Welcome to the Heritage module!
What is it?
The Heritage module has been in partnership with English Heritage. It uses the region's sustainability principles to illustrate ways in which heritage already plays a key role in supporting sustainable development opportunities, where further opportunities exist, and how to address and overcome any barriers.
In this module you will find:
• A sustainability checklist for Heritage – using the region’s 10 sustainability principles of the Shaper to ask key questions to highlight how heritage can best contribute to the sustainability of our rapidly changing environmental, social and economic climate.
• Information relevant to regulatory bodies, containing sustainability links to Planning Policy Guidance, specific sustainability opportunities, case studies, resources and links.
• Information relevant to historic buildings and the built environment and archaeology, landscape and historic parks and gardens. Both of these sections contain specific sustainability opportunities, case studies, resources and links.
• Climate change and the historic environment contains information, links, case studies and resources.
Who is it for?
The module is for heritage practitioners (such as Conservation Officers, Archaeological Officers, Property Managers, curators, architects and contractors etc), but also, very importantly, those who may be involved in related issues (including planners, ecologists, land managers, householders and educators). We also hope that other groups, including voluntary and community groups, Trusts, events and marketing managers and policy makers find the information useful for their work within or in partnership with the heritage sector.
Why is it important?
The heritage sector in the South West is one of the region’s most important assets. The region contains a quarter of England’s listed buildings, a third of its scheduled ancient monuments, four of its sixteen World Heritage Sites and half its designated wreck sites, with outstanding examples from all periods of history. Its diverse geology and landform gives a wealth of local vernacular styles. The region contains internationally significant uplands and wetlands, and the coast and its character and has had a remarkable influence on trade, culture, and identity.
All of this means that heritage has a huge potential to support sustainable communities today, and in the future.
Please get in touch if you have any feedback about the module by contacting contact@shapersw.net
Shaper modules (specialist guidance for particular ‘activities' in the South West) are being developed in response to demand and support from a number of regional agencies. If your organisation (or its partners) is interested in commissioning/ sponsoring a particular module please let us know when you feedback.
This module is sponsored/supported by:
English Heritage
