Periodic Reporting Cycle 2, Section II
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Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 1. World Heritage Property Data 4. Torfaen Borough Council 5. Blaenavon Town Council 1.1 - Name of World Heritage Property 6. Big Pit (Wales Tourist Board) Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 7. Blaenavon Tourist Information Centre Comment 1.2 - World Heritage Property Details www.visitblaenavon.co.uk State(s) Party(ies) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.8 - Other designations / Conventions under which the property is protected (if applicable) Type of Property Comment cultural 4SSSI's (Wildlife&Countryside Act 1981).1Special Area of Identification Number Conservation(1992 Habitats&Species Directive 2010).2 Local 984 Nature Reserves(National Parks&Access to Countryside Act Year of inscription on the World Heritage List 1949).Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation.45% 2000 National Park.24 Scheduled Ancient Monuments(Ancient Monuments&Archaeological Areas Act 1979.82 Listed Buildings(Listed Buildings Conservation Areas Act 1990).2 1.3 - Geographic Information Table Conservation Areas(LB&Conservation Areas Act Name Coordinates Property Buffer Total Inscription 1990).Registered Landscape of Outstanding Historic Interest (longitude / (ha) zone (ha) year latitude) (ha) Blaenavon 51.776 / -3.088 3290 0 3290 2000 2. Statement of Outstanding Universal Value Industrial Landscape 2.1 - Statement of Outstanding Universal Value / Total (ha) 3290 0 3290 Statement of Significance Comment 1.4 - Map(s) A draft SOUV has been submitted to the World Heritage Title Date Link to source Centre and was approved by the 37th Session of the World World Heritage Site boundary 29/06/1999 Heritage Committee in June 2013 1.5 - Governmental Institution Responsible for the 2.2 - The criteria (2005 revised version) under which the Property property was inscribed (iii)(iv) Christopher Young English Heritage Head of World International Advice 2.3 - Attributes expressing the Outstanding Universal Value per criterion Paul Blaker Department for Culture, Media and Sport Criteria III Attributes 1)Evidence of tangible and intangible Head of World Heritage heritage of the development of early industrial society. 2)Outstanding relict landscape - combined efforts of nature Comment and man. Criteria IV Attributes 2)Outstanding relict landscape- replace EH with Kathryn Roberts, CADW, Plas Carew, Unit combined efforts of nature and man.3)Evidence of the areas 5/7 Cefn Coed, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff CF15 7QQ +44 international importance in iron making and coal mining in the (0)1443 33 6035 [email protected] late 18th and early 19th century. 4)Devleopment of transport www.cadw.wales.gov.uk DCMS contact now Francesca systems in the late 18th and 19th century's. Conlon, DCMS, 4th Floor, 100 Parliament St, London SW1A 2BQ; tel +44 (0) 20 7211 6117; e-mail 2.4 - If needed, please provide details of why the [email protected] Statement of Outstanding Universal Value should be revised 1.6 - Property Manager / Coordinator, Local Institution / NA Agency Thomas Cath 2.5 - Comments, conclusions and / or recommendations related to Statement of Outstanding Universal Value Blaenavon Co-ordinating Officer None Comment Cath Thomas Blaenavon Co-ordinating Officer Torfaen County 3. Factors Affecting the Property Borough Council Ty Blaen Torfaen Panteg Way New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0LS. 01633 648002. [email protected] 3.14. Other factor(s) 1.7 - Web Address of the Property (if existing) 3.14.1 - Other factor(s) 1. View photos from OUR PLACE the World Heritage collection 2. Blaenavon.biz 3. World Heritage Nomination Page 1 Monday, May 19, 2014 (7:16:46 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 3.15. Factors Summary Table 3.15.1 - Factors summary table Name Impact Origin 3.1 Buildings and Development 3.1.1 Housing 3.1.4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 3.1.5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3.2 Transportation Infrastructure 3.2.1 Ground transport infrastructure 3.3 Services Infrastructures 3.3.2 Renewable energy facilities 3.3.4 Localised utilities 3.4 Pollution 3.4.2 Ground water pollution 3.6 Physical resource extraction 3.6.1 Mining 3.6.2 Quarrying 3.7 Local conditions affecting physical fabric 3.7.6 Water (rain/water table) 3.8 Social/cultural uses of heritage 3.8.1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3.8.2 Society's valuing of heritage 3.8.4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3.8.5 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 3.8.6 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 3.9 Other human activities 3.9.1 Illegal activities 3.9.2 Deliberate destruction of heritage 3.12 Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 3.12.5 Hyper-abundant species 3.13 Management and institutional factors 3.13.1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3.13.3 Management activities Legend Current Potential Negative Positive Inside Outside 3.16. Assessment of current negative factors 3.16.1 - Assessment of current negative factors Spatial scale Temporal scale Impact Management Trend response 3.3 Services Infrastructures 3.3.2 Renewable energy facilities restricted one off or rare minor high capacity increasing 3.7 Local conditions affecting physical fabric 3.7.6 Water (rain/water table) restricted on-going minor medium capacity increasing 3.9 Other human activities 3.9.1 Illegal activities extensive frequent significant medium capacity decreasing 3.9.2 Deliberate destruction of heritage localised intermittent or sporadic minor medium capacity static 3.12 Invasive/alien species or hyper-abundant species 3.12.5 Hyper-abundant species localised on-going minor medium capacity increasing Page 2 Monday, May 19, 2014 (7:16:46 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Blaenavon Industrial Landscape protecting interests of acknowledged importance. Within the 3.17. Comments, conclusions and / or area there are twelve Scheduled Ancient Monuments of national importance protected under the Ancient Monuments recommendations related to factors affecting the and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. There are 82 buildings property within the World Heritage area listed by the Welsh Office under the provisions of the Planning (Listed Buildings and 3.17.1 - Comments Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as being of special architectural Changes in traditional ways of life&knowledge or historic interest. In and around the town of Blaenavon 54 systems,highlighted as negative,relate to succession in land buildings have been listed as being of special architectural or management techniques of Commoners on the landscape.If historic merit. There are also 28 Listed Buildings near the not passed on to future generations,the knowledge system Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal. Damaging or carrying out could ‘potentially’ be lost.Gaining recognition for OUV has led unauthorized work to any of these protected sites is a criminal to improved perceptions by the community.The benefits of offence punishable by a fine or imprisonment. regeneration has led to positive impacts on identity and social Within the site there are four Sites of Special Scientific cohesion of the local community.The populations has Interest (SSSIs), designated by the Countryside Council for inceased for the first time in 90 years. Wales (CCW), under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended. The CCW monitor these sites and have powers to ensure that their special conservation interest is being 4. Protection, Management and Monitoring of the properly managed. Damaging SSSIs is a criminal offence Property which may be punishable by a fine. Cwmavon and the town centre of Blaenavon were declared Conservation Areas in 4.1. Boundaries and Buffer Zones 1984 under the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, now replaced by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The Act requires planning permission for any 4.1.1 - Buffer zone status development in the town or open landscape. Planning There is no buffer zone, but there is a need for one applications are determined by the relevant Local Planning Authorities, in the light of government guidance and 4.1.2 - Are the boundaries of the World Heritage property development plan policies. Planning Authorities can take adequate to maintain the property's Outstanding enforcement action against development without planning Universal Value? permission. Much of the site is included on the Register of Landscapes of Outstanding Historic Interest in Wales, The boundaries of the World Heritage property are adequate published jointly by the Countryside Council for Wales, Cadw, to maintain the property's Outstanding Universal Value and ICOMOS UK. While the Register does not entail any statutory controls over development within the site, it is 4.1.3 - Are the buffer zone(s) of the World Heritage anticipated that it will be taken into account in the property adequate to maintain the property's Outstanding Development Plan process. Universal Value? Comment The property had no buffer zone at the time of its 4SSSI's (Wildlife&Countryside Act 1981).1Special Area of inscription on the World Heritage List Conservation(1992 Habitats&Species Directive 2010).2 Local Nature Reserves(National Parks&Access to Countryside Act 4.1.4 - Are the boundaries of the World Heritage property 1949).Sites of Importance