Meet Lisa Trueman
A Short Biography
Image courtesy of Extent Heritage, NSW.
Lisa Trueman is a heritage consultant with over 30 years’ experience in built heritage conservation. Lisa has qualifications in architecture and specialises in providing heritage advice and statutory guidance to local and state government agencies and private developers in order to facilitate outcomes based on heritage best practice. Lisa is an expert member of numerous committees and panels advising local, state and federal government agencies on heritage and planning matters.
Lisa has extensive knowledge of conservation practice and heritage legislation at both local and state level. As both a heritage advisor to local councils and in private consultancy, she has authored numerous local government heritage studies, heritage assessments, peer reviews and heritage development controls plans. Lisa provides regular heritage referrals and independent heritage impact assessments for local councils across NSW.
Lisa has over 20 years’ experience as an independent expert witness on heritage issues in the Land and Environment Court of NSW (LEC) and is a sought-after heritage expert for many local councils. Her LEC expertise includes facilitation of Section 34 agreements and provision of evidence in contested hearings.
More about Lisa
Committees and Panels
Expert Member, Inner West Local Planning Panel, 2021–2027
Expert Member, Burwood Local Planning Panel, 2021–2027
Expert Member, Penrith Local Planning Panel, 2023 - 2027
Expert Member, Lane Cove Local Planning Panel, 2023 - 2027
Expert Member, Hunters Hill Local Planning Panel 2024-2027
Expert Member, Woollahra Local Planning Panel 2024-2027
Expert Member, Hornsby Planning Panel 2024-2027
Expert Member, Willoughby Local Planning Panel 2024-2027
Expert Member, Sydney North Planning Panel (Lane Cove Council)
Member, NSW Heritage Council, 2025
State Heritage Register Committee of the NSW Heritage Council, 2021–2025
Member, Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Community Advisory Committee 2022–2025
Member, Heritage Advisory Panel of the NSW Heritage Council, 2020–2021
Professional background
Director, Lisa Trueman Heritage Pty Ltd, 2021 – present
Consultant Heritage Advisor, Mosman Council, 2026-2030
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
Architectural Assistant, various practices in Sydney, London, Florence and Jakarta, 1988-2002
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)
Member, Environmental Planning Law Association
Awards
Morton Herman Prize for Building Conservation, University of Sydney, 1990
