This seems far away, but with the Preliminary Assessment (PA) timelines in place, it isn't.

If you want your site inscribed in 2029, you must submit the PA in 2025.
Timelines:
· 15 September (2025) Submit PA
· 1 October (2026) Reply from AB's on PA
· <A minimum of 12 months shall occur between reception of the Preliminary Assessment outcome and the submission of the related Nomination Dossier>
· 1 Feb (2028) Submit Nomination dossier
· WHC (2029) Outcome

Germany may take this route for the extension of the Berlin Modernism Housing Estates to include Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf.
https://stadtrand-nachrichten.de/waldsiedlung-zehlendorf-kulturerbestatus-steglitz/

Archaeological Remains at the Hoeamsa Temple Site (Korea)

"The most urgent task is to submit a preliminary evaluation application to UNESCO by September 15th of this year. In order to do so, it must go through several rounds of deliberation by the Cultural Heritage Committee."

https://www.joongboo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=363687503

WHC 2029

- Victorian Goldfields (Australia)
- Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf - Extension (Germany)
- Archaeological Remains at the Hoeamsa Temple Site (Korea)
- City of York: Historic Urban Core (United Kingdom)

While York seems to be cautiously aiming for 2030, if they are already going through the preliminary evaluation, if all goes well 2029 looks certainly possible.

"In June 2024, the York bid was successfully selected by DCMS to request a preliminary assessment of a potential nomination direct from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. A response is expected in October 2025. It's anticipated that UNESCO will invite further clarification, with the final nomination potentially being submitted for a decision by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in 2030." https://www.york.gov.uk/WorldHeritage

European Paper Mills (Czechia, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain)

Looks like this nomination will be 2029 based on the preliminary evaluation submission date.

"The application will be submitted to the World Heritage Centre by 15 September 2025. If the initial evaluation is successful, the parties will be able to develop a nomination application."

https://www.gov.pl/web/kultura/wpis-europejskich-mlynow-papierniczych-na-liste-unesco--rozpoczynamy-kolejny-etap-prac

Via Francigena
"the Italian government will submit it to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre for preliminary evaluation by 15 September"

https://www.viefrancigene.org/en/another-step-towards-unesco-recognition-for-the-via-francigena-candidate-for-world-heritage-status/

FYI - I have removed 2029 from the WHC overview page, as I found it a bit too speculative and that leads to issues. Focusing now on the coming 3 years.

During this process I split the Transatlantic Cable Ensemble into 2 tentative sites again, 1 for Canada and 1 for Ireland. Data has been assigned to the respective pages. Only the 'ticks' I have not done (yet), it may need a re-tick via an edit of a previous visit cluster.

We can still keep on discussing the sites aiming for 2029 here in this topic of course.

They did : https://www.viefrancigene.org/en/news/via-francigena-nominated-for-unesco-status-preliminary-dossier-submitted-to-paris-for-world-heritage-recognition

Also copying here:

Sigh

I sincerely wonder whether it will pass, but I also suspect it is kind of opportunistic, such as "you cannot leave this out if you have another one like Compostela"

Italy, not on TL?

not anymore, since this summer

Summary of nomination dossiers submitted to UNESCO for Preliminary assessment Fall 2025.

Ustyurt: Natural Landscape and Aran Hunting Traps (Kazakhstan) *submitted preliminary assessment September 2025

Phra That Phanom (Thailand) *submitted preliminary assessment September 2025

Australian Cornish Mining Sites: Burra and Moonta *submitted preliminary assessment September 2025

Vadnagar – A multi-layered Historic town, Gujarat (India) *submitted preliminary assessment September 2025

Archaeological Remains at the Hoeamsa Temple Site (Korea) *submitted preliminary assessment September 2025

Via Francigena (Italy) *submitted preliminary assessment September 2025

European Paper Mills (Czechia, Germany, Poland, Spain) *submitted preliminary assessment September 2025

Pintados Geoglyphs Archaeological Complex (Chile) *submitted preliminary assessment September 2025

Austrian Iron Road *submitted preliminary assessment September 2025 (official webpage)

The Transatlantic Cable Ensemble (Canada, Ireland) *submitted preliminary assessment September 2025 [Further Reporting] Original plan was a preliminary evaluation submission in 2024, but based on reports it seems that was delayed until 2025

Of course each nomination may get the approval of the Advisory bodies or not, but it can be of interest or useful to know which nominations are in queue.

The Pacific atoll-island cultural landscape of Tuvalu

This feels like a preliminary nomination, especially the timing, thus 2029 would fit the timeline.

Tuvalu's first-ever application for UNESCO World Heritage (youtube)

Joint Press Release: Tuvalu submits unprecedented application for UNESCO World Heritage recognition during historic visit to UNESCO in Paris