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ENGLISH HERITAGE, CSR AND SEASIDE RESORT REGENERATION. Dr Andy Brown Planning and Development Regional Director South East. Those were the days, my friend. The times they are a-changing. (Just like) starting over. The Heritage Cycle. BY UNDERSTANDING
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ENGLISH HERITAGE, CSR AND SEASIDE RESORT REGENERATION Dr Andy Brown Planning and Development Regional Director South East
Those were the days, my friend The times they are a-changing (Just like) starting over
The Heritage Cycle BY UNDERSTANDING the historic environment people value it FROM ENJOYING the historic environment comes a thirst to understand BY VALUING it they will want to care for it BY CARING for it they will help people to enjoy it
Caring and Enjoying 46 coastal towns benefited from 20% of all area-based EH investment 1999-2006 Received 11% of EH internal investment in 2006
CSR • protecting maintenance of properties • protecting capacity to advise Govt • protecting capacity to designate • protecting capacity to generate income • retaining local office network
CSR • teasing apart roles of EH and HLF • achieving efficiencies (same for less) • pruning the highest branches • 5% other staff cuts (compared with 11% in 2002) • reviewing opening hours of sites
Place High quality places – the four elements of quality of place Good range and mix of homes, services and amenities Sensitive treatment of historic buildings and sites Good quality of place Well designed and maintained buildings and spaces Ample high quality green space and green infrastructure
MACH in context • Place Shaping and Place Making • Investing in key sectors – the creative, cultural and visitor economy • Tackling housing challenges and rebalancing the housing market • Supporting vibrant and cohesive communities.
Heritage Counts • Key findings from this year's Heritage Counts report include: • £1 of investment in the historic environment generates £1.60 of additional economic activity over a ten year period. • Investment in the historic environment attracts businesses, one in four businesses’ agree that the historic environment is an important factor in deciding where to locate, the same as for road access. • Investing in the historic environment brings more visitors to local areas and encourages them to spend more, approximately one in five visitors to areas which have had historic environment investment spend more in the local area than before, and one in four businesses has seen the number of customers increase. • Historic environment attractions generates local wealth. Half of all jobs created by historic environment attractions are in local businesses