from Guardian -
Jewels in the crown to be protected. But who will pay heritage price?
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Another step taken in the UK to strengthen efforts made to preserve historic buildings and sites. However, identification and registering of such sites, can only be the first step towards preservation. It serves nobody any good if a site is ear-marked but left derelict due to inadequate resources. The underlying difficulty has to do with the issue of private property (rights) versus public heritage (responsibilities). The two need not be mutually exclusively, but for all intent and purpose, is usually perceived as such.
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