# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 )("# STATEMENT 6ALUING HISTORIC PLACES 4HE FOLLOWING STATEMENT BY THE )("# HIGHLIGHTS THE WIDE RANGE OF BENEFITS THAT CONSERVATION DELIVERS PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES )T CAN BE USED TO HELP SUPPORT FUNDING BIDS TO ARGUE FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF OR GENERALLY TO PROMOTE THE VALUE OF CONSERVATION SERVICES (ISTORIC BUILDINGS AND PLACES HAVE PLAYED AN INCREASINGLY CENTRAL ROLE IN THE PAST DECADE IN THE DELIVERY OF A RANGE OF PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES INCLUDING EDUCATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION REPOPULATION OF INNER CITY AREAS IMPROVING COMPETITIVENESS CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES 4HE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT UNDERPINS MANY SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS AIMED AT IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE TRANSFORMING FAILING AREAS EMPOWERING LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AND CREATING A BETTER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT (ISTORIC BUILDINGS HAVE THEIR OWN INTRINSIC VALUE )T IS A SPIRITUALLY BEREFT NATION THAT DOES NOT CARE FOR ITS CULTURE AND HERITAGE FOR ITS OWN SAKE 4HE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT DELIVERS A RANGE OF BENEFITS AS FOLLOWS %DUCATION 4HE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT PROVIDES A TANGIBLE RESOURCE FOR THE TEACHING OF SOCIAL ECONOMIC POLITICAL AND HUMAN HISTORY CREATING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY CONTRIBUTING TO EFFECTIVE SCHOOL CONTINUING AND ADULT EDUCATION 3USTAINABLE COMMUNITIES 4HE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT IS CRUCIAL TO THE DELIVERY OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND THE CREATION OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE POSITIVELY CHOOSE TO LIVE WORK INVEST AND SPEND RECREATION TIME )NTRINSIC VALUE (ISTORIC BUILDINGS AND PLACES HAVE INTRINSIC VALUE IN THEIR OWN RIGHT AS THE FABRIC OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT IN ARTS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ESSENTIAL TO THE SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL WELL BEING OF THE NATION 2EGENERATION (ISTORIC BUILDINGS AND AREAS ARE KEY ELEMENTS IN THE REGENERATION OF CITIES TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS ALL AROUND THE 5+ FACILITATING THE MODERNISATION AND ADAPTATION OF PLACES TO ST CENTURY NEEDS AND HELPING IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF FAILING AREAS INTO THRIVING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES .EW BUSINESSES AND INNOVATION (ISTORIC BUILDINGS HELP TO PROVIDE DIVERSITY IN THE NATURE AND AFFORDABILITY OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FLOORSPACE AND ARE CRUCIAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND INNOVATION %CONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS ! HIGH QUALITY ENVIRONMENT OLD AND NEW IS A PREREQUISITE TO MAXIMISING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL PROJECTING A POSITIVE IMAGE ATTRACTING HIGH VALUE JOBS AND INVESTMENT AND IMPROVING COMPETITIVENESS #REATIVE NEW DESIGN 4HE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT PROVIDES A BASIS FOR UNDERSTANDING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND URBAN MORPHOLOGY AND CREATES A CONTEXT AND STIMULUS FOR CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE NEW DESIGNS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ARCHITECTURAL STYLES 2ESPONSIBILITY TO FUTURE GENERATIONS 4HERE IS A DUTY TO CONSERVE THE BUILT HERITAGE FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS 5RBAN DESIGN QUALITY AND VARIETY (ISTORIC AREAS PROVIDE DEMONSTRABLY SUPERIOR URBAN DESIGN INCLUDING PERMEABLE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY PLACES LEGIBLE TOWNSCAPES MIXED USE GREATER VARIETY OF URBAN FORMS AND SUPERIOR PUBLIC REALMS 3USTAINABLE USE OF RESOURCES 4HE CONSERVATION AND REFURBISHMENT OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS IS AN INTRINSICALLY SUSTAINABLE FORM OF DEVELOPMENT AVOIDING THE USE AND WASTE OF SCARCE RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH DEMOLITION AND REDEVELOPMENT AND HELPING TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH 3KILLS #ONSERVATION PRACTICE CREATES MORE SKILLED JOBS PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL SKILLED MANUAL AND VOCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT IN CRAFT BASED INDUSTRIES (UMAN RESOURCES #OMPARED TO NEW BUILD DEVELOPMENT BUILDING REFURBISHMENT GENERATES HIGHER LEVELS OF PAY AND INVESTMENT IN LOCAL ECONOMIES ,OCAL DISTINCTIVENESS AND PRIDE )NVESTMENT IN HISTORIC PLACES HELPS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES INDUSTRIES AND COMMUNITIES PRESERVE LOCAL DISTINCTIVENESS AND IDENTITY SENSE OF PLACE AND FOSTER LOCAL PRIDE 3UPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES 3ELECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT BASED AROUND THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT IS ALMOST UNIVERSALLY MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE REDEVELOPMENT BETTER FULFILLING THE NEEDS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND MAINTAINING LOCAL CULTURAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY 3OCIAL INCLUSION (ISTORIC BUILDINGS AND AREAS CAN PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR A RANGE OF SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES BETTER ACCESSIBILITY AND CHOICE FOR NON CAR OWNERS LOW RENTAL BUSINESS ACCOMMODATION AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND A BASIS FOR TRANSFORMING UNDER PERFORMING AREAS AND CREATING NEW LIFE OPPORTUNITIES 4OURISM(ISTORIC PLACES AND BUILDINGS ATTRACT VISITORS AND ARE AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AN IMPORTANT SECTOR OF THE 5+ ECONOMY #ULTURE 4HE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT IS THE EMBODIMENT OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL CULTURE WHILE ALSO ACCOMMODATING A RANGE OF CULTURAL ARTEFACTS AND ACTIVITIES ,EISURE AND HOUR ECONOMY (ISTORIC AREAS OFTEN PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR LEISURE FACILITIES FROM THEATRES AND ART INSTALLATIONS TO RESTAURANTS AND BARS #ITY LIVING (ISTORIC BUILDINGS AREAS AND WATERWAYS ARE A CATALYST FOR THE REPOPULATION OF INNER CITY AREAS AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HOUSING MARKETS 2URAL RENAISSANCE (ISTORIC BUILDINGS AND PLACES HAVE HELPED TO ACCOMMODATE NEW USES FACILITATE ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND FORM A BASIS FOR TOURISM AND THE VISITOR ECONOMY IN RURAL AREAS AND SMALL SETTLEMENTS %NHANCED VALUES ,ISTED BUILDINGS IN OFFICE OR DOMESTIC USE DELIVER CONSISTENTLY HIGHER YIELDS AND VALUES THAN OTHER BUILDINGS 4HE FUTURE OF HISTORIC PLACES )T IS ONLY THROUGH PROPER PROTECTION OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT AND INVESTMENT IN ITS MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND ADAPTATION THAT THESE SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS CAN CONTINUE TO BE REALISED
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