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7. Valuing: Identifying heritage assets of local significance
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This guidance note is for anyone wanting to protect or care for a heritage asset in Cornwall.
The distinctiveness of an asset or place contributes to its significance. It may be a type of historic structure, site or place that is only found in Cornwall, or only rarely elsewhere. Or it may be typical of Cornwall or a locality within it. It will contribute to its character and reinforce people’s sense of place and identity.
Most buildings, monuments, sites, places, areas, or landscapes are not designated (by Listing, Scheduling, Registering, etc.). They may still be distinctive. You should still take account of the significance of these undesignated heritage assets. This includes the significance drawn from their distinctiveness. Cornwall’s Local Planstates that undesignated assets should be conserved and enhanced. This is as well as designated assets.
Cornwall and Scilly HER welcome the submission of undesignated heritage assets. Plans (like Neighbourhood Plans, Master Plans) can also identify them. They can be part of Conservation Area Appraisals, and Conservation Management Plans. Heritage Impact Assessments and other appraisals also identify heritage assets. Attention should be drawn to the ways they contribute to distinctiveness.
Historic England identify local significance when they assess an asset. Most often this is when an asset has been proposed for Listing, Scheduling or Registering.
Higher Bore Street, Bodmin
Ideal outcomes
Decision makers take into account the distinctiveness of all heritage assets. This ensures that significance is protected and reinforced.
Cornish distinctiveness is drawn upon when suggesting assets for inclusion in the HER. Distinctiveness is highlighted when providing additional material on previously recorded assets.
The distinctiveness of undesignated heritage assets in the HER is recognised and emphasised.
Things to consider
Significance is ‘the value of a heritage asset to this and future generations because of its heritage interest’ (National Planning Policy Framework, Glossary). Cornish and more local distinctiveness can contribute to such significance.
The distinctiveness of undesignated assets contributes to the significance and setting of designations. These include our World Heritage Site, National Landscapes, and Conservation Areas. National Planning Policy Framework (para 193) defines how Planning respond to these.
The World Heritage Site (WHS) contains elements that convey its Outstanding Universal Value. The WHS Management Plan lists these values. These often undesignated elements contribute to the distinctiveness of the WHS.
Significance assessments carry more weight if they relate to ‘selection criteria. The Cornish Distinctiveness Assessment Framework is one example. Other published guidance is available.
Identification of heritage assets need not be a daunting or specialist task. Photographs and simple information are all the HER team needs.
Approaches and resources
Historic England Selection Guidesand Introductions to Heritage Assetsprovide summaries. They can serve as starting points for more detailed Cornish and local work. The distinctiveness guidance can also help you consider what to include. Do not feel you need to stick to these types. Your part of Cornwall may have distinctive heritage assets that are not included.
The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HERis the record of Cornwall's historic environment. The HER welcomes new entries and new information on the records it already holds. Recording and assessment is best kept simple. There is no need for complicated and lengthy analysis to include an asset in the HER. Nominate an asset or contact the HER through their Heritage Hub.
This guidance note is for anyone wanting to protect or care for a heritage asset in Cornwall.
The distinctiveness of an asset or place contributes to its significance. It may be a type of historic structure, site or place that is only found in Cornwall, or only rarely elsewhere. Or it may be typical of Cornwall or a locality within it. It will contribute to its character and reinforce people’s sense of place and identity.
Most buildings, monuments, sites, places, areas, or landscapes are not designated (by Listing, Scheduling, Registering, etc.). They may still be distinctive. You should still take account of the significance of these undesignated heritage assets. This includes the significance drawn from their distinctiveness. Cornwall’s Local Planstates that undesignated assets should be conserved and enhanced. This is as well as designated assets.
Cornwall and Scilly HER welcome the submission of undesignated heritage assets. Plans (like Neighbourhood Plans, Master Plans) can also identify them. They can be part of Conservation Area Appraisals, and Conservation Management Plans. Heritage Impact Assessments and other appraisals also identify heritage assets. Attention should be drawn to the ways they contribute to distinctiveness.
Historic England identify local significance when they assess an asset. Most often this is when an asset has been proposed for Listing, Scheduling or Registering.
Higher Bore Street, Bodmin
Ideal outcomes
Decision makers take into account the distinctiveness of all heritage assets. This ensures that significance is protected and reinforced.
Cornish distinctiveness is drawn upon when suggesting assets for inclusion in the HER. Distinctiveness is highlighted when providing additional material on previously recorded assets.
The distinctiveness of undesignated heritage assets in the HER is recognised and emphasised.
Things to consider
Significance is ‘the value of a heritage asset to this and future generations because of its heritage interest’ (National Planning Policy Framework, Glossary). Cornish and more local distinctiveness can contribute to such significance.
The distinctiveness of undesignated assets contributes to the significance and setting of designations. These include our World Heritage Site, National Landscapes, and Conservation Areas. National Planning Policy Framework (para 193) defines how Planning respond to these.
The World Heritage Site (WHS) contains elements that convey its Outstanding Universal Value. The WHS Management Plan lists these values. These often undesignated elements contribute to the distinctiveness of the WHS.
Significance assessments carry more weight if they relate to ‘selection criteria. The Cornish Distinctiveness Assessment Framework is one example. Other published guidance is available.
Identification of heritage assets need not be a daunting or specialist task. Photographs and simple information are all the HER team needs.
Approaches and resources
Historic England Selection Guidesand Introductions to Heritage Assetsprovide summaries. They can serve as starting points for more detailed Cornish and local work. The distinctiveness guidance can also help you consider what to include. Do not feel you need to stick to these types. Your part of Cornwall may have distinctive heritage assets that are not included.
The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HERis the record of Cornwall's historic environment. The HER welcomes new entries and new information on the records it already holds. Recording and assessment is best kept simple. There is no need for complicated and lengthy analysis to include an asset in the HER. Nominate an asset or contact the HER through their Heritage Hub.
Higher Bore Street, Bodmin