26th March 2010, 11:33 AM
Historic Environment Planning Practice Guide Para 73 refers to using appropriate expertise and Para 74 should be read in that context. I suspect there is going to be a period where all of this takes time to settle down, much as when PPG 15 & 16 were introduced. The vagueness of much of the EH guide will also provide scope for much debate (argument?) when WSI are being written, especially as defacto scheduling of specific heritage assets could potentially occur if '[t]heir relative importance nevertheless means that they are treated as if they are designated assets and are therefore subject to the policies in HE9.1 to HE9.4 and HE10 (HE9.6)." [Para 109]. This will depend upon who determines equivalence!