Heritage definition
Heritage is a term often used when referring to conservation and the historic built environment. But what does it actually mean?
English Heritage (now Historic England), in Conservation Principles (2008) provided this definition:
| All inherited resources which people value for reasons beyond mere utility. |
Providing more detail, ICOMOS, in the International Cultural Tourism Charter (2002), stated that:
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Heritage is a broad concept and includes the natural as well as the cultural environment. It encompasses landscapes, historic places, sites and built environments, as well as bio-diversity, collections, past and continuing cultural practices, knowledge and living experiences. It records and expresses the long processes of historic development, forming the essence of diverse national, regional, indigenous and local identities and is an integral part of modern life. It is a social dynamic reference point and positive instrument for growth and change. The particular heritage and collective memory of each locality or community is irreplaceable and an important foundation for development, both now and into the future. |
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) defines a heritage asset as:
| A building, monument, site, place, area or landscape identified as having a degree of significance meriting consideration in planning decisions, because of its heritage interest. Heritage asset includes designated heritage assets and assets identified by the local planning authority (including local listing). |
The HS2 London-West Midlands Environmental Statement, published by the Department for Transport in November 2013, suggests that:
| Built heritage is; '...a structure or building of historic value. These structures are visible above ground level.' |
| Buried heritage is; '...a heritage asset beneath ground level, which may include earthworks.' |
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- Alternative futures for heritage.
- Conservation of the historic environment.
- Heritage Action Zone.
- Heritage asset.
- Heritage at Risk Register.
- Heritage Lottery Fund.
- Heritage partnership agreements HPA.
- Heritage value.
- Historic England.
- IHBC.
- International heritage policy.
- Marketing heritage assets.
- The benefits of investing in heritage at risk.
- What makes a heritage-at-risk officer.
- Working with volunteers to care for heritage.
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