PPS Practice Guide
Anyone familiar with PPGs 15 and 16 will see that the new PPS is significantly shorter than these documents. This is a deliberate decision, taken to make the PPS easier to use.
Shortening the PPS does not mean that protection afforded by PPGs 15 and 16 has been reduced - all areas are covered, just more clearly and succinctly.
The PPS Practice Guide supports the policies outlined in the PPS with explanations and guidance but adds no new policies itself.
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PPS Practice Guide
It will contain useful information which changes frequently (such as contact addresses, case studies etc).
We welcome your comments on both the Draft PPS and the Draft Practice Guide. For details of how to respond to the consultation, please see 'Responding to the Consultation'
The Practice Guide is a 'living draft, currently owned by English Heritage and we are running the consultation on it. After the consultation, the final version will be published as a joint CLG / DCMS / EH document in parallel with PPS 15.
Though the PPS itself will have primacy, the Practice Guide will carry governmental weight and be enforced as such. This is no different to the situation with PPGs15 and 16, except that policy and guidance are clearly separated, making the documents easier to use and understand.
Work is continuing on revising the existing Principles of Selection which accompany the existing PPG 15. The Principles of Selection provide guidance on how to select heritage assets for national designation. This revised document will, in due course, accompany the PPS and will be supported by English Heritage Selection Guides.
