Conservation Plan

Work by James Semple Kerr

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The Conservation Plan is an important publication written by James Semple Kerr in 1982 and revised many times. It was a landmark in Australian conservation. The document "...outlines the logical processes of the Burra Charter, and how to prepare a Conservation Plan to guide and manage change to a heritage item appropriately. Subtitled, "a guide to the preparation of conservation plans for places of European cultural significance it has guided building conservation in Australia and around the world.^[1]

The Conservation Plan is widely used by heritage practitioners and property owners in Australia, and worldwide as a primary guide to the process of researching, documenting and managing historic places in accordance with the Burra Charter, through a logical process. First published by the National Trust of Australia (NSW) in 1982, it has subsequently been reprinted in expanded form over seven editions and twelve printing impressions.^[2] The concept has been adopted worldwide as a critical process for conserving heritage places, for example in the British Heritage Lottery Fund guidance note Conservation Plans for Historic Places,^[3] Wales^[4] and British Columbia.^[5]

References

^ Australia ICOMOS > Publications > The Conservation Plan
^ Kerr, James Semple; Hanna, Bronwyn J. (Interviewer) (2011), James Semple Kerr interviewed by Bronwyn Hanna in the Burra Charter oral history project, retrieved 25 October 2014 {{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)
^ 'Conservation Plans, Benefit or burden?' reproduced from The Building Conservation Directory, 2000
^ 'conservation Plans', Frans Nicholas Architects, corporate website
^ British Columbia Heritage Branch, Conservation Planning Methodology

External links

Conservation Plan online edition, Australia ICOMOS > Publications, 2013
Understanding The Burra Charter Excerpts from an Australia ICOMOS brochure explaining the principles of heritage conservation. Retrieved 15 August 2011].