1. Guidelines
For
Conservation Areas &
Heritage Buildings
Municipal Council Of Penang Island Penang

2. CONTENTS
Page
PART I : INTRODUCTION
1.1. PLANNING AND CONSERVATION 2
1.2. CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES 2
1.3. CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES 3
PART II : HERITAGE BUILDINGS
2.1. GENERAL CRITERIA 3
2.2. CLASSIFICATION OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS 4
2.3. IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS 5
PART III : CONSERVATION AREAS
3.1. CONSERVATION AREA 5
3.2. ASSESSMENT AND DESIGNATION OF
CONSERVATION AREAS 5
3.3. CONSERVATION ZONES 6
3.4. USE OF PLANNING POWERS IN CONSERVATION AREAS 6
PART IV : HERITAGE BUILDINGS CONTROL
4.1. ALTERATION AND EXTENSION 7
4.2. USE 8
4.3. HEIGHT 9
4.4 DEMOLITION 9
4.5 PROFILE 10
4.6 SETBACK 10
4.7 PRESERVATION & CONSERVATION
STANDARDS 10
PART V : CONSERVATION AREAS CONTROL
5.1. PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT IN CONSERVATION AREA 11
5.2. CONSERVATION AREA CONTROL OVER DEMOLITION 11
5.3. LISTED BUILDINGS 12
5.4. UNLISTED BUILDINGS 14
5.5. BUILDING HEIGHT 15
5.6. FLOORSCAPE AND STREET FURNITURES 15
5.7. CAR PARKING 16

3. 5.8. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT 16
CONTENTS
Page
PART VI : ADVERTISEMENT CONTROL
6.1. LOCATION & SIZE 17
6.1.1. Fascia Advertisement 17
6.1.2. Fixed Projection 18
6.1.3. Hanging Advertisement 18
6.1.4. Advertisement On Flank
Wall 18
6.1.5. Advertisement On Top Roof 18
6.1.6. Buildings On A Corner Site With Two Road Frontages 18
6.1.7. Advertisement On Columns 19
6.1.8. Signs Of
Shopfront 19
6.2. INSTALLATION 19
6.3. ILLUMINATION 19
6.3.1. Passive Lighting 19
6.3.2. Light Fittings 19
6.4. FABRIC OF A BUILDING 19
6.5. BUSINESS PREMISES 20
6.5.1. Definition Of Busines 20
6.5.2. Contents Of Advertisement 20
6.5.3. Number Of Advertisement 20
6.6. EXAMPLES OF UNACCEPTABLE ADVERTISEMENT 20
DISPLAYS
APPENDICES
MAP 1 - Conservation Area
TABLE 1 - Guidelines for Conservation Works on Listed Heritage Buildings
TABLE 2 - Guidelines for Infill Development
TABLE 3 - Incentives

4. ANNEXURE A - Architectural Style
ANNEXURE B - List of Category I & II Buildings In Conservation
Area
ANNEXURE C - List of Category I & II Buildings Outside Conservation Area
ANNEXURE D - Unlisted Buildings In Conservation Area
ANNEXURE E - Signages
FIGURE 1 : Heritage Category 1 & 2 - Core Area
FIGURE 2 : Heritage Category 1 & 2 - Buffer
Zone
FIGURE 3 : Heritage Category 1 & 2 - 7 St.
Precinct
FIGURE 4 : Infill Development & Replacement - Core Area
FIGURE 5 : Infill Development & Replacement - Buffer
Zone
FIGURE 6 : Infill Development & Replacement - 7 St.
Precinct
FIGURE 7 : Building Heights Control In Core
Area
FIGURE 8 : Building Heights Control In Buffer
Zone
FIGURE 9 : Building Heights Control In 7 St. Precinct

5. Extracted from
Guidelines For Conservation Areas & Heritage Buildings Municipal Council of
Penang Island Page 12-14
Unsightly gaps have appeared in the conservation area as a result of demolition far in
advance of redevelopment. Therefore on granting planning permission for demolition of a
building in the conservation area, a condition under section 22 (3) Town And Country
Planning Act shall be imposed that demolition shall not take place until :
(i) planning permission, building plan and commencement of works for those works
have been granted; and
(ii) a contract for carrying out of works of redevelopment has been made.
5.3 LISTED BUILDINGS
Listed buildings located within the conservation areas are buildings that have intrinsic
architectural and heritage interest and are classified into two different categories, such as
Category I and Category II.
For a Category I building, only restoration work is allowed to reinstate back its original
character and maintaining its original fabric using similar construction method and
materials. New construction method will be allowed for the purpose of re-strengthen its
original building structure without disturbing or modifying its original structure or
removing any of its original fabric.
While for Category II building, internal alteration and extension at rear and side is
allowed for adaptive-reuse and new extension should complement and enhance the
quality of existing building in terms of setting, mass, height, design, scale, material use
and architectural element.
The existing with its original character and building profile should be retained and
restored to its original condition. Replacing the existing materials should have similar
profile, design, colour and texture or equivalent.
Beside these heritage buildings in the gazette conservation areas, there are other
recognized heritage buildings located outside this area that have been identified in the
development document of Structure Plan and Local Plan, such as areas or streets of;
- 7th Street Precinct
- Ayer Itam Old Town
- Balik Pulau Old Town
- Batu Ferringhi
- Batu Uban
- Bayan Lepas
- Bukit Gelugur

6. - Gelugur
- Relau
- Sungai Nibong
- Tanjong Tokong
- Tanjung Bunga
- Abu Sitte Lane
- Amoy Lane
- Anson Road
- Argyll Road
- Ariffin Road
- Ayer Itam Road
- Bangkok Lane
- Barrack Road
- Batu Gantong Road
- Batu Lanchang Lane
- Bawasah Road
- Bell Road
- Biggs Road
- Burma Road
- Brown Road
- Cantonment Road
- Ceylon Lane
- Chow Thye Road
- Codrington Avenue
- Concordia Road
- Dato Kramat Road
- D.S. Ramanathan Road ( Scott Road )
- Dunlop Road
- Dunn Road
- Irrawadi Road
- Irving Road
- Gurney Drive
- Halaman Chin Ho
- Hargreaves Road
- Ho Thian Wan Road
- Hutton Lane
- Imigresen Road
- Jalan Mesjid Negeri ( Green Lane )
- Jelutong Road
- Kajang Road
- Kek Chuan Road
- Kedah Road
- Kelantan Road
- Kelawei Road
- Kinta Lane
- Krian Road

7. - Kuantan Road
- Larut Road
- Logan Road
- Loh Boon Siew Road
- Macalister Lane
- Macalister Road
- Madras Lane
- Maktab Lane & Lebuhraya Maktab & Medan Maktab
- Melaka Street
- Nagore Road
- Nanning Street
- Pangkor Road
- Patani Road
- Pemenang Road
- Peel Avenue
- Perak Road
- Popus Lane
- Phuah Hin Leong Road
- P. Ramlee Road
- Pulau Tikus Lane
- Rangoon Road
- Residensi Road
- Rose Avenue
- Scotland Road
- Seang Tek Road
- Sekerat Lane
- Sepoy Lines Road
- Seratus Tahun Lane
- Service Road
- Siam Road
- Sultan Ahmad Shah Road ( Northam Road )
- Trang Road
- Tunku Abdul Rahman Road
- Waterfall Road
- Western Road
- Wright Road
- York Road
- Zainal Abidin Road
The categorization of heritage buildings in the gazetted conservation area and 7th Street
Precinct area are shown in *Figure 1, 2 & 3. The list of heritage buildings located outside
the gazette conservation areas are listed in *Annexure C.