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Managing Change in the Historic Environment: Gardens and Designed Landscapes

This guidance note sets out the principles that apply to developments affecting Inventory gardens and designed landscapes.

Managing Change in the Historic Environment: Asset Management

This guidance note sets out the principles that apply to the management of the historic environment as part of an overall asset management approach to land and property portfolios in public and private ownership.

Managing Change in the Historic Environment: Roofs

This guidance note sets out the principles that apply to altering the roofs of historic buildings.

Scotland’s Drill Halls: Preliminary Report

This preliminary report from Historic Environment Scotland summarises the data on listed and unlisted drill hall structures in Scotland.

Scheduled Monument Consents Policy

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

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

Refurbishment Case Study 32

A case study describing works to a small vernacular building in Torthowald, Dumfries and Galloway.

Scottish Government’s Third Land Use Strategy

Historic Environment Scotland’s response to the SG Land Use Strategy

Scotland's Public Libraries

A report about the architectural and historical development of purpose-built, public libraries in Scotland.

Architects Volume 1

This booklet is the first in a series celebrating the work of Scotland’s architects. Volume one covers James Morris and Robert Steedman. Each volume will focus on influences and key buildings.

Assessing the Public Value of Heritage Sites Survey Results

These survey results are part of a research project that HES carried out with St Andrews to estimate public willingness-to-pay tax to maintain the broad benefits of heritage assets