Contesting Characters at Hedgeley Dene

Stephen Wood; Ian Woodcock; Kim Dovey

Contesting Characters at Hedgeley Dene

Stephen Wood
, Ian Woodcock
, Kim Dovey

Geography & Planning

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Abstract

Over the past decade, 'neighbourhood character' has come to occupy a pre-eminent position within the Victorian planning system. Its rise has been accompanied by increasing contestation about what it is and how - even if - it should be regulated. This paper examines the case of the Hedgeley Dene precinct in East Malvern, the first place in Victoria deemed to have a 'character' warranting the special protection of a 'Neighbourhood Character Overlay.' The Overlay ostensibly enacts agreement – between residents, consultants, planners, and local and state government - concerning the particular 'character' in need of protection. Yet analysis of associated documents and interviews with key players reveals that parties to this 'agreement' were only sometimes talking about the same 'thing'. Employing insights from actor-network theory, we explore the different modes of existence of 'character' in this case, and the manner in which they intersect, overlap, and interfere with one another.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contested Terrains: Proceedings of the XXIII [23rd] Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historian, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) 2006
Editors	T. McMinn, J. Stephens, S. Basson
Place of Publication	Fremantle, Australia
Publisher	Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ)
Pages	591-597
ISBN (Print)	0646465945
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	SAHANZ 2006: 23rd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand - Fremantle, Australia Duration: 29 Sept 2006 → 2 Oct 2006

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Conference	SAHANZ 2006: 23rd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand
City	Fremantle, Australia
Period	29/09/06 → 2/10/06

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SDG 15 Life on Land

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History and Theory of the Built Environment (excl Architecture)
Land Use and Environmental Planning
Urban Design

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Wood, S., Woodcock, I., & Dovey, K. (2006). Contesting Characters at Hedgeley Dene. In T. McMinn, J. Stephens, & S. Basson (Eds.), Contested Terrains: Proceedings of the XXIII [23rd] Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historian, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) 2006 (pp. 591-597). Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ). https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2278

Wood, Stephen ; Woodcock, Ian ; Dovey, Kim. / Contesting Characters at Hedgeley Dene. Contested Terrains: Proceedings of the XXIII [23rd] Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historian, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) 2006. editor / T. McMinn ; J. Stephens ; S. Basson. Fremantle, Australia : Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), 2006. pp. 591-597

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Wood, S, Woodcock, I & Dovey, K 2006, Contesting Characters at Hedgeley Dene. in T McMinn, J Stephens & S Basson (eds), Contested Terrains: Proceedings of the XXIII [23rd] Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historian, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) 2006. Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), Fremantle, Australia, pp. 591-597, SAHANZ 2006: 23rd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, Fremantle, Australia, 29/09/06. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2278>

Contesting Characters at Hedgeley Dene. / Wood, Stephen; Woodcock, Ian; Dovey, Kim.
Contested Terrains: Proceedings of the XXIII [23rd] Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historian, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) 2006. ed. / T. McMinn; J. Stephens; S. Basson. Fremantle, Australia: Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), 2006. p. 591-597.

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