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# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 #ONTEXT #OVER 3T 'EORGE S 2OAD "ICKLEY .ICK #OLLINS SET OUT TO DISCOVER WHAT HE COULD ABOUT THE %DWARDIAN ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED IT 3EE P 4HE LOVE THAT DARES NOT SPEAK ITS NAME %DITORIAL THEY HAVE AND GOVERNMENT POLICY AND REGULATION ADD A DIMENSION OF THEIR OWN 3UBTLE PROCESSES ARE AT WORK WITH CONSERVATION OFTEN BEING MOST SUCCESSFUL FOR EXAMPLE AT THE NARROW MARGIN BETWEEN TOO LITTLE MONEY LEADING TO NEGLECT AND DECAY ON THE ONE HAND AND A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY PERHAPS LEADING TO DRAMATIC AND UNSYMPATHETIC CHANGE ON THE OTHER 5NDERSTANDING CHANGE DEPENDS ON KNOWING THE VAGARIES OF PERCEPTION !S WELL AS IDENTIFYING CHANGES WE NEED TO ASSESS HOW SIGNIFICANT THEY ARE 7ILL THEY BE NOTICED !RE THEY PART OF A CUMULATIVE PROCESS OF DECLINE !RE THEY PERHAPS EXAMPLES OF POSITIVE CHANGE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE VALUED AS HAVING ENRICHED THE LOCALITY (OW CAN WE BALANCE PERSONAL FREEDOM WITH THE NEEDS OF PUBLIC POLICY 4HE STATE OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT WILL BE JUDGED NOT JUST BY CRUDE STATISTICS NOR BY THE JUDGEMENT OF CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS ALONE )TS VALUE WILL BE DECIDED BY THE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE IT 4HE LATEST WORD ON THE POLITICAL AGENDA IS RESPECT 4HE LACK OF IT THE GOVERNMENT TELLS US IS WHAT PROVOKES ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR 4HERE IS A CLUE FOR US THERE #ERTAINLY WE VALUE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENTS FOR THEIR ABILITY TO NURTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROMOTE REGENERATION ATTRACT TOURISTS AND SUPPORT A RANGE OF OTHER PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES "UT OUR PASSION FOR THEM LIES DEEPER IN A RESPECT FOR THE PAST /UTPUTS OUTPUTS OUTPUTS 4HESE DAYS THE CASE FOR CONSERVATION HAS TO BE MADE IN TERMS OF PUBLIC POLICY 'OD FORBID THAT WE SHOULD SAY WE VALUE HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND PLACES FOR WHAT THEY ARE 4HIS IS THE LOVE THAT DARES NOT SPEAK ITS NAME 7E HAVE TO SHOW WHAT ROLE HISTORIC BUILDINGS CAN PLAY IN SUPPORTING EDUCATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TOURISM LOCAL IDENTITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND EVEN SOMETHING AS NEBULOUS AS SUSTAINABILITY 4HAT IS WHY THE )("# HAS DRAFTED ITS STATEMENT 6ALUING HISTORIC PLACES P FOR USE IN BIDDING FOR FUNDS ARGUING FOR MORE STAFF AND OTHERWISE BOLSTERING EMBATTLED CONSERVATION SERVICES )F THAT IS THE LANGUAGE THAT GOVERNMENT WANTS TO USE WE WILL LEARN IT 7HATEVER YOUR AGENDA IS WE TELL THE AUTHORITIES IT IS OURS AS WELL %VEN TALKING IN TERMS OF OUTPUTS IS NOT ENOUGH 4HE BEAN COUNTERS DEMAND NUMBERS (ENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS SUCH AS THOSE OF MEASURING CHANGE IN CONSERVATION AREAS THAT %DDIE "OOTH AND $AVID 0ICKLES DESCRIBE IN THIS ISSUE P *USTIFYING OUR INSTINCTIVE JUDGEMENTS CAN BE A USEFUL DISCIPLINE !S "OOTH AND 0ICKLES POINT OUT LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT WHAT BRINGS ABOUT CHANGE IN CONSERVATION AREAS "UT CERTAINLY CHANGES IN OWNERSHIP SPARK CHANGE TECHNOLOGY ALTERS THE FACE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS FASHION AND SOCIAL ASPIRATION MAKE OWNERS DISCONTENT WITH WHAT "RIEFING /UT OF #ONTEXT 0ERIODICALLY ,EGAL "RIEFING #HARLES -YNORS AND !LEX "OOTH )N SEARCH OF #(" 1UENNELL .ICK #OLLINS -EASURING CHANGE IN CONSERVATION AREAS %DDIE "OOTH AND $AVID 0ICKLES "UILDING IN CONTEXT THEORY INTO PRACTICE )T S ABOUT MORE THAN JUST VISITOR SITES 6ALUING HISTORIC PLACES .OTES FROM THE CHAIR -EMBERSHIP NOTES 6OX POP "OOK REVIEWS 0RODUCTS AND SERVICES 4(% ).34)454% /& ()34/2)# "5),$).' #/.3%26!4)/. WWW IHBC ORG UK 2EGISTERED AS A #HARITY .UMBER #OMPANY ,IMITED BY 'UARANTEE 2EGISTERED IN %NGLAND .UMBER 2EGISTERED /FFICE 3TAFFORD 2OAD 4UNBRIDGE7ELLS +ENT 4. 1: )("# /FFICERS 0RESIDENT $AVID ,OVIE EMAIL PRESIDENT IHBC ORG UK #HAIRMAN *OHN9ATES EMAIL CHAIR IHBC ORG UK 6ICE #HAIR $AVE #HETWYN EMAIL VCPOLICY IHBC ORG UK 3ECRETARY 2ICHARD -ORRICE EMAIL SECRETARY IHBC ORG UK 4REASURER -ICHAEL +NIGHTS EMAIL TREASURER IHBC ORG UK -EMBERSHIP 3ECRETARY -IKE ,EA EMAIL MEMBERSHIP IHBC ORG UK #ONSULTATIONS 3ECRETARY $AVE #HETWYN EMAIL CONSULTATIONS IHBC ORG UK ,AW 0RACTICE #OORDINATOR 6ACANT EMAIL LAW IHBC ORG UK %DUCATION 3ECRETARY *OHN 0RESTON EMAIL EDUCATION IHBC ORG UK 0UBLICITY 3ECRETARY 3ARAH "UCKINGHAM EMAIL PUBLICITY IHBC ORG UK $IRECTOR 3EÉN / 2EILLY EMAIL DIRECTOR IHBC ORG UK "RANCH /FFICERS .ORTH *OHN 0ENDLEBURY 4EL .ORTH7EST !NTHONY "LACKLAY 4EL 9ORKSHIRE +EITH +NIGHT 4EL 7EST -IDLANDS +AREN (OLYOAKE 4EL %AST -IDLANDS &IONA .EWTON 4EL 3OUTH 'ILL "UTTER 4EL 3OUTH7EST #OLIN %LLIS 4EL %AST !NGLIA -IKE -C#ONNELL 4EL 3OUTH %AST 0AUL "ARKER 4EL ,ONDON $AVID -C$ONALD 4EL 3COTLAND #HARLES 3TRANG 4EL 7ALES .ATHAN "LANCHARD 4EL .ORTHERN )RELAND 3HARON "ROWN4EL 2EPUBLIC OF )RELAND "ERNARD $EE4EL "USINESS /FFICE *UBILEE (OUSE (IGH 3TREET 4ISBURY 7ILTSHIRE 30 (! %NGLAND 4EL &AX EMAIL ADMIN IHBC ORG UK
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 #ONTEXT "RIEFING #OPY DEADLINES #ONTEXT IS PUBLISHED FIVE TIMES A YEAR IN -ARCH -AY *ULY 3EPTEMBER AND .OVEMBER 2EMAINING COPY DEADLINES IN ARE )SSUE $ATE *ULY )SSUE -AY 3EPTEMBER )SSUE *ULY .OVEMBER )SSUE 3EPTEMBER (ERITAGE ON THE FARM 4HE %NVIRONMENTAL 3TEWARDSHIP 3CHEME LAUNCHED IN -ARCH BY THE $EPARTMENT FOR %NVIRONMENT &OOD AND 2URAL !FFAIRS MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA FOR %NGLAND S RURAL HERITAGE ACCORDING TO %NGLISH (ERITAGE 4HE SCHEME IS THE RESULT OF A TWO YEAR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN $EFRA %NGLISH (ERITAGE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES )T PROVIDES FARMERS WITH PAYMENTS IN RETURN FOR .ATIONAL ,OTTERY IT IS THE ONLY 5+ WIDE STATUTORY HERITAGE BODY 3INCE THE (,& HAS GIVEN MORE THAN a BILLION TO HERITAGE PROJECTS 4HESE INCLUDE LANDSCAPES AND PARKS BUILDINGS STREETSCAPES MUSEUMS ARCHIVES AND COMMUNITY HISTORY 4HE (,& HAS PROVIDED a MILLION FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND STREETSCAPES a MILLION FOR MUSEUMS LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES a MILLION FOR PARKS a MILLION FOR PROJECTS TO PROTECT THE 5+ S CHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP a MILLION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURE CONSERVATION PROJECTS AND a MILLION FOR ORAL CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY HISTORY PROJECTS a BILLION ALONE HAS BEEN SPENT ON PROJECTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO REGENERATION INCLUDING THE RESTORATION OF HISTORIC PARKS -ANY OF THESE ARE URBAN PARKS DESIGNED BY 6ICTORIAN TOWN PLANNERS 4HEIR RESTORATION IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES (,& FUNDING IS A GOOD VALUE /N AVERAGE EVERY a MILLION OF (,& FUNDING HAS ATTRACTED a FROM OTHER SOURCES )N TOTAL a BILLION HAS BEEN INVESTED IN THE 5+ S HERITAGE SINCE &EW THINGS DEMONSTRATE THE LIVING POWER OF HERITAGE AS FORCIBLY AS AN (,& SUPPORTED PROJECT (ERITAGE ATTRACTIONS ARE CENTRAL TO THE 5+ TOURIST ECONOMY AND (,& HAS INVESTED IN PROJECTS AS WIDE RANGING AS TRANSFORMING THE 3UTTON (OO 3AXON BURIAL SITE TO REGENERATING THE +ENNET AND !VON #ANAL )N FACT (,& HAS SUPPORTED ALL OF THE 5+ S TOP MOST VISITED HERITAGE ATTRACTIONS )T IS NOT JUST FLAGSHIP SITES WHICH RECEIVE FUNDING ! TOTAL OF 4OWNSCAPE (ERITAGE )NITIATIVE 4() SCHEMES HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE (,& 4HESE ARE IMPORTANT IN BRINGING HISTORIC BUILDINGS BACK INTO BENEFICIAL USE AND CREATING A CATALYST FOR FURTHER INVESTMENT -USEUMS LIKE HISTORIC TOWN CENTRES HAVE ALSO BENEFITED FROM THE (,& S LARGESSE "Y THE MID S MANY MUSEUMS WERE UNDER FUNDED AND UNDER VISITED 4HANKS TO THE (,& THIS SITUATION HAS BEEN REVERSED IN THE PAST YEARS -USEUMS ARE BACK ON THE PUBLIC S LIST OF PLACES TO VISIT 4HE (,& HAS BRANCHED OUT TO REACH DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE 5+ S CULTURAL LIFE %XAMPLES ARE THE SUPPORT GIVEN %DITOR 2OBERT #OWAN %DITORIAL #OORDINATOR .IGEL "ARKER 7ORPLESDON 2OAD 'UILDFORD 3URREY '5 24 4EL EMAIL NIGEL UK YAHOO CO UK %DITORIAL "OARD .IGEL "ARKER CHAIR 3USAN "ROOK TREASURER AND )4 .IGEL #ROWE MAIN FEATURES 0ETER DE &IGUEIREDO BOOK REVIEWS *ULIA 3MITH )("# BRANCHES -ICHAEL 4AYLOR MAIN FEATURES #ARTOONS BY 2OBERT #OWAN #ONTEXT IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION ¥ )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION )33. 0UBLISHER 0UBLISHED FOR THE )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION BY #ATHEDRAL #OMMUNICATIONS ,IMITED (IGH 3TREET 4ISBURY 7ILTSHIRE %NGLAND 30 (! 4EL &AX EMAIL CONTEXT CATHCOMM DEMON CO UK WWW BUILDINGCONSERVATION COM .ON MEMBER SUBSCRIPTIONS TO #ONTEXT #ONTEXT IS AVAILABLE TO NON MEMBERS OF THE )("# AT AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATE INCLUDING POSTAGE OF 5NITED +INGDOM a %LSEWHERE a 3UBSCRIPTION ORDERS TOGETHER WITH REMITTANCES PAYABLE TO )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION SHOULD BE SENT TO THE )("# "USINESS /FFICE AT *UBILEE (OUSE (IGH 3TREET 4ISBURY 7ILTSHIRE 30 (! 4HE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN #ONTEXT ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE HELD BY THE )("# NOR THE PUBLISHER .EITHER THE PUBLISHER NOR THE )("# SHALL BE UNDER ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER IN RESPECT OF CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES 7E GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT OF FIRMS WHOSE ADVERTISEMENTS APPEAR THROUGHOUT THIS PUBLICATION 7HILE EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ISSUE OF #ONTEXT IS CURRENT AND CORRECT NEITHER THE )("# NOR THE PUBLISHER CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS WHICH MAY OCCUR CONSERVING THE COUNTRYSIDE INCLUDING TAKING PROPER CARE OF HERITAGE ASSETS ON THEIR LAND SUCH AS PREHISTORIC AND MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENTS PREHISTORIC BURIAL MOUNDS AND BATTLEFIELDS )T WILL ALSO HELP FARMERS TO FUND REPAIRS TO LISTED AND OTHER HISTORIC FARM BUILDINGS 4O HELP FARMERS AND FARM MANAGERS %NGLISH (ERITAGE HAS PRODUCED A SERIES OF FREE GUIDANCE LEAFLETS UNDER THE TITLE OF #ARING FOR (ERITAGE ON9OUR &ARM 4HESE ARE AVAILABLE ON WWW ENGLISH HERITAGE ORG UK HELM OR FROM %NGLISH (ERITAGE #USTOMER 3ERVICES ON %NGLISH (ERITAGE WITH THE HELP OF THE !SSOCIATION OF ,OCAL 'OVERNMENT !RCHAEOLOGY /FFICERS !,'!/ HAS ALSO PROVIDED $EFRA WITH A NATIONAL MAP OF KEY HISTORIC SITES WHICH MIGHT BE SUITABLE FOR THE SCHEME %XISTING AGRI ENVIRONMENT SCHEMES PROVIDED ONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF HERITAGE ASSETS AND THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE FARMS AMOUNTED TO ONLY AROUND PER CENT OF THE TOTAL OF OR SO FARMS IN %NGLAND 5NDER THE NEW %NVIRONMENTAL 3TEWARDSHIP 3CHEME THE INCENTIVES ARE GREATER AND $EFRA EXPECTS THAT AROUND PER CENT OF FARMERS WILL JOIN THE SCHEME 4EN YEARS AND PROJECTS 4HE (ERITAGE ,OTTERY &UND IS YEARS OLD %STABLISHED BY 0ARLIAMENT IN AND DISTRIBUTING MONEY RAISED BY THE
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 TO VOLUNTEERS AND TO PROJECTS AIMED AT YOUNGER PEOPLE 4HE 9OUNG 2OOTS GRANT SCHEME FOR n YEAR OLDS HAS PROMOTED PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE (UDDERSFIELD S !FRICAN #ARIBBEAN (ERITAGE AND THE HERITAGE OF #OVENTRY S MOTOR INDUSTRY ,ESS TANGIBLE BENEFITS OF (,& PROJECTS INCLUDE THE FEELGOOD FACTORS OF COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND HEALTHY LIVING a MILLION IS SUPPORTING THE !NCOATS 5RBAN 6ILLAGE PROJECT AND a MILLION SPENT ON THE (ADRIAN S 7ALL 0ATH HAS LED TO VISITS BY PEOPLE EACH MONTH 4HE $#-3 &IVE 9EAR 0LAN PUBLISHED IN -ARCH ANNOUNCED A NEW NATIONAL CONSULTATION ON THE FUTURE OF THE .ATIONAL ,OTTERY GOOD CAUSES FOR ART SPORT HERITAGE AND FILM AFTER 4HE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY STATED THAT IT IS COMMITTED TO THE ARTS SPORTS AND HERITAGE CONTINUING TO BE @GOOD CAUSES AFTER ! CAMPAIGN OF CONSULTATION TO FEED INTO DECISIONS ON SHARES AND PRIORITIES WILL RUN FROM 3EPTEMBER TO &EBRUARY 3INCE (,& HAS PUT 5+ HERITAGE FIRMLY ON THE MAP 7ITHOUT ITS FUNDING MUCH OF OUR HERITAGE WOULD NOW BE AT RISK AND SOME OF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST FOREVER !ND MUCH LESS OF IT WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE TO LEARN FROM LIVE AMONGST AND ENJOY .IGEL #ROWE 7ILLIAM "URGES AND #ARDIFF 4O CELEBRATE THE CITY S TH BIRTHDAY AND YEARS AS CAPITAL OF 7ALES A SERIES OF TALKS SITE VISITS AND GUIDED TOURS IS BEING ORGANISED TO SHOW HOW INFLUENTIAL THE ARCHITECT 7ILLIAM "URGES WAS IN SHAPING THE CITY "URGES HAND CAN BE SEEN EVERYWHERE IN #ARDIFF FROM THE GRANDEUR OF #ARDIFF #ASTLE RIGHT DOWN TO THE HUMBLE ROWS OF 6ICTORIAN TERRACES 4HE ARCHITECT WAS ORIGINALLY EMPLOYED BY THE THIRD -ARQUESS OF "UTE TO TRANSFORM #ARDIFF #ASTLE INTO A GOTHIC FEUDAL EXTRAVAGANZA TOWARDS THE END OF THE TH CENTURY 4HE "UTE ESTATE OCCUPIED A THIRD OF THE LAND IN 6ICTORIAN #ARDIFF AND HOUSING WAS BUILT 7ELSH AND 5+ CONTEXT WAS ORGANISED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE )("# THE 6ICTORIAN 3OCIETY THE 2OYAL )NSTITUTION OF #HARTERED 3URVEYORS THE #HARTERED )NSTITUTE OF "UILDING AND THE 7ELSH 3CHOOL OF !RCHITECTURE 4HE PROGRAMME RUNS UNTIL .OVEMBER &OCUS ON FIRE RISK !S MEMORIES OF THE CATASTROPHIC FIRES AT 7INDSOR #ASTLE 5PPARK AND (AMPTON #OURT 0ALACE FADE ONE ENDURING AND POSITIVE ENTITY TO EMERGE HAS BEEN THE (ISTORIC "UILDINGS &IRE 2ESEARCH #OORDINATING #OMMITTEE 4HE ("&2## WAS SET UP TO COORDINATE THE FIRE RESEARCH ON HISTORIC BUILDINGS BEING CARRIED OUT BY VARIOUS BODIES 4HIS HAS HELPED TO AVOID DUPLICATION AND THROUGH THE DATABASE NICKNAMED &2E$ ENABLED INTERESTED PARTIES TO FIND THE RESULTS OF FIRE RESEARCH IN THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT %NGLISH (ERITAGE CHAIRS THE COMMITTEE AND HAS SET UP AND MANAGES THE DATABASE 4HIS HAS BEEN MADE EASIER TO USE AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY RE LAUNCHED -ANY MORE PEOPLE NOW MAKE USE OF IT )N SPITE OF THESE COORDINATED ACTIVITIES HISTORIC BUILDINGS ARE CONTINUING TO BE DESTROYED BY FIRE )N THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN SERIOUS FIRES AT #OWGATE IN %DINBURGH 4HE 2OWS IN #HESTER 7ARDINGTON -ANOR IN /XFORDSHIRE (AFODUNOS (ALL IN ,LANGERNYW 7ALES !LLERTON #ASTLE IN .ORTH9ORKSHIRE 3TOKE 2OCHFORD (ALL IN ,INCOLNSHIRE AND ,ANSALLOS CHURCH IN 0OLPERRO 4HESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE FIRES TO HAVE HIT THE HEADLINES 4HEY REPRESENT A TINY PORTION OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FIRES IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS 7E CAN ONLY GUESS HOW MANY FIRES THERE ARE IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THE CURRENT FIRE REPORT FORM DOES NOT HAVE THEM AS A CATEGORY )T IS HOPED THAT THIS IS ABOUT TO CHANGE WITH THE CURRENT RESEARCH BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE #/34 !CTION # "UILT (ERITAGE FIRE LOSS TO HISTORIC BUILDINGS n #/34 BEING #O /PERATION IN 3CIENCE AND 4ECHNOLOGY 4HIS IS A FOUR YEAR SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION INTO FIRE LOSSES AND FIRE SAFETY STRATEGIES IN HERITAGE BUILDINGS ACROSS %UROPE )TS WEBSITE WWW HERITAGEFIRE ORG EXPLAINS MORE FULLY THE WORK BEING UNDERTAKEN 4HE ("&2## IS ABLE TO HELP WITH THIS RESEARCH AND &2E$ WILL HAVE LINKS TO IT )N THE 5+ THE &IRE 3TATISTICS 5SERS 'ROUP HAS HELPED ENABLE FIRES IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS TO BE REPORTED ! "URGES INFLUENCED TERRACE )NVERNESS 0LACE 2OATH #ARDIFF #ASTLE DESIGNED BY "URGES 0ARK (OUSE DESIGNED BY "URGES ON LAND LEASED RATHER THAN SOLD TO DEVELOPERS 4HIS ENSURED THAT THE THIRD MARQUESS COULD SET THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS FOR HOUSING IN THE CITY 'OOD QUALITY 6ICTORIAN HOUSING ATTRACTED HIGHER GROUND RENTS SO OTHER LANDOWNERS SOON FOLLOWED THE FASHION SET BY "URGES AND "UTE 4ODAY A WALK THROUGH THE CITY REVEALS DISTINCTIVE BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE CASTLE )NSOLE #OURT AND THE 0IER (EAD "UILDING 4HERE ARE ECHOES OF "URGES IN THE ORNATELY CARVED STONE MOULDINGS AND HIGHLY DECORATIVE TILED FRONT PORCHES OF THE MUCH HUMBLER 6ICTORIAN TERRACES 4HE CELEBRATION OF HOW "URGES SHAPED #ARDIFF S BUILT HERITAGE IN A
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 FIRE INFORMATION STRATEGY WAS AGREED AT THE GROUP S FIRST MEETING 4HIS WOULD IDENTIFY CATALOGUE AND MONITOR EXISTING SOURCES OF FIRE DATA ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION AND DATA SHARING BETWEEN USERS AND PRODUCERS OF FIRE DATA IDENTIFY AND PRIORITISE ANY SHORTFALLS IN EXISTING DATA SUPPORT POLICY MAKING BODIES IN THEIR USE OF FIRE STATISTICS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ACCORDINGLY 4HE MOST GLARING SHORTFALL IN EXISTING DATA IS THE LACK OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON FIRES IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS 4HE PROPOSED ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE &$2 INCIDENT REPORTING FORM IS AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CATEGORY OF @HISTORIC BUILDING TO BE INCLUDED 4HE FIRST STEP IS TO ENABLE BRIGADES TO IDENTIFY WHICH BUILDINGS ARE LISTED 4HIS HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY COMPLETED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF #$S CONTAINING THE LISTS OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS WITH THEIR GEO CODES TO ALL BRIGADES IN THE 5+ )F THIS INFORMATION WERE INCLUDED ON MOBILISING COMPUTERS THE ELECTRONIC &$2 COULD BE ANNOTATED AUTOMATICALLY 4HIS STATISTICAL INFORMATION WILL SHOW THE TRUE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM AND ENABLE RESEARCH TO BE MORE FOCUSSED 3TEVE %MERY FIRE SAFETY ADVISER FOR %NGLISH (ERITAGE .O DETERRENT FROM 'REENSIDE #ONSERVATIONISTS HAVE EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE RELATIVELY SMALL SENTENCE HANDED DOWN TO $AVID "EADLE WHO DEMOLISHED 'REENSIDE THE LISTED MODERN MOVEMENT HOUSE IN 3URREY "EADLE WAS FINED a AND ORDERED TO PAY A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE PROSECUTION COSTS OF a )T SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT FINE WILL SERVE AS A DETERRENT IN FUTURE CASES WHERE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR DUE PUNISHMENT FOR THE OFFENCE OF DEMOLISHING THIS NOTABLE MODERNIST HOUSE 'REENSIDE BUILT IN WAS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTS #ONNELL 7ARD ,UCAS "EADLE PLEADED GUILTY TO THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE OF UNLAWFULLY DEMOLISHING THE LISTED BUILDING 4HE BENCH RECORDED THAT "EADLE WAS GUILTY OF THIS CRIME "EADLE S COUNSEL ARGUED THAT SENTENCING SHOULD BE DEALT WITH IN THE MAGISTRATES COURT 4HE BENCH REJECTED THIS ARGUMENT ON GROUNDS THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT POWERS TO DEAL WITH THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE OFFENCE IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE THEY COULD LEVY OR THE TERM OF IMPRISONMENT THEY COULD IMPOSE 4HE MAGISTRATES ORDERED THAT "EADLE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO 'UILDFORD #ROWN #OURT FOR SENTENCING 4WENTIETH #ENTURY 3OCIETY DIRECTOR #ATHERINE #ROFT COMMENTED @/UR LAWFUL EFFORTS TO PROTECT 'REENSIDE WERE FRUSTRATED BY ITS CRIMINAL DEMOLITION ) NOW AM FEARFUL THAT A FINE AT THIS LEVEL MAY MAKE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT THE FUTURE PROTECTION OF OUR ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE 'UIDANCE FOR VOLUNTARY GROUPS (ERITAGE ,INK THE UMBRELLA BODY FOR NATIONAL VOLUNTARY GROUPS IN THE HERITAGE SECTOR HAS PRODUCED THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF GUIDANCE PAPERS TO PROMOTE LOCAL AMENITY SOCIETIES ENGAGEMENT IN THE NEW STYLE PLANNING SYSTEM 4HE SIX PAGE DOCUMENT IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE HERITAGE GROUPS AS EXPERT WATCHDOGS TO GET INVOLVED IN CHECKING AND INFLUENCING THE CONTENT OF THE NEW STYLE LOCAL PLANS 4HE GUIDE SETS OUT THE STAGES OF PRODUCTION AND INVOLVEMENT OFFERS A CHECKLIST OF POLICY ISSUES AND GIVES ADVICE ON DRAFTING COMMENTS #OPIES CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM WWW HERITAGELINK ORG UK HERITAGE? GROUPS?GUIDE PDF (ARD COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FREE FROM THE (ERITAGE ,INK OFFICE THROUGH MAIL HERITAGELINK ORG UK (ERITAGE ,INK WAS SET UP IN BY NATIONAL HERITAGE GROUPS TO PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN THE SECTOR AND TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD MORE COLLECTIVELY AND COHERENTLY )T NOW HAS MEMBERS n NATIONAL AND REGIONAL n INCLUDING THE .ATIONAL 4RUST #IVIC 4RUST #OUNCIL FOR "RITISH !RCHAEOLOGY #AMPAIGN FOR 2URAL %NGLAND AND THE 3OCIETY FOR THE 0ROTECTION OF !NCIENT "UILDINGS AS WELL AS MANY SMALLER AND MORE SPECIALISED BODIES (ERITAGE ,INK PROVIDES A FORUM FOR MEMBERS TO FORMULATE AND PROMOTE POLICY AS WELL AS A SUPPORT AND INFORMATION NETWORK )T CURRENTLY HAS THREE WORKING GROUPS n ON LAND USE PLANNING FUNDING AND INCLUSION 4HIS GUIDANCE IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES PRODUCED BY THE ,AND 5SE 0LANNING 'ROUP +ATE 0UGH #HURCH RETURNS TO WORSHIP 0LANNING PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED FOR AN EXTENSION SEEN HERE IN A NO DOUBT UNFLATTERING VISUALISATION TO THE 'RADE )) LISTED CHURCH 3T 'EORGE S #HURCH 4UFNELL 0ARK ,ONDON )T IS A LIKE 'REENSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT VALUE OF THE SITE SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDS THE MARKET VALUE OF THE LISTED BUILDING 4HE CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF $AVID "EADLE BY %NGLISH (ERITAGE WAS HEARD AT THE 7OKING -AGISTRATES #OURT IN &EBRUARY "EADLE WAS PRESENT HAVING RECENTLY RETURNED FROM 3OUTH !FRICA 4HE 4WENTIETH #ENTURY 3OCIETY HAD RARE EXAMPLE OF A CHURCH BEING RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL USE 3INCE ITS SALE BY THE CHURCH COMMISSIONERS IN THE CHURCH HAS ACCOMMODATED A NUMBER OF USES INCLUDING A THEATRE )N RECENT YEARS THE BUILDING HAS LAIN VACANT 4HE PROPOSALS DRAWN UP FOR THE (OUSE ON THE 2OCK AN INDEPENDENT CHURCH WILL RE ESTABLISH THE CHURCH AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP WHILE RETAINING ITS COMMUNITY USES 4HE ARCHITECT FOR THE SCHEME IS 0AUL $AVIS AND 0ARTNERS 4HE CHURCH IS CURRENTLY ON %NGLISH (ERITAGE S "UILDINGS AT 2ISK REGISTER 5RBAN $ESIGN 7EEK 5$!, THE 5RBAN $ESIGN !LLIANCE OF WHICH THE )("# IS A MEMBER IS CALLING FOR EVENTS FOR 5RBAN $ESIGN 7EEK n 3EPTEMBER CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF URBAN DESIGN IN "RITAIN !NYONE INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS URGED TO GET INVOLVED PROFESSIONALS STUDENTS COMMUNITY GROUPS CIVIL SERVANTS REGULATORS AND DEVELOPERS ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS SURVEYORS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS PLANNERS AND TRANSPORT SPECIALISTS AND WRITERS ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS 5RBAN $ESIGN 7EEK IS A SERIES OF EVENTS HELD AROUND THE COUNTRY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF URBAN DESIGN )T IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE
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MAJOR CONFERENCE AT THE 7ELSH 3CHOOL OF !RCHITECTURE #ARDIFF ON -ONDAY 3EPTEMBER WILL FOCUS ON AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR HERITAGE AND LANDSCAPE THE 6ICTORIAN TERRACED HOUSE 4HE CONFERENCE WILL BRING TOGETHER CONTRIBUTORS FROM THE 6ICTORIAN 3OCIETY 2OYAL )NSTITUTION OF #HARTERED 3URVEYORS #HARTERED )NSTITUTE OF "UILDING #ADW )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION AND THE 7ELSH 3CHOOL OF !RCHITECTURE 3PEAKERS WILL EXAMINE THE 6ICTORIAN TERRACED HOUSE AND CONSIDER ITS IDIOSYNCRASIES AND THE BEST WAYS OF RETAINING HISTORIC CHARACTER WHILE ACCOMMODATING MODERN LIVING #ONTACT 0ROPERTY 4RAINING TEL ENQUIRIES CPTEVENTS CO UK WWW CPTEVENTS CO UK @)4 )3 ! -94( THAT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN CONSERVATION AND PROGRESS 7E ALL AGREE THAT THERE MUST BE REGENERATION PROGRESS AND CHANGE AND ALSO THAT THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT IS AN ASSET WITH A VITAL ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS /UR NEW EMPHASIS ON PRE APPLICATION DISCUSSION AND OUR ROLE IN SETTING THE BENCHMARK IN THE CONSERVATION SECTOR FOR REASONABLE EFFICIENT AND CONSISTENT ADVICE MEANS THAT %NGLISH (ERITAGE AND THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT ARE NOW PART OF THE SOLUTION NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM 3TEVE "EE OF %NGLISH (ERITAGE IN A CIRCULAR LETTER EXPLAINING ITS NEW APPROACH TO THE PLANNING PROCESS @9/5 #!. LEARN A LOT FROM TAKING A BUILDING APART THAT YOU DON T WHEN YOU ARE GAZING AT IT 4HE COMFORT YOU GET FROM LOSING AN OLD FRIEND IS THAT THE RECORD OF THEIR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IS MORE INTERESTING THAN WHEN YOU SAW THEM FOR THE LAST TIME 0ETER "EECHAM DIRECTOR OF HERITAGE PROTECTION AT %NGLISH (ERITAGE TELLING "UILDING $ESIGN OF THE UPSIDE OF DEMOLITION @#(!2)4)%3 AND HOUSING AGENCIES CAMPAIGNING TO BRING REDUNDANT BUILDINGS BACK INTO USE HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE 4REASURY THAT THE 6!4 REGIME UNFAIRLY FAVOURS GREENFIELD HOUSEBUILDING AT THE EXPENSE OF INNER CITY PROJECTSx "UT BUILDERS SAY SUCH ACTION WOULD AMOUNT TO A TAX ON NEW HOUSING AT A TIME WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO PUSHING THROUGH PLANNING REFORMS TO INCREASE THE PACE OF BUILDING PARTICULARLY IN ,ONDON AND THE SOUTH EAST WHERE MANY YOUNG COUPLES AND PEOPLE ON AVERAGE INCOMES ARE PRICED OUT OF THE HOUSING MARKET (OWEVER WITHOUT A MORE FAVOURABLE TAX REGIME DEVELOPERS SAY NINE NEW HOUSING MARKET RENEWAL PATHFINDER SCHEMES IN THE NORTH AND THE -IDLANDS n CHARGED WITH REVIVING INNER CITY AREAS AND OLD TOWNS n WILL HAVE LITTLE INCENTIVE TO MODERNISE HOMES 5P TO HOUSES ARE IN DANGER OF DEMOLITION BY x 4HE ISSUE HAS COME TO A HEAD AT
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# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 RING DATING DENDROCHRONOLOGY TO YOU CHARACTERISATION STUDIES IN ,ONDON AND 0ERIODICALLYx -UCH HAS BEEN MADE RECENTLY OF THE GENERAL LACK OF BOTH RESOURCES AND PRIORITY FOR THE HERITAGE A BELIEF IN 'OVERNMENT DESPITE ANY EVIDENCE OR SOUND INTELLECTUAL PRACTICAL OR LEGAL BASIS THAT THE @BIG BEAST HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS SHOULD SOMEHOW MERGE AND THAT AS FAR AS EXPENDITURE n ESPECIALLY BY THE (ERITAGE ,OTTERY &UND (,& n IS CONCERNED HERITAGE @HAS BEEN DONE AND OTHER CAUSES SHOULD NOW TAKE PRECEDENCE n WE SHOULD APPARENTLY PASS ON TO SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT AND APPEALING )T COMES AS A SALUTARY LESSON THEN TO READ THE EDITORIAL BY 0ETER ,ONGMAN IN 4HEATRES THE MAGAZINE OF THE 4HEATRES 4RUST )SSUE 3PRING 4HIS MAKES CLEAR THAT FOR JUST ONE SMALL BUT IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF OUR SECTOR FUNDING TO SECURE THE HERITAGE HAS BARELY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE ,ONGMAN TELLINGLY POINTS OUT THAT EVIDENCE TO THE #OMMONS 3ELECT #OMMITTEE LISTED THEATRE SCHEMES THAT HAD BEEN AWARDED AROUND a MILLION FROM THE LOTTERY SINCE EXCLUDING GRANTS OF UNDER a MILLION AND THEATRES USED FOR OPERA OR BALLET OR MAJOR PROJECTS WHERE MONEY HAS BEEN AGREED IN PRINCIPLE BUT WHERE LEGALLY BINDING OFFERS HAVE YET TO BE MADE !RTS #OUNCIL %NGLAND HAS AWARDED OR AGREED MAJOR GRANTS FOR AROUND THEATRE SCHEMES n A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY a MILLION OR AN AVERAGE OF a MILION A YEAR SINCE THE LOTTERY STARTED !LTHOUGH IMPRESSIVE NEARLY PER CENT OF THIS HAD BEEN AGREED IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS UP TO THE END OF 3EVERAL LARGE OFFERS MADE THEN ARE STILL IN THE PIPELINE NOTABLY THE 2OYAL 3HAKESPEARE #OMPANY S a MILLION "Y CONTRAST THE TOTAL NEW GRANTS OFFERED OR INTIMATED FOR THEATRE BUILDING PROJECTS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS APPEARS TO BE JUST a MILLION AN AVERAGE OF JUST a MILLION EACH YEAR 'IVEN THAT AWARDS TOTALLING a MILLION OR a MILLION ANNUALLY ARE STILL BEING MADE BY (,& FOR MUSEUM AND GALLERY BUILDINGS IN THE PAST THREE FINANCIAL YEARS IT BECOMES CLEARER WHY THE CONDITION OF MOST THEATRE BUILDINGS CONTINUES TO GIVE SUCH CAUSE FOR CONCERN %LSEWHERE n WHILE ACCEPTING HE IS METAPHORICALLY WALKING ON THIN ICE n ,ONGMAN PLAYS THE GAME OF @MY THEATRE IS OLDER THAN YOURS AS HE OFTEN HAS TO ADJUDICATE IN DISCUSSION ON THE LONGEVITY OF THEATRES FOR THE BENEFIT OF (,& GRANT APPLICANTS (E WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY GIVE THE ANSWER BUT HE DOES RUN THE RULE OVER AN IMPRESSIVELY LARGE NUMBER OF THEATRES 3EVERAL ARE THE USUAL SUSPECTS 2ICHMOND "URY 3T %DMUNDS AND "RISTOL "UT SEVERAL ARE HARDLY KNOWN EVEN IN THE LOCALITY 7ISBECH AND "UNGAY TO TAKE JUST TWO %AST !NGLIAN EXAMPLES 2EADERS WILL KNOW OF THE )("# S CLOSER WORKING COOPERATION WITH THE )NSTITUTE OF &IELD !RCHAEOLOGISTS 4HE LATEST ISSUE OF ITS MAGAZINE 4HE !RCHAEOLOGIST .O 7INTER FEATURES "UILDINGS !RCHAEOLOGY WITH SHORT ARTICLES INCLUDING ITEMS ON HISTORIC FARM BUILDINGS LOCAL LISTS TREE ! POINT CLOUD OF .ORWICH #ATHEDRAL TOWER AND SPIRE THE RESULTS OF A LASER SCAN BY !02 3ERVICES ,TD FROM4HE !RCHAEOLOGIST S BUILDINGS ARCHAEOLOGY ISSUE ,IVERPOOL AN ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT PRACTICE ON BUILDING ANALYSIS AND RECORDING AND AN AGENDA FOR INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY 4HE LATEST ISSUE OF THE *OURNAL OF !RCHITECTURAL #ONSERVATION 6OLUME .O MARKS A TRANSITION OF EDITORSHIP $AVID7ATT HAS VERY ABLY STEERED THE CONTENT FOR A DECADE AND HAS NOW PASSED THE MANTLE TO A NEW EDITORIAL TEAM OF )("# MEMBER 0ROFESSOR 6INCENT 3HACKLOCK OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF ,INCOLN %LIZABETH (IRST OF (IRST #ONSERVATION 0ROFESSOR .ORMAN7EISS OF #OLUMBIA 5NIVERSITY AND YOUR REVIEWER $ONHEAD 0UBLISHING HAS TAKEN THE JOURNAL BACK IN HOUSE $AVID7ATT S LAST ISSUE EPITOMISES THE EXCELLENT RANGE OF THE JOURNAL S COVERAGE WITH STRONG ARTICLES THROUGHOUT !LLYSON -C$ERMOTT CHAIR OF THE (ISTORIC )NTERIORS 3ECTION OF 5+)# PRESENTS A GOOD OVERALL SUMMARY OF THE HISTORICAL AND AESTHETIC IMPORTANCE OF HISTORIC WALLPAPER AND INTRODUCES TECHNIQUES FOR INVESTIGATION CONSERVATION AND CARE 0AUL $ !RMADA PRESENTS A CLEAR AND CONCISE EXPLANATION OF THE INVESTIGATIONS DYNAMICS AND REMEDIATION MEASURES TO BE CONSIDERED IN PREDICTING AND PREVENTING HYGROSCOPIC SALTS ACTIVITY
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REGION IN %NGLAND 4HIS IS TO BE PREPARED BY THE RELEVANT REGIONAL PLANNING BODY 20" n WHICH WILL BE THE DIRECTLY ELECTED REGIONAL ASSEMBLY IF ONE EVER EMERGES )N ,ONDON THE CORRESPONDING DOCUMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE 3PATIAL $EVELOPMENT 3TRATEGY PREPARED BY THE MAYOR !ND FOR THE MOMENT MOST REGIONAL PLANNING GUIDANCE 20' WILL BE DEEMED TO BE THE 233 UNDER THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS 'UIDANCE ON REGIONAL PLANNING IS GIVEN IN THE NEW 003 2EGIONAL 0LANNING ISSUED IN 3EPTEMBER WHICH MAKES NO REFERENCE TO THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT 4HE NEXT TIER DOWN WILL NO LONGER BE THE STRUCTURE PLAN BUT THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ,$& #OUNTY COUNCILS WILL THUS IN FUTURE HAVE NO STRATEGIC PLANNING FUNCTION EXCEPT IN RELATION TO MINERALS AND WASTE DISPOSAL ALTHOUGH THEY MAY STILL BE INVITED TO SHARE THE WORKLOAD OF DISTRICT AUTHORITIES IN PARTICULAR CASES 4HE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 4HE BASIS OF LOCAL PLANNING WILL IN FUTURE BE NOT A SINGLE DOCUMENT BUT A PORTFOLIO OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS ,$$S 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# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 @THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS MUST TAKEN AS A WHOLE SET OUT THE AUTHORITY S POLICIES HOWEVER EXPRESSED RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF LAND IN THEIR AREA ,OCAL PLANNING AUTHORITIES FOR THIS PURPOSE ARE DISTRICT AND BOROUGH COUNCILS UNITARY AUTHORITIES NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITIES AND THE "ROADS !UTHORITY SEE SECTION ,OCAL AUTHORITIES ARE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE AT THE OUTSET A STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 3#) EXPLAINING TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS HOW THEY WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION OF ALL ,$$S AND HOW THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED 4HE 3#) SETS OUT STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION WITH WHICH THE AUTHORITY MUST COMPLY 4HE PROPOSED ,$$S FOR EACH PLANNING AUTHORITY S AREA MUST BE SPECIFIED IN THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME ALONG WITH SUCH OTHER DOCUMENTS AS THE AUTHORITY THINKS APPROPRIATE 3CHEMES SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR ALL AREAS WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE COMING INTO FORCE OF 0ART OF THE !CT n THAT IS BY -ARCH ! 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OF THE !CT 3ECTION THUS PROVIDES THAT @)F REGARD IS TO BE HAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY DETERMINATION TO BE MADE UNDER THE PLANNING !CTS THE DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAN UNLESS MATERIAL CONSIDERATIONS INDICATE OTHERWISE 4HAT APPLIES IN PARTICULAR TO THE DETERMINATION OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS BY LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITIES AND BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON APPEAL AND TO APPLICATIONS AFFECTING CONSERVATION AREAS AND LISTED BUILDINGS JUST AS MUCH AS TO ANY OTHERS 7HILE THE BONES OF THE NEW SYSTEM ARE PROVIDED BY 0ART OF THE !CT THE SINEWS ARE IN THE 4OWN AND #OUNTRY 0LANNING ,OCAL $EVELOPMENT %NGLAND 2EGULATIONS AND THE FLESH IN THE NEW 003 ,OCAL $EVELOPMENT &RAMEWORKS (ELPFUL FURTHER GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED IN #REATING ,OCAL $EVELOPMENT &RAMEWORKS A COMPANION GUIDE TO 003 PUBLISHED BY THE /$0- IN AND AVAILABLE ALONG WITH THE 003 AT WWW ODPM GOV UK 003 EXPLAINS IN SECTION THAT THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENTS s 4HE CORE STRATEGY s 3ITE SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS OF LAND s !REA ACTION PLANS WHERE NEEDED 4HE CORE STRATEGY WHICH WILL NORMALLY BE THE FIRST $0$ TO BE PRODUCED WILL SET OUT THE AUTHORITY S SPATIAL VISION AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR ITS AREA )N OTHER WORDS IT WILL CONTAIN THE BROAD POLICIES AND THE KEY LAND USE ALLOCATIONS BUT NOT THE MORE OR LESS COMPREHENSIVE SUITE OF PLATITUDINOUS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES FOUND IN SO MANY OLD STYLE LOCAL PLANS @,OCAL PLANNING AUTHORITIES SHOULD AVOID PRODUCING A COMPENDIUM OF USE RELATED DEVELOPMENT CONTROL POLICIES WHICH CAN BE REPETITIVE AND QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF DATE 4HE FOCUS INSTEAD SHOULD BE ON TOPIC RELATED POLICIES SUCH AS PROTECTING RESIDENTIAL AMENITY PROTECTING LANDSCAPE AND NATURAL RESOURCES NATURE CONSERVATION ADDRESSING ACCESSIBILITY HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORT ISSUES PROTECTING VITALITY AND VIABILITY AND ADDRESSING VISUAL IMPACT ETC 003 PARAGRAPH .OTE THAT THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT !REA ACTION PLANS SHOULD BE USED TO PROVIDE THE PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR AREAS WHERE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OR CONSERVATION IS NEEDED WITH THE FOCUS CLEARLY ON IMPLEMENTATION #RITERIA MAY BE SET IN THE CORE STRATEGY FOR IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR PREPARING AREA ACTION PLANS 4HEY SHOULD AMONG OTHER THINGS PROTECT AREAS PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO CHANGE AND RESOLVE CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES IN AREAS SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES "UT THE FOCUS IS ON SHORT TERM ACTION NORMALLY OVER THREE YEARS RATHER THAN ON INACTIVE PRESERVATION 7HILE THEREFORE SOME CONSERVATION AREAS WILL NO DOUBT BE THE SUBJECT OF OR INCLUDED IN AREA ACTION PLANS THE EMPHASIS WILL BE ON REGENERATION !NY CONSERVATION BENEFIT WILL BE AN ADDED BONUS !ND AN ADOPTED PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE NEEDED TO ILLUSTRATE THE SPATIAL EXTENT OF POLICIES WITH INSET MAPS AS NECESSARY 4HAT MAP WILL ALSO IDENTIFY AREAS OF PROTECTION INCLUDING CONSERVATION AREAS 4HE INSET MAPS MAY BE USED TO SHOW POLICIES FOR PARTICULAR PARTS OF AN AUTHORITY S AREA SUCH AS THOSE COVERED BY AREA ACTION PLANS )N ALL OF THIS IT MAY BE OBSERVED THAT THE EMPHASIS IS DEFINITELY AND PROBABLY RIGHTLY ON PLANNING FOR THOSE AREAS AND TOPICS WHICH REQUIRE INTERVENTION RATHER THAN ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE POLICIES FOR THOSE LARGE TRACTS OF LAND INCLUDING MANY CONSERVATION AREAS WHERE NO PARTICULAR ACTION IS REQUIRED 3UPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENTS /THER PLANNING DOCUMENTS MUST BE PREPARED WITHIN THE SAME POLICY FRAMEWORK BUT NEED NOT BE THE SUBJECT OF AN INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION 3UPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENTS 30$S ARE PART OF THE PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR THE AREA ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT FORM PART OF THE STATUTORY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 4HEY MAY BE PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO CONSERVATION AREAS
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 'UIDANCE IN 003 IS AS FOLLOWS @3UPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENTS MAY COVER A RANGE OF ISSUES BOTH THEMATIC AND SITE SPECIFIC WHICH MAY EXPAND POLICY OR PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL TO POLICIES IN A DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT 4HEY MUST NOT HOWEVER BE USED TO ALLOCATE LAND 3UPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENTS MAY TAKE THE FORM OF DESIGN GUIDES AREA DEVELOPMENT BRIEFS MASTER PLAN OR ISSUE BASED DOCUMENTS WHICH SUPPLEMENT POLICIES IN A DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT 4HIS EMPHASISES THAT 30$S MUST BE TIED BACK TO A RELEVANT DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT POLICY 4HEY MUST ALSO BE PRODUCED WITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORTED BY A SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL REPORT 3UCH AN 30$ COULD BE USED TO SET OUT AN AUTHORITY S GENERIC POLICIES FOR ITS CONSERVATION AREAS BUT IT IS VERY DIFFERENT IN CONCEPT TO CHARACTER APPRAISALS AND MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS PREPARED UNDER SECTION OF THE ,ISTED "UILDINGS !CT WHICH REQUIRES AUTHORITIES TO PREPARE @PROPOSALS FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF CONSERVATION AREAS 0LANS UNDER SECTION CURRENTLY APPEAR TO BE OUTSIDE THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK AS THEY WOULD NOT BE TIED BACK TO A DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT POLICY /NE APPROACH WHICH /$0- IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE CONSIDERING MIGHT BE FOR AN AUTHORITY TO PROPOSE A SINGLE 30$ COVERING ALL OF THE CONSERVATION AREAS IN ITS AREA WHICH COULD POINT TO PROPOSALS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSERVATION AREAS PREPARED UNDER SECTION )NDEED IN A WHOLLY COINCIDENTAL DEVELOPMENT THE /$0- HAS RECENTLY INCLUDED A NEW THREE PART "EST 6ALUE 0ERFORMANCE )NDICATOR UNDER THE ,OCAL 'OVERNMENT !CT RELATING TO CONSERVATION AREAS s 4HE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONSERVATION AREAS IN AN AUTHORITY S AREA "6 A s 4HE PERCENTAGE OF CONSERVATION AREAS IN ITS AREA WITH AN UP TO DATE CHARACTER APPRAISAL "6 B AND s 4HE PERCENTAGE WITH PUBLISHED MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS "6 C )T IS PERHAPS SIGNIFICANT THAT THESE ARE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF "60) INDICATORS UNDER THE HEADING @CULTURE RATHER THAN @PLANNING PRESUMABLY BECAUSE THE "60) WAS PROMOTED BY THE $#-3 "UT THE @MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS THERE REFERRED TO ARE THOSE UNDER SECTION NOT THE 30$S UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM 4RANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 4HERE ARE NOW STRUCTURE AND LOCAL PLANS IN EXISTENCE FOR MOST IF NOT ALL AREAS OF %NGLAND 4HESE WILL CEASE TO HAVE ANY STATUS THREE YEARS AFTER THE START OF THE NEW SYSTEM THAT IS BY 3EPTEMBER UNLESS n AS SEEMS LIKELY TO OCCUR n THE SECRETARY OF STATE PROLONGS THEIR LIFE IN PARTICULAR CASES 4HIS EMPHASISES THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT NEW STYLE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS ARE PUT IN PLACE RAPIDLY 4HAT IN TURN INDICATES THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE WHO FEEL SO INCLINED TO TAKE RAPID ACTION TO ENSURE THAT THOSE NEW DOCUMENTS INCLUDE SUITABLE POLICIES RELATING TO THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT AND IN PARTICULAR AN OVER ARCHING POLICY IN THE CORE STRATEGY TO FORM THE BASIS FOR RELATED SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND AREA ACTION PLANS 7ALES 4HE ARRANGEMENTS FOR 7ALES ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT 0EOPLES 0LACES &UTURES THE 7ALES SPATIAL PLAN IS EQUIVALENT TO THE 233 IN EACH %NGLISH REGION 4ABLED IN .OVEMBER IT IS AVAILABLE AT WWW WALES GOV UK )NSTEAD OF A LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK THERE WILL BE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS ,$0S ! 7ELSH !SSEMBLY 'UIDANCE .OTE ISSUED IN REVISED FORM IN .OVEMBER PROVIDES INITIAL ADVICE -ORE DETAILED GUIDANCE WILL NO DOUBT BE ISSUED WHEN 0ART OF THE !CT IS BROUGHT INTO FORCE LATER THIS YEAR 4HE PRINCIPLES ARE NOT SURPRISINGLY SIMILAR TO THOSE APPLYING TO THE ,$$S IN %NGLAND )N PARTICULAR THE !SSEMBLY 'OVERNMENT ENCOURAGES AUTHORITIES TO PRODUCE SHORTER PLANS NOT OVERLY BURDENED BY DETAILED DEVELOPMENT CONTROL POLICIES "UT THERE CAN BE MORE DETAILED AREA POLICIES @7HERE THERE ARE PROPOSALS FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE USE OR DEVELOPMENT OF LAND OR CONSERVATION OF ONE OR MORE AREAS ,$0S SHOULD CONTAIN MORE DETAILED POLICIES 4HESE SHOULD PROVIDE THE CONTEXT FOR THAT AREA AS A WHOLE $ETAILED DESIGN GUIDANCE AND MASTER PLANNING SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN BUT SHOULD BE COVERED IN SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING GUIDANCE 30' SUCH AS DEVELOPMENT BRIEFS WHICH CAN BE A MATERIAL CONSIDERATION IN DECIDING PLANNING APPLICATIONS 'UIDANCE PARAGRAPH #ONCLUSION #ONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES TAKING PLACE THAT WILL IN THE LONGER TERM TRANSFORM THE PRESENT PLANNING SYSTEM AND THUS THE CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH THEY WORK -ORE FUNDAMENTALLY READING THROUGH ALL THE LEGISLATION AND POLICY RELATING TO THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS LEAVES A CLEAR IMPRESSION THAT THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT IS NO LONGER BEING ACCORDED THE PRIVILEGED PLACE IT ONCE HELD WITHIN THE PLANNING SYSTEM #HANGES TO THE LISTING SYSTEM DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS ISSUES OF #ONTEXT ARE ENDLESSLY POSTPONED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SEEN AS TOP PRIORITY 0ERHAPS IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THE CONSERVATION SYSTEM WORKS REASONABLY WELL AS IT IS AND DOES NOT NEED URGENTLY TO BE ALTERED AS IT DID BACK IN 4HE FOCUS OF ATTENTION AT %LAND (OUSE AND IN 7ESTMINSTER IS NOW ELSEWHERE )T COULD BE ARGUED THAT ALL THIS WILL MARGINALISE AND THEREFORE DOWNGRADE CONSERVATION ISSUES ) PREFER THE VIEW THAT ALONG WITH THE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT HISTORIC BUILDINGS CONSERVATION IS NOW BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED AS A NATURAL PART OF THAT SYSTEM !ND THAT IS AS IT SHOULD BE 4HE AUTHORS ARE GRATEFUL FOR HELP IN WRITING THIS ARTICLE FROM !NNA -C0HERSON A PARTNER IN THE 0AUL $RURY 0ARTNERSHIP AND COMMISSIONED BY %NGLISH (ERITAGE TO REVISE AND UPDATE ITS GUIDANCE ON CONSERVATION AREAS TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY #HARLES -YNORS AND !LEX "OOTH ARE BARRISTERS IN THE #HAMBERS OF 2OBIN 0URCHAS 1# IN THE 4EMPLE ! NEW EDITION OF -YNORS SEMINAL BOOK ,ISTED "UILDINGS #ONSERVATION !REAS AND -ONUMENTS WILL BE PUBLISHED BY 3WEET -AXWELL IN THE AUTUMN OF n TO INCLUDE ALL RELEVANT NEW LEGISLATION AND OVER DECISIONS OF THE COURTS SINCE THE PREVIOUS EDITION
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