14 CONTEXT 184 : JUNE 2025 had strong roots in the UK tradition of landscape planning and management that was already well established by colleagues working with parks such as David Jacques and Jennifer White. In line with the HLF remit, it took an integrated approach to heritage conservation, recognising the need for a methodology that worked for anything from a single type of heritage such as a ship, to a place that might comprise a building, landscape, collection, biodiversity and more. In line with the inclusive, people-based approach of the HLF, it explicitly recognised that the value of a site went beyond the reasons for which it was designated, and it was important to understand all of the different ways that people cared about it in order to sustain and manage it. The proceedings of the 1998 Oxford conference to launch the new guidance provides a snapshot of contemporary thinking about values in conservation. Leading UK architects, planners, archaeologists, landscape architects, architectural historians, countryside managers and surveyors spoke about their own thinking, openly debating the approach with a wider audience. Some were enthusiastic, some sceptical, but all had trenchant insights into the challenges of linking values and conservation. Power of Place and its legacy The incoming 1996 Labour government embarked on a series of reviews to look at the problems of poor neighbourhoods, including a report that examined the role of arts and museums in social inclusion. The DCMS and DETR wrote to English Heritage asking for a major review of policies for heritage. In response, English Heritage brought together over 100 heritage organisations to debate the future of heritage. This initiative went beyond thinking about the cultural values of heritage, to also engage with the economic and social benefits of caring for heritage. Steered by Jeff West, Power of Place was also shaped by the link between heritage and sustainable development. The original idea of JMW Turner’s 1816 painting of Leeds Market Street, Manchester, in the nineteenth century
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