Planning

• Archaeology and Heritage
• Beyond LA21
• Countryside
• Community Projects Guide
• Development Control
• Ecology
• Forest of Bowland
• Forestry
• Grants
• Green Tourism
• Lancashire Environment 2002
  • Foreward
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Summary - What the indicators show
  • Bathing Water Quality
  • River Water Quality
  • Lead in Drinking Water
  • Radioactivity
  • Waste and Recycling
  • Landscape Character
  • Landscape - Historic Change
  • Landscape - Woodlands
  • Landscape - Ponds
  • Landscape - Farm Size and Type
  • Countryside
  • Heritage Assets
  • Wildlife
  • Traffic Levels
  • Global Atmosphere
  • Air Quality
  • Quality of the Urban Environment - Housing Condition
  • Quality of the Urban Environment - Urban Extent
  • Quality of the Urban Environment - Noise
  • Environmental & Social Deprivation
  • References
  • Appendix - How the indicators have been measured
  • Lancashire Environment 2002: What do you think?
• Landscape
• Minerals and Waste
• REMADE in Lancashire
• Public Rights of Way
• Ranger Service
• Rural Partnership
• School Grounds Development
• Structure Plan
• Waste Management

Lancashire Environment 2002

Heritage Assets

There has been an increase in the number of designations of sites and buildings of historic interest since 1991.

There is a need to develop further qualitative indicators to measure the condition of these assets.

An annual assessment of listed buildings at risk has been carried out since 1998. This shows that the condition of the most important buildings has remained fairly static although the numbers at high risk have reduced significantly.

Lancaster contains the most listed buildings with 19% of the total, and the highest number of the entries on the Sites and Monuments Records database.

What is the role of LCC and other agencies?

LCC maintains the Lancashire SMR and works in partnership with other agencies to record, evaluate and conserve the historic assets of the county. New projects, such as the Lancashire Historic Town Survey (2000-2003) and the Lancashire Historic Landscape Characterisation Programme (1999-2002) aim to extend and modify the levels of protection offered and to improve the advice available.

English Heritage are the government's statutory advisers on the historic environment. They are responsible for monitoring and are involved in research into how further improvements can be made.

In some Districts, 'Buildings at Risk' data will eventually extend to Grade II and, potentially, non-listed buildings of local historic interest. The addition of such data will greatly improve the general picture of the health of the county's historic environment.

Lancashire County Council are actively exploring the potential of measuring the condition of archaeological and landscape features (linked to the County's Landscape Strategy), which would provide an additional level of monitoring for the future.

Source: English Heritage