In accordance with the Heritage Office requirements, Bathurst Regional Council has prepared and adopted a Heritage Strategy that outlines the actions and strategies that Council will undertake during the funding period.

Council has updated its Heritage Trades List which includes over 300 heritage contacts for local heritage trades within the Bathurst region.

Bathurst Regional Council has a number of forms that are required to be completed when proposing to undertake works on any building older than 50 years, a Heritage Item and/or works on any building or structure located within a Conservation Area.

Bathurst Regional Council produces a Heritage Newsletter (Heritage Update) twice a year. The Heritage Update enables the effective distribution of information related to heritage management within the local government area.

Council has prepared a Heritage Asset Register of those properties of heritage significance owned or in the care and control of the former Bathurst City Council.

Each year, Bathurst Regional Council offers small grants to property owners for maintenance works on older buildings in the local government area.

Council has prepared a number of Conservation Management Plans (CMPs) for Council owned heritage assets including: 

Bathurst Regional Council provides a free heritage advisory service to property owners of older buildings.

The Heritage Branch, Department of Planning, and Heritage Victoria websites contain technical notes on a number of different aspects relating to traditional building materials.