Oxford Heritage Plan Making Heritage Work

Oxford has 3 special resources People Institutions Historic environment – The heritage dividend These make Oxford a World Class City

A plan to provide: Understanding of the value and vulnerability of the resource Tools to use the heritage dividend in your strategies Constructive participation in managing it These are our priorities

OSP and the Heritage Plan Key decision-makers for the city’s heritage A cross section of the city’s concerns Current and future beneficiaries of heritage

Talking to people OSP - key participants in managing heritage The heritage enthusiasts Communities Oxford Open Doors

Where are we now? The Heritage Plan Portal -Scoping Report -Thematic Reviews -Evidence base

Where do we want to be? The economic value of heritage to the city is understood and appreciated New opportunities for heritage to add to our economy are realised

Where do we want to be? We recognise the value of heritage assets to the identity and cohesion of our communities Our management of heritage assets sustains their value to the community and builds belonging and integration

Where do we want to be? Using the embodied energy in the historic environment, we reduce our contributions to climate change Our approach to energy efficiency and renewables is creative and sustains or enhances the heritage dividend Our management of trees, soil and water reduce the impacts of climate change

Where do we want to be? We understand and sustain the benefit of the city’s historic landscape to its people’s health We use the historic landscape of the city as a resource to exercise the mind and body

Where do we want to be? We understand the positive character of established residential areas and the opportunities to enhance them Barton extension Any underused historic buildings become distinctive and attractive new homes at the centre of strong communities

How are we getting there? The Heritage Plan Portal The Evidence Studies Tools

Reviewing our management tools Have our policies kept pace with change? Are they helping us achieve more? How well are we communicating? How helpful is what we say?