as a storage shed, garage, pool, fence or water tank; certain emergency works; subdivision of an existing building; sea–bed development and minor works

View a copy of the Cultural Heritage Management Plan Information Sheet here(PDF, 26KB)