The work of the Historical Analysis and Research Team
4.15.3 Strategic initiatives
Conservation plans
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In March 1998, English Heritage joined with the Institute of Field Archaeologists, ICOMOS, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the National Trust, and WS Atkins to support a conference at St Johns College Oxford on Conservation Plans. Conservation Plans are not new. Indeed, they have much in common with the process of archaeological assessment or the analysis of buildings and landscapes prior to development proposals. However, the Heritage Lottery Fund, in bringing together buildings, landscapes, collections, archaeology, and other aspects of the heritage, realised that there was no single common approach to site assessment as a basis for developing new schemes. The Heritage Lottery Fund commissioned English Heritage to produce Conservation plans for historic places, a guidance note that has been published and is in use as a basis for
many applications to the Heritage Lottery Fund. The document was based on work done in Australia by James Semple Kerr, but drew heavily on our own initiatives, including Management guidelines for listed buildings, and new approaches to sustainability. We have also been developing the Conservation Plan approach internally, and a seminar in September 1997 brought our Historic Properties and Conservation Departments together to debate the approach that would be most suitable for our own sites. A number of plans are now under preparation and many casework staff are using conservation plans in their own work. In early 1997, HART, together with the Central Archaeology Service and our regional staff, produced a conservation plan for the Whitby Headland, which has been used in developing our successful bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund and now provides a model for other sites.
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London suburbs
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HART is publishing a well illustrated survey of London suburban building and architecture from the early modern period to the present, aimed at the well informed reader who lives in a London suburb. This has grown from a rapid review initially undertaken to inform Conservation Area Partnership grants in Greater London. The final publication will feature sections on the conservation of suburban townscapes, as well as shorter notices (extended photographic captions) intended to highlight what is special about particular suburban forms or scenes, and thus to indicate those features of this well loved landscape that are particularly vulnerable.
4.15.1 Casework
4.15.2 Dendrochronology
4.15.3 Strategic Initiatives