Designation is the act of setting aside something, or devoting it to a particular purpose.[1] In the legal planning context, it is also "the action of choosing a place for a special purpose or giving it a special status".[2]
The process of designation confers a legal status on a property by a specific law and provides a degree of legal protection (which varies by country). The term 'designation' is used when referring to the formal protection by legal statute for a wide range of heritage assets, including listed buildings and World Heritage Sites as well as many others.
The UK Government publication Planning Policy Statement 5: (Planning for the Historic Environment) states that a designated heritage asset can be: a World Heritage Site, scheduled monument, listed building, protected wreck site, registered park and garden, registered battlefield or conservation area.[3]
Each type of heritage asset is designated as such using different legislation.
- ^ "Shorter Oxford English Dictionary" Oxford University Press, 6th edition, 2007
- ^ "designation". Retrieved 16 February 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Planning Policy Statement 5:(Planning for the Historic Environment)". Department for Communities and Local Government. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
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