Heritage at risk

Describes heritage assets in poor condition. Their deterioration threatens their conservation, if not addressed.

Heritage can be at risk for many reasons.

For example;

• vacancy,
• lack of use,
• removal of original features,
• poorly executed alterations.

English Heritage [external link] collect data about the condition of;

• scheduled monuments,
• listed buildings graded I and II,
• churches,
• conservation areas.

The council maintains a local heritage at risk register [pdf document].

It includes all grades of listed buildings and conservation areas.

For more information see our listed building page.

Conservation areas at risk

Historic England [external link] collects data each year from local planning authorities on the condition of their conservation areas.

Darlington currently has three conservation areas that are at risk.

These are:

• Northgate.
• Victoria Embankment.
• West End.

Sources of advice

• Darlington Council’s Conservation Officer, email:[email protected]
• Historic England heritage at risk [external link]
• SAVE Britain’s Heritage [external link]