July 2019
Intermediate to advanced
126 pages
4h 44m
English
Content preview from An Introduction to Architectural Conservation
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Chapter 4Government Policy for Heritage Assets
Just as vital as an understanding of the underlying principles of conservation, is an understanding of how those principles are transferred into practice. Architects who work on historic buildings need to know how legislation and government policy applies to heritage assets if they are to advise clients correctly.
In this chapter we consider government policy that exists in legislation, while in the next chapter we discuss the current designation system and legislative framework in more detail.
The government has recently radically simplified its statement of policy in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)1, condensing most of the former series of documents and statements to a single, 57-page ...