Meet Lisa Trueman
Image courtesy of Extent Heritage, NSW.
A Short Biography
Lisa Trueman is a heritage consultant with over 30 years’ experience in built heritage conservation, including 15 years as a heritage adviser in local government. Lisa specialises in providing design advice and statutory guidance to local and state government agencies and private developers in order to facilitate outcomes based on heritage best practice.
Lisa has extensive knowledge of conservation practice and heritage legislation at both local and state level. She has worked on numerous local government heritage studies and reviews and provided advice on, and assessment of, the heritage impact of proposed works to heritage listed places for state and local government agencies and private developers.
She has over 20 years’ experience as an independent expert witness on heritage issues in the Land and Environment Court of NSW (LEC). Her LEC expertise includes facilitation of Section 34 agreements and provision of evidence
Lisa is a current member of the NSW Heritage Council and State Heritage Register Committee, as well as numerous committees and panels advising local, state and federal government agencies on heritage and planning matters.
More about Lisa
Committees and Panels
Member, NSW Heritage Council, 2025-2028
State Heritage Register Committee of the NSW Heritage Council, 2021–2027
Member, Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Community Advisory Committee 2022–2025
Member, Inner West Local Planning Panel, 2021–2027
Member, Burwood Local Planning Panel, 2021–2027
Member, Penrith Local Planning Panel, 2023 - 2027
Member, Lane Cove Local Planning Panel, 2023 - 2027
Member, Hunters Hill Local Planning Panel 2024-2027
Member, Woollahra Local Planning Panel 2024-2027
Member, Hornsby Planning Panel 2024-2027
Member, Willoughby Local Planning Panel 2024-2027
Member, Sydney North Planning Panel (Lane Cove Council Member)
Member, Heritage Advisory Panel of the NSW Heritage Council, 2020–2021
Professional background
Director, Lisa Trueman Heritage Advisor, 2021 – present
Principal Heritage Advisor, Extent Heritage, May 2022- present
Senior Associate, GML Heritage, 2017– 2022
Conservation Planner, North Sydney Council, 2008–2017
Heritage Planner, Manly Council, 2007–2008
Heritage Advisor, Hornsby Council, 2002–2004
Professional affiliations
Associate Member, Australian Institute of Architects
Member, Planning Institute of Australia (Allied Professional 95352)
Member, Australia ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) (Full International)
Awards
Morton Herman Prize for Building Conservation, University of Sydney, 1990
