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Oxford Heritage Plan. Making Heritage Work. Oxford has 3 special resources. People Institutions Historic environment – The heritage dividend These make Oxford a World Class City. A plan to provide:. Understanding of the value and vulnerability of the resource
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Oxford Heritage Plan Making Heritage Work
Oxford has 3 special resources • People • Institutions • Historic environment – The heritage dividend These 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