The Scottish Historic Environment Policy (SHEP) sets out Scottish Ministers’ policies, providing direction for Historic Scotland and a policy framework that informs the work of a wide range of public sector organisations. The SHEP was originally developed as a series of free-standing publications (SHEPs 1 to 5, published between 2006 and 2008). Now that the series is nearing completion Ministers have decided to publish it as a single document, reducing the amount of detail and duplication between the original publications. There have been no substantive changes to previously published policy on Scheduling, Scheduled Monument Consent, Gardens & designed Landscapes and Properties in the Care of Scottish Ministers).
The consolidated SHEP also sees the publication of the final Ministerial policy on Listing and Listed Building Consent, which were consulted upon in 2007.
The new SHEP (version 2008/01) is structured as follows:
Chapter 1: Scotland’s Historic Environment – this is a reduced version of the original SHEP 1, updated to take account of the policy framework of the Scottish Government.
Chapter 2: Designations –incorporates previously published policy on Scheduling and Gardens & Designed Landscapes; newly published policy in Listing; a redacted version of policy on Conservation Area designation previously published in the Memorandum of Guidance.
Chapter 3: Consents – incorporates previously published policy on Scheduled Monument Consent, Gardens & Designed Landscapes; newly published policy on Listed Building Consent; a redacted version of policy on Conservation Area Consent previously published in the Memorandum of Guidance.
Chapter 4 – policy previously published on Properties in the Care of Scottish Ministers.
The SHEP will continue to develop and will be revised as necessary. Ministers have consulted on policy on Historic Battlefields and the Marine Historic Environment and it is intended that Ministers’ finalised policies on these matters will be included in later versions.
Linked Web Site http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/shep
