This policy sets out how the Heritage Council of NSW considers the impacts of a proposed subdivision on the heritage significance of items listed on the NSW State Heritage Register.
We implement a range of programs and actions that promote compliance. These activities support our legislative responsibilities to protect the natural environment and cultural heritage across New South Wales.
The NSW Biodiversity Offsets Policy for Major Projects clarifies and standardises biodiversity impact assessment and offsetting for major project approvals in New South Wales.
The NSW Environmental Trust's new strategic plan focuses on the most critical environmental issues across the state and is based on extensive research and stakeholder consultation. The plan reflects a strong focus on the importance of recognising and valuing Aboriginal peoples and practices.
The Trust’s recent strategic review resulted in a new strategic plan for 2020-24. This outlines new immediate priorities of climate change, increasing national park estate and increasing and stabilising threatened species populations, as well as new longer-term priorities.
This policy provides guidance about how archaeological sites subject to approvals under the Heritage Act 1977 should be investigated and managed by qualified and experienced people known as excavation directors.