Aboriginal Heritage Impact Permit Boundaries in New South Wales

Boundaries of Aboriginal Heritage Impact Permits (AHIPs) issued, varied, surrendered, or revoked under Section 90a of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974. The data is provided by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and was last updated on 2026-05-13. Some AHIPs are excluded from the layer due to poor data quality or missing information.

Use Cases

• Verify permit boundaries for land development applications based on the described AHIP boundaries.
• Identify areas requiring heritage due diligence based on the presence of issued permits.
• Cross-reference the spatial layer with the official AHIP Public Register to find missing permits.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for flexible reuse.
• The data source is the authoritative NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description notes some permits are missing from the layer due to poor data quality.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Records of permits issued under legislation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 02:33:27.290028; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia