HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES Protecting Scotland’s history
Culture and External Affairs Minister Fiona Hyslop has introduced the Historic Environment Amendment Bill (Scotland) 2010 to Parliament. The Bill will amend provisions in the existing Listed Building and Conservation Areas (Scotland) Act 1997, the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953. It is intended that the legislation will: ◆ harmonise aspects of the listing and scheduling systems and align these systems more closely with Scotland’s modernised planning regime ◆ improve the ability of central and local government to work with developers and other partners ◆ improve the capacity to deal with urgent threats and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of deterrents ◆ help to ensure that Historic Scotland is able to meet the
expectations of visitors in the 21st century.
The Minister said: “Scotland has a unique and irreplaceable historic environment, which is intrinsic to our sense of place and our strong cultural identity. It plays a large role in helping to attract visitors to Scotland and makes a significant contribution to
the economy, directly generating 41,000 full-time equivalent jobs and making a £2.3bn contribution to Scotland’s Gross Value Added. “This Amendment Bill is about the nuts and bolts of our heritage legislation. We know from our extensive consultation that the existing Acts generally function well, but as with everything, we can learn from our experiences over the years and update them. “The Bill builds on what has been successful in the past and is accompanied by a wider programme of change and renewal in the way Historic Scotland undertakes its day-to-day work.” Some of the issues raised by the SRPBA during the consultation on the draft Bill have been addressed. However, the Association continues to have some concerns regarding
certain provisions, including: ◆ amendment of the meaning of “monument” to include “any site comprising any thing, or group of things, that evidences previous human activity” ◆ impact on conveyancing of the introduction of the certificate of immunity from listing ◆ notification procedures for enforcement notices, stop notices and temporary stop notices.
An SRPBA Historic Environment Bill Team has been established and a Briefing Note on the Bill is available on the SRPBA website. The Bill, along with policy memorandum and explanatory notes, can be found at
www.scottish.parliament. uk/s3/bills/43-Historic Environment/
index.htm
New policy on street design
The Scottish Government recently launched “Designing Streets” – the first policy statement in Scotland for street design, which marks a change in the emphasis of guidance on street design towards place- making and away from a system focused upon the dominance of motor vehicles.
The document is based upon the premise that good street design should derive from an intelligent response to location, rather than the rigid application of
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standards, regardless of context. Designing Streets replaces
PAN 76 New Residential Streets and in doing so, marks a distinct shift, raising the importance of street design issues for the subject of advice to that of policy. The document sits alongside Designing Places, which sets out government aspirations for design and the role of the planning system in delivering these. Both policy documents are available on the Scottish Government website.
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