Case Study Search Results

Holbeck- championing a sustainable mix of offices, homes and leisure amenities in a sensitive historic industrial landscape through the Leeds City Council Urban Village Company (UVC) and HERS scheme (2000 2003).

Helmsley Castle: state-of-the-art visitor facilities supported by the European Regional Development Fund (Objective 2) boost local economy and the visitor experience.

In 2003 North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority completed Conservation Area appraisals for all seventeen of the Conservation Areas in their area, also illustrating that public involvement in Conservation Area appraisals is feasible and a valuable part of the process, particularly when done in imaginative ways.

Castleford Heritage Group- illustrating the importance of local groups to local decision-making, lobbying and master planning in the historic environment.

Saltaire World Heritage Site- putting management plans into action. English Heritage and Bradford Metropolitan District Council jointly fund a World Heritage Site Officer post to progress the high priority actions in the Management Plan and to monitor compliance with the Plan.

HLF funded documentary research and archaeological fieldwork by Boltby Millennium Group (comprising most residents of the village), supported by English Heritage and the North York Moors National Park, allowed a small rural community to better understand and appreciate their local heritage.

Providence Place United Reformed Church- Conversion of disused listed former chapel into the world's largest Indian restaurant.

People's Park - long term management planning attracts investment and enables the repair of principal features in order to return this urban space back to community use.

Re-use of an eighteenth century former textile mill- following public consultation Gayle Mill has been converted for small scale industrial water powered wood working and use as a training facility.

Analytical field survey by English Heritage, requested by the North York Moors National Park Authority, produced new understanding, allowing the earthwork site to be managed and presented to visitors under the DEFRA Countryside Stewardship Scheme.

St John and St Mary Magdalene RC Church-Large grant for complex repair scheme of a place of worship in former mining community.

Understanding of past landscapes in the Swale-Ure washlands will enable important sites to be protected and mineral extraction sites to be re-instated in a sympathetic manner.