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	Are you in local government? Local Government can also promote heritage protection through plans and policies, by works and land management practices, through land acquisition, funding and assistance, training, support of community action, and by celebrating and promoting heritage places. Local governments can use statutory planning schemes or local environmental plans to encourage heritage protection. Planning documents issued by councils should: incorporate natural and cultural heritage considerations into preparation of proposals for change-of-use or development, assess proposals in terms of their effects on heritage significance, integrate the requirements of government agencies into any approvals, gather the views of interested third parties, and issue approvals with effective and enforceable conditions to protect heritage sites. For proposals affecting heritage places councils should obtain information such as: an impact assessment statement, statements containing community and specialist advice, evidence of consultation about the proposed heritage area, evidence of negotiations with the applicants, and a statement of the conditions for consent. Councils can also promote heritage protection through their plans and policies, by their works and land management practices, through land acquisition, funding and assistance, training, support of community action, and by celebrating and promoting heritage places. .....