Monday 19 March 2012, 9.30am to 5pm

The course

The Government’s objectives for the historic environment include: ‘to conserve England’s heritage assets in a manner appropriate to their significance.’

Therefore, the first step in managing change in the historic environment is to understand the significance of its assets.  These may be objects, buildings or whole landscapes.

Planning Policy Statement 5 (PPS5) requires applicants to provide information on significance and this will be carried into the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).  For more complex cases, particularly where bids for funding are concerned, a full conservation plan will be necessary.

The course will consider:

  • How to define the significance of a heritage asset
  • How to describe significance at a level that is in proportion to the importance of the asset
  • How to understand the potential impact of proposals on the significance of the asset
  • How to use significance as the basis for policies and proposals in conservation plans

Participant information

No special clothing or equipment is required.

Fee

£99 per person, to include tuition, teas and coffees and a light lunch

Tutor

Eddie Booth BA DipUD MRTPI IHBC FSA is a planner and urban designer.  His career started in the Historic Buildings Policy Division of the (then) Department of the Environment.  He subsequently worked for local authorities at Richmond-upon-Thames and Calderdale before joining English Heritage as an Historic Areas Adviser.  

Since 1998, he has been a Director of The Conservation Studio, providing consultancy services in conservation to the public sector.  

He has served as both Chair and President of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) and has recently been appointed as their Secretary.  He is also a Trustee of the Woodchester Mansion Trust, a Board Member of the National Heritage Training Academy (SW), and a member of the Design Review Panel for the Gloucester Heritage Urban Regeneration Company.  

Eddie has been a visiting lecturer at several universities and the Weald & Downland Open Air Museum.  He also provides training days for English Heritage’s HELM initiative.

The Museum

The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum has over 45 historic building exhibits.  It is also home to the award winning and innovative Downland Gridshell, which houses a conservation workshop and artefact store, and is also used for many practical courses.  The Museum runs a full programme of courses in historic building conservation and traditional rural trades and crafts, along with MSc programmes in Building Conservation and Timber Building Conservation. Please telephone for further details.

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