People are being asked to nominate special buildings, sites and features in the Lake District which should be protected and celebrated.
Lake District National Park Authority is launching a new campaign, designed to help protect the ‘commonplace or everyday’ heritage assets that are valued by people locally, but don’t have any existing protection in their own right under planning law.
As part of this a new Local Heritage List is being compiled and people can help protect and celebrate a wide range of heritage features by nominating them for inclusion.
Rose Lord, the authority’s built environment adviser, says: “This is a really exciting chance for everyone and anyone to nominate the things that are important to them about their favourite area in the Lake District.
“Nominations can include buildings and structures, or archaeological features, field boundaries, parks, gardens, historic street furniture, signs, fountains and more.
“It’s a chance to tell us about what is important to you. We’re looking to find out what things are special to our communities and make sure they’re recorded properly.”
All nominations will be considered by a panel made up of council and voluntary heritage group representatives from across Cumbria.
The successful sites will be added to the Local Heritage List which will be available to search online. The list will provide a research and educational resource, with images and historical information about lesser-known features and sites.
People will also be able to find out what features they can find in their local area or on a favourite walk.
Sites which are already listed buildings or scheduled ancient monuments cannot also be added to the local list.
To check this and to nominate a site people can go to: www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/planning/planningpolicies/communityplanningpolicy/local-list
Cumbria is one of 22 areas to secure funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities for its Local Heritage Listing campaign.
The Cumbria Local Listing Project is a partnership between Copeland Borough Council, South Lakeland District Council, Eden District Council, Carlisle City Council, Allerdale Borough Council, the Lake District National Park Authority, and Cumbria County Council.
