Managing & Protecting

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• Planning Tools Planning authorities play a vital role in protecting England’s heritage
• Climate Change The implications of adaptive responses and mitigation, including policies on renewable and low carbon energy
• Managing Local Authority Heritage Assets Key decision-makers responsible for the funding and care of council-owned heritage assets
• Places of Worship Consent processes for places of worship

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• Delivering heritage advice ~ Local authorities are responsible for the conservation of 95% of the historic environment
• World Heritage ~ Local authorities have a major role to play in the management of World Heritage Sites
• Europe ~ The European Union impacts on cultural heritage in a number of ways
• Protected Landscapes ~ England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs)provide a major repository for some of our most important historic sites
• Heritage Protection ~ Local authorities play an important role in heritage protection and are responsible for the conservation of 95% of the historic environment
• Sites in Farmland ~ Farmers are the principal stewards of our rural heritage
• Coastal & Marine Heritage ~ Our heritage is enshrined in our coastal and sub-tidal maritime archaeology