12th December 2005, 03:15 PM
Okay, here we go:
1? What the Department for Culture, Media and Sport should identify as priorities in the forthcoming Heritage White Paper;
Re-work scheduled monument legislation to remove the loopholes and exemptions. Perhaps create a new type of designation which has the power to stop ploughing on a site. Also remove or re-vamp the now outdated and mostly obselete AAI section.
Put pressure/legal obligation on LPAs to actually use the PPGs properly, including of coures PPG16, rather than ignoring them when they are inconvenient.
2? The remit and effectiveness of DCMS, English Heritage and other relevant organisations in representing heritage interests inside and outside Government;
The RCHME should be reformed if EH is going to continue to be turned into a government body so that monument surveys etc can become more plentiful to assist in the monitoring of the survival of them.
DCMS and EH should provide firmer leadership to the LPAs to ensure that they do their jobs right.
3? The balance between heritage and development needs in planning policy;
Heritage is under the greatest pressure from development ever, and more emphasis needs to be put on full excavation (rather than watching briefs) and preservation in-situ. Although PPG16 already states this, it is just a mater of application.
4? Access to heritage and the position of heritage as a cultural asset in the community;
More money needs to be put into making sites and records accessable, starting with a heritage outreach officer in every SMR/HER office.
5? Funding, with particular reference to the adequacy of the budget for English Heritage and for museums and galleries, the impact of the London 2012 Olympics on Lottery funding for heritage projects, and forthcoming decisions on the sharing of funds from Lottery sources between good causes;
More permanent sources of funding need to be found, rather than potentially temporary ones such as the Olympics.
The last two need more thinking about
Don't disagree with me too strongly, I'm easily upset [xx(]
1? What the Department for Culture, Media and Sport should identify as priorities in the forthcoming Heritage White Paper;
Re-work scheduled monument legislation to remove the loopholes and exemptions. Perhaps create a new type of designation which has the power to stop ploughing on a site. Also remove or re-vamp the now outdated and mostly obselete AAI section.
Put pressure/legal obligation on LPAs to actually use the PPGs properly, including of coures PPG16, rather than ignoring them when they are inconvenient.
2? The remit and effectiveness of DCMS, English Heritage and other relevant organisations in representing heritage interests inside and outside Government;
The RCHME should be reformed if EH is going to continue to be turned into a government body so that monument surveys etc can become more plentiful to assist in the monitoring of the survival of them.
DCMS and EH should provide firmer leadership to the LPAs to ensure that they do their jobs right.
3? The balance between heritage and development needs in planning policy;
Heritage is under the greatest pressure from development ever, and more emphasis needs to be put on full excavation (rather than watching briefs) and preservation in-situ. Although PPG16 already states this, it is just a mater of application.
4? Access to heritage and the position of heritage as a cultural asset in the community;
More money needs to be put into making sites and records accessable, starting with a heritage outreach officer in every SMR/HER office.
5? Funding, with particular reference to the adequacy of the budget for English Heritage and for museums and galleries, the impact of the London 2012 Olympics on Lottery funding for heritage projects, and forthcoming decisions on the sharing of funds from Lottery sources between good causes;
More permanent sources of funding need to be found, rather than potentially temporary ones such as the Olympics.
The last two need more thinking about
Don't disagree with me too strongly, I'm easily upset [xx(]