Importance of Heritage Assets

Heritage assets are defined by the National Planning Policy

Framework 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.
 Importance of Heritage Assets

Archaeological importance

“Sense of place”

Economic value

Environmental benefits
 History of statutory controls in Heritage
and Conservation
 Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882

 Housing, Town Planning Act 1909

 The Town and Country Planning Act 1932

 The Town and Country Planning Act 1947

 Civic Amenities Act 1967

 Town and Country Planning Act 1968

 The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas act 1979

 Current legislation

 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (England and

Wales)
 The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas)
Act 1990 (Amended 2009)
 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
 Planning Act 2008
 Localism Act 2011
 Designation of Heritage Assets

 Listed buildings

 Scheduled monuments

 Protected wreck sites

 Registered parks and gardens

 Registered battlefields
 Heritage Protection

Designation Type Number in England (2017)

World Heritage Sites 19

Scheduled Monuments 19,854

Listed Buildings 376,470

Registered Parks and Gardens 1,635

Conservation Areas 7,000

Registered Battlefields 46
Non-statutory Heritage Guidance in the UK
Organisations
Key Ideas

Significance
Tangible and intangible
heritage
Setting (l’istanza estetica)
Sustainability
Heritage and Identity

 Keeping a perceived national

identity alive
 International questions of identity –
works such as The Strange Death of
Europe (Murray, 2017)
 Efforts to show development and
historical narrative towards a shared
identity
 ‘more targeted work focused on
issues of alienation, identity and
belonging and provided education’
(Prevent Strategy, 2011)
The European Approach
‘Megalithic Temples of Malta’ UNESCO World
Heritage Site
Baroque architecture - Interior of St.
A typical Maltese Farmhouse
John’s Co Cathedral, Valletta

Medieval architecture - Annunciation

of the Virgin in Hal Millieri
Bomb Damaged Street, Valletta – May 1942
Urban Sprawl Map - Malta
MEPA (Malta Environment and
Planning Authority)
Unregulated demolition works – demolition of
Villa St Ignatius, a historic villa in Balluta Bay
Unregulated construction works -
Valletta Market back façade
Construction next to Palazzo Ferreria
Stoke-on-Trent house '30in too tall' risks
demolition
Outside Development Zones (ODZ)
Government approved buildings – Sliema
and St Julian's Bay
Malta Parliament Building