LOCAL HERITAGE LIST(LHL)

Broxtowe Borough Council (BBC) and Beeston Civic Society are working together to create Broxtowe’s Local Heritage List (LHL) of heritage buildings, spaces and objects.

Our district doesn’t currently have an LHL. This is something the Civic Society has long tried to rectify. In 2021 we called upon BBC and other groups, and bodies to get our heads together to create an LHL – and have now convened a group of volunteers to engage with groups and residents to help make it happen.

What is a Local Heritage List?

An LHL is a formal list of ‘heritage assets’ (i.e. buildings, monuments, sites, places, areas, historic parks and gardens or other designated landscapes) in the area. It helps recognise, celebrate, and protect the buildings and places providing architectural, artistic, or historic interest to our town.

We do have Listed Buildings, an Histroic Environment Register and Conservation Areas and some of our longstanding members and CAMRA have done much hard work and research identifying, compiling and assessing local ‘heritage assets’. However we want to ensure that everyone who has an interest in our local town and neighbourhoods has a chance to have their say and propose what they see as an important local building or place and why it is important to them.

We are planning that the LHL for Attenborough, Beeston, Bramcote, Chilwell and Toton will be in place for the autumn of 2023.

Assessment

All suggestions will be assessed on a strict set of criteria as agreed with BBC.

Under the supervision of the BBC Heritage Officer, Toby Ebbs, we have convened a panel of volunteer Society members; and other contributors from interested groups, Societies and institutions to initially assess the merits of each proposal – together they will want to make the listing process successful

Final decisions on the list will be by some BBC Councillors, some of the initial panel and experts from the Nottinghamshire County Council, BBC and other Heritage organisations.

The Council will establish the List and maintain it. It is vital that we encourage and support them to do this – so that we don’t lose more architectural gems, or important community heritage. It is too late for The Maltings, the Town Hall and many other heritage buildings – let’s hope its not too late for others at risk.

Nomination Form

Please ensure you have read a copy of the Criteria, and have it to hand while completing this form.

Contact Details

First Name

Last Name

Organisation (if applicable)

Your Address

Postcode

Phone

Asset Nomination Details

Asset name (if applicable)

Notes on Locations.
We either need a full address, or an exact location using What3Words.com or a GPS app.

What3Words.com
Go online to https://what3words.com, and search for the location of the asset, and make a note of the three words generated for that location (e.g. ‘The Stump’ sculpture is: ///vets.during.gives). If the asset encompasses many /// squares, any will suffice. If the asset is located in a specific place (e.g. on a building) just try to get as close to it as you can.

You can search on W3W using a grid reference.
Alternatively, use a GPS app – such as Google maps – to give the latitude /longitude (e.g. 52.926694859322694, -1.2155763219017628 for ‘The Stump’).

///What3Words.com Location:

Alternatively, give the address or Grid Reference:

Can you provide the following:

Photographs

Site location plan

Historical evidence / stories / archival documentation

These can be sent to us separately online via wetransfer.com or dropbox. Alternatively, someone will contact you about providing these materials.

Please provide a general description of the nominated asset and its setting and set out why you think the asset meets the selection criteria.

Do you consider the asset to be at risk (through inadequate maintenance, renovation or damage)? (please tick)

YES

If YES, why is that?

Data Protection

Data Protection: The information provided on this form will be used to inform decisions relating to the assessment and identification of non-designated heritage assets in Broxtowe Borough. Information provided will not be treated as confidential and will be used to inform the process of assessing and identifying assets.

Personal contact details will not be passed to external parties without permission. We will contact you if any further information is required in relation to your nomination and to notify you of the outcome of the assessment.

I consent to the information I have supplied being used in this capacity

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)

This form is available in large print and other formats on request. If you wish to receive this form in a format you can print and complete, please email us.

Get in touch

If you would like to be further involved and help with this work by joining or advising the panel, or in researching heritage in your area, please get in touch (button below) with our LHL team directly: