{"id":1373,"date":"2010-06-09T16:26:58","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T16:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2010-06-09T16:26:58","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T16:26:58","slug":"cla-capacity-needed-for-rural-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1373","title":{"rendered":"CLA: Capacity needed for rural heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"
The CLA on Tuesday, 1 June called on the Government to fix Britain’s failing planning system, with CLA President William Worsley calling for heritage policy to allow ‘modernisation of buildings without harming their historic or architectural significance.\u2019<\/div>\n

The Association launched a report \u2013 entitled Planning for Change in the Countryside \u2013 which says the current planning system acts as a brake on “appropriate and much-needed development in the countryside” in the misplaced belief that this supports communities and the environment.<\/p>\n

The report notes:<\/p>\n

\u2018The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) represents more than 35,000 members who collectively manage and\/or own about half of all rural land in England and Wales. \u2026They also manage and\/or own as much as a third of all heritage in England and Wales, making the CLA by far the largest heritage-owner group.\u2019<\/p>\n

Among other points, the report says:
\n– \u2018Heritage policy should be more responsive to economic factors by emphasising the critical importance of viability and proportionality and by facilitating modernisation that does not harm the historic or architectural significance of the building.<\/p>\n

– Small-scale rural development should benefit \u00a0from appropriate permitted development rights \u00a0and a simplified system for heritage consents \u00a0for minor and\/or beneficial works should be put \u00a0in place.<\/p>\n

– A consistent approach by all planning \u00a0authorities should be put in place to provide \u00a0pre-application advice for small-scale rural \u00a0development.<\/p>\n

– A third of all planning applications have heritage implications, \u00a0and \u00a0heritage \u00a0issues \u00a0are \u00a0dealt \u00a0with through the planning system. This is not a separate issue which can be parked for another day or \u2018just a Department for Culture Media and Sport matter\u2019… \u00a0any credible green paper on planning and regeneration must include heritage.<\/p>\n

– Listed buildings, ancient monuments and \u00a0conservation areas are conserved through enlightened policies that enable integrated \u00a0management of these assets by owners and \u00a0tenants. This integrated management can embrace conservation within the viable \u00a0management of the property in which the \u00a0asset is situated for the benefit of current and future generations. The new Planning Policy \u00a0for Heritage should be made more \u00a0responsive to economic factors by \u00a0emphasising the critical importance of \u00a0viability and proportionality, and by facilitating modernisation that does not damage the \u00a0historic or architectural significance of buildings.<\/p>\n

– Significant opportunities and needs exist for small-scale local supplies of \u00a0minerals including vernacular building \u00a0materials. Building stone is vital to the repair \u00a0of heritage buildings.<\/p>\n

– Heritage policy should be more responsive to economic factors by emphasising the critical small-scale rural development should benefit from appropriate permitted development rights and a simplified system for heritage consents for minor and\/or beneficial works should be put in place.<\/p>\n

– The system is predicated on the assumption that any change, however small, is potentially damaging and needs expert scrutiny. In practice the experts needed are simply not there, and most heritage decisions are taken by development control staff who lack the necessary heritage-related skills to be able to take an informed decision…. consequences… \u00a0include\u2026 a perception that owning heritage is a mug\u2019s game, which is damaging to its long-term survival\u2019.<\/p>\n

CLA News:\u00a0LINK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Download the Planning for Change report at:\u00a0LINK<\/a><\/strong>
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