oxford heritage plan

Oxford Heritage Plan

Making Heritage Work

Oxford has 3 special resources

• People• Institutions• Historic environment – The heritage

dividendThese make Oxford a World Class City

A plan to provide:

• Understanding of the value and vulnerability of the resource

• Tools to use the heritage dividend in your strategies

• Constructive participation in managing it

These are our priorities

OSP and the Heritage Plan

• Key decision-makers for the city’s heritage

• A cross section of the city’s concerns• Current and future beneficiaries of

heritage

Talking to people

• OSP - key participants in managing heritage

• The heritage enthusiasts• Communities• Oxford Open Doors

Where are we now?• The Heritage Plan Portal- Scoping Report- Thematic Reviews- Evidence base

Where do we want to be?

• The economic value of heritage to the city is understood and appreciated

• New opportunities for heritage to add to our economy are realised

Where do we want to be?

• We recognise the value of heritage assets to the identity and cohesion of our communities

• Our management of heritage assets sustains their value to the community and builds belonging and integration

Where do we want to be?

• Using the embodied energy in the historic environment, we reduce our contributions to climate change

• Our approach to energy efficiency and renewables is creative and sustains or enhances the heritage dividend

• Our management of trees, soil and water reduce the impacts of climate change

Where do we want to be?

• We understand and sustain the benefit of the city’s historic landscape to its people’s health

• We use the historic landscape of the city as a resource to exercise the mind and body

Where do we want to be?

• We understand the positive character of established residential areas and the opportunities to enhance them

• Barton extension• Any underused historic buildings become

distinctive and attractive new homes at the centre of strong communities

How are we getting there?

• The Heritage Plan Portal

• The Evidence Studies

• Tools

Reviewing our management tools

• Have our policies kept pace with change?• Are they helping us achieve more?• How well are we communicating?• How helpful is what we say?

www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decP/OxfordHeritagePlan.htm

www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk