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<p>Local government bears great responsibility for the care and conservation of the
historic environment. Local planning authorities make many of the decisions regarding
change to heritage assets, informed by information they curate on historic environment
records (HERs). They have powers to address heritage at risk and are often owners
of some of the most important heritage assets in their area.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Together
with Historic England, our statutory advisors on the historic environment, we keep
in close contact with relevant partners on these issues. In particular, the Heritage
Council, which includes the National Trust, is chaired by the Minister for Arts, Heritage
and Tourism and regularly attended by Ministers from the Ministry for Housing, Communities
and Local Government. This provides the opportunity to ensure that issues such as
local stewardship of the historic environment are properly considered. Should this
be a theme for a future meeting of the Council the Local Government Association and
other relevant stakeholders will be invited to attend.</p><p> </p>
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