Publications

Acquisitions and Release Policy

This Policy sets out the framework for considering acquisitions and release of properties in state care and how this will be managed

Conserving the Underwater Heritage

This guide details Historic Scotland's policy in regard to conserving the underwater heritage. The underwater heritage subsumes the physical evidence for the human past which survives underwater.

Designation Policy and Selection Guidance

This document sets out the policy and selection guidance used by Historic Environment Scotland when we designate historic sites and places.

Historic Environment Policy for Scotland

We collectively have a duty of care for our historic environment. This Policy outlines how we should undertake this duty whenever a decision in the planning system will affect Scotland's historic environment.

Historic Environment Scotland Circular

Regulations and Procedures

This document explains the functions of Historic Environment Scotland in relation to the planning system, designations and consents.

Scheduled Monument Consents Policy

This document explains Historic Environment Scotland's processes and policies around scheduled monuments.