Identification and Designation of Heritage Assets
Designation highlights a building, site or area's special interest and value to this and future generations and gives it protection under law or policy.
It allows us to protect, manage, enjoy and celebrate England's historic buildings, parks, monuments, gardens, wreck sites and battlefields.
This section examines all the different processes involved in identifying and designating the country's heritage assets at a national and local level.
In this section
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Listed Buildings Identification and Extent
Outlining and information on classification of grading and how assets are added and removed from listing, protection and curtilage buildings.
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Building Preservation Notices
Building preservation notices, definition and information about process.
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Scheduled Monuments
Scheduled monument definition, criteria and applications.
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Registered Parks & Gardens and Battlefields
Explains how Historic England is able to create a register of "gardens and other land".
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Conservation Areas
Conservation areas including designation and effect, conservation area policies and permitted development.
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World Heritage Sites
World Heritage Sites within the UK and information.
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Protected Wrecks
The protection of shipwrecks in UK Territorial Waters.
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Locally Listed Heritage Assets
There may be many buildings and sites that make a positive contribution to the local character and sense of place because of their heritage value.
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Setting of Heritage Assets
Every heritage asset, whether designated or not has a setting.
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Areas of Archaeological Importance
Areas of archaeological importance
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Local Green Space
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) introduced a new concept of a Local Green Space designation. This is a discretionary designation.
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Other Relevant Designations
The designation of protected areas in the UK was first made possible by the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.
