UEA Listing Reform Case Study

The beautiful landscaped setting of UEA’s listed but still unfashionable concrete buildings of the 1960s, which are now in need of refurbishment.
The beautiful landscaped setting of UEA’s listed but still unfashionable concrete buildings of the 1960s, which are now in need of refurbishment.

Up to now Conservation Plans have been voluntary – an informal agreement between the building owner, planning authorities and interested parties, to minimise controversy and delays. This may be changing in England, with plans for reform to the listing process by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The reforms are expected to include statutory ‘heritage protection plans’, which will replace listed building consent in many cases.

CAR’s Conservation Development Strategy for the University of East Anglia (completed 2006) was a prototype for the new heritage protection plans, prepared in close cooperation with English Heritage. It was based on CAR’s tried and tested Conservation Plan template, developed to accommodate the more ambitious requirements of an HPP. The UEA project was regarded as a success by everyone involved.

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Bold, sculptural service towers punctuate the long north side of UEA’s Teaching Wall. The high-level exposed concrete requires extensive and expensive repairs.
Bold, sculptural service towers punctuate the long north side of UEA’s Teaching Wall. The high-level exposed concrete requires extensive and expensive repairs.