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| Protecting historical assets |
| 1: The Assembly's consultation paper |
Alan
Pugh, Wales's (relatively) new Culture minister, has launched a consultation
on the legislation that governs the protection of the historic environment.
This is the Welsh equivalent of the consultation process initiated in
England in the summer. Comments are invited before 21 November, in advance
of the drafting of a White Paper in the new year. The outcome of the
review has major implications for the future of the familiar system of
listing historic buildings and site and scheduling ancient monument.
Background
The paper draws heavily on its English counterpart,
but sets the discussion in the context of the distinctive Welsh framework
of government and heritage administration. It also connects with the
review of historic environment policy on
which the Assembly consulted earlier this year, and the quinquennial
reviews that looked at the roles
and relationships of Cadw and the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.
Analysis of the policy review is (14 October 2003) eagerly awaited. The
English consultation document Protecting our historic environment:
making the system work better places its discussion within the framework
of the relationship betwen the Department of Culture and English Heritage
and also looks at issues relating to information access, education and
public understanding, skills, planning and regeneration. The Welsh policy
review considered all these issues, although it was drafted before the
content of the review of legislation had become clear. Both the Welsh
and English papers make proposals for changes to legal protection measures
and their applications, and the current document homes in on these, since
they derive from statute that regulates protection in England and Wales
(1)
1 The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act (1979), the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act (1990), and the Town and Country Planning Act (1990).
14 October 2003