Policy information sourced from Enfield Core Strategy 2010-2025
31 BUILT AND LANDSCAPE HERITAGE
The Council will implement national and regional policies and work with partners (including land owners, agencies, public organisations and the community) to pro-actively preserve and enhance all of the Borough’s heritage assets. Actions will include:
- Reviewing heritage designations and their boundaries where appropriate, and continuing to maintain non-statutory, local lists and designations based on formally adopted criteria;
- Ensuring that built development and interventions in the public realm that impact on heritage assets have regard to their special character and are based on an understanding of their context. Proposals within or affecting the setting of heritage assets will be required to include a thorough site analysis and character appraisal which explicitly demonstrates how the proposal will respect and enhance the asset;
- Identifying opportunities for the repair and restoration of heritage assets and working with owners of heritage assets on English Heritage’s Heritage at Risk Register to find viable solutions to secure the asset’s long-term future. Where necessary, the Council will make full use of its legislative powers to ensure their preservation;
- Ensuring developments in areas of archaeological importance take into account the potential for new finds by requiring consultation with English Heritage and on-site investigations, including the appropriate recording and dissemination of archaeological evidence;
- Supporting appropriate initiatives which increase access to historic assets, provide learning opportunities and maximise their potential as heritage attractions, particularly at Forty Hall and the Area of Special Character in the north west of the Borough; and
- Finding new ways to record and recognise Enfield’s intangible heritage resources and, where possible, open up wider public access to them.
For more information please see the Core Strategy 2010-2025