{"id":38542,"date":"2023-12-15T17:05:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38542"},"modified":"2023-12-15T17:05:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:05:19","slug":"hes-consults-on-intention-to-designate-livingston-livi-skatepark-as-a-listed-building-closing-23-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38542","title":{"rendered":"HES consults on intention to designate Livingston \u2018Livi\u2019 Skatepark as a listed building: Closing 23\/01"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-38543\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Livingston_SkatePark_HES_151223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/>Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is proposing to designate Livingston \u2018Livi\u2019 Skatepark as a listed building and has sought views from the public.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration &#8211; HES website<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>HES writes:<\/p>\n<p>The skatepark is one of a handful of surviving skateparks from the late 1970s \u2013 early 1980s in the UK. It has architectural interest for its pioneering design and the innovative approach of its architect, Iain Urquhart. Retaining its public park setting, the skatepark is an important survival of public enterprise architecture by Livingston Development Corporation and has social historical interest as an icon of the Scottish skate and bike scene&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We are now gathering views on our proposal to list this building at category B.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about why we think the skatepark meets the criteria for listing by downloading our Report of Handling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot\/heritage\/designating-livingston-skatepark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For background see:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot\/heritage\/designating-livingston-skatepark\/user_uploads\/livi-skatepark-engagement-analysis-report.pdf\">Livingston Skatepark Engagement Analysis Report<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot\/heritage\/designating-livingston-skatepark\/user_uploads\/online-survey-report---all-responses.pdf\">Online Survey Report &#8211; All Responses<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is proposing to designate Livingston \u2018Livi\u2019 Skatepark as a listed building and has sought views from the public. image for illustration &#8211; HES website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38544,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38542\/revisions\/38544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}