Heritage Standard for the Penola State Heritage Area

Consultation has concluded

Have your say on the draft Heritage Standard for the Penola State Heritage Area.

What's being decided?

We’re seeking community feedback on the draft Heritage Standard for the Penola State Heritage Area (Petticoat Lane) to ensure future development respects the heritage values of the area.

Once approved, the final Heritage Standard will be used by Heritage South Australia to guide development decisions in the Penola State Heritage Area. Your feedback will help inform the final Heritage Standard.

Background

We’re developing Heritage Standards for all South Australian State Heritage Areas to ensure that each area has a standard that is fit

Have your say on the draft Heritage Standard for the Penola State Heritage Area.

What's being decided?

We’re seeking community feedback on the draft Heritage Standard for the Penola State Heritage Area (Petticoat Lane) to ensure future development respects the heritage values of the area.

Once approved, the final Heritage Standard will be used by Heritage South Australia to guide development decisions in the Penola State Heritage Area. Your feedback will help inform the final Heritage Standard.

Background

We’re developing Heritage Standards for all South Australian State Heritage Areas to ensure that each area has a standard that is fit for purpose, is consistent with the Planning and Design Code and reflects each area’s Statement of Heritage Significance.

Declared a State Heritage Area in 1997, Penola (Petticoat Lane) contains small-scale, nineteenth century cottages set on large allotments that illustrate the work and lives of Penola’s early colonial settlers. The area also contains the Woods MacKillop Schoolhouse which is considered one of the most significant sites associated with the life and work of Mary MacKillop, who has been beatified as a saint by the Catholic Church.

The Heritage Standard includes:

  • a description of the heritage features of the Penola State Heritage Area
  • principles guiding how the heritage values of properties, open spaces and the character of the area can be managed

The Heritage Standards will:

  • guide Heritage South Australia advice when assessing development applications that may impact on the heritage values of the area
  • provide advice to property owners planning to restore, alter or develop their property within the State Heritage Area

Get involved

Find out more:

Have your say by:

Department for Environment and Water
Heritage South Australia
GPO Box 1047 ADELAIDE SA 5001

Please note: We may make your submission publicly available on the Department for Environment and Water’s website unless you indicate on your submission that you wish it to remain confidential. Surveys do not identify individuals however text responses may be made publicly available. Any responses that are made on a confidential basis may still be subject to access under Freedom of Information laws.

What are the next steps?

We will consider your feedback in finalising the draft Heritage Standard for the Penola State Heritage Area. It will help ensure development in the area protects the identified heritage values.

We will submit the final draft, including feedback, to the Chief Executive, Department for Environment and Water.

We will publish the Heritage Standard on our website and this page, along with a consultation report. It will guide development in the Penola State Heritage Area, under the Planning and Design Code.

Consultation has concluded
  • Engagement report and finalised Standard released

    From 25 November 2024 to 20 December 2024, the community was asked for its input into how the draft Penola (Petticoat Lane) Heritage Standard could be amended to strengthen and protect heritage values. This was an extensive engagement process that included local landowners, residents, various stakeholders and the broader South Australian community.

    The new Heritage Standard for the Penola (Petticoat Lane) State Heritage Area has now been published and is being used by Heritage South Australia in the Department for Environment and Water to inform decisions about development in the Penola (Petticoat Lane) State Heritage Area.

    You can view the new Heritage Standard by visiting Department for Environment and Water - Penola State Heritage Area.

    You can find out more about what we heard and how we responded in the Engagement Report.

    Visit our website to find out more about State Heritage Areas or if you have any questions, contact Heritage South Australia at DEW.StateHeritageDA@sa.gov.au