It cannot, for example, be assumed that any one practitioner will have the full range of skills required to assess cultural significance and prepare a statement. Sometimes in the course of the task it will be necessary to engage additional practitioners with special expertise. 1.5 Issues not considered The assessment of cultural significance and the preparation of a statement does not involve or take account of such issues as the necessity for conservation action, legal constraints, possible uses, structural stability or costs and returns. These issues will be considered in the development of conservation proposals. Guidelines for the development of conservation proposals are the subject of another document.
Cultural significance is a concept which helps in estimating the value of places.
The places that are likely to be of significance are those which help an understanding of the past or enrich the present, and which we believe will be of value to future generations. The meaning of these terms in the context of cultural significance is discussed below. It should be noted that they are not mutually exclusive, for example architectural style has both historic and aesthetic aspects. 2.2 Aesthetic value Aesthetic value includes aspects of sensory perception for which criteria can and should be stated. 2.3 Historic value Historic value encompasses the history of aesthetics, science and society and therefore to a large extent underlies all of the terms set out in this section.