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Your opinion matters to us. It’s why we consider consultation and feedback vital to our work at Historic Environment Scotland. 

The most recent opportunities to have your say are displayed below, through consultations and surveys. Alternatively, search for opportunities to have your say

Share your views to help inform and improve our work and decision making at Historic Environment Scotland. 

Details of consultations held prior to 2020 can be found on our website. Visit our publications section for our responses on other organisations’ consultations. 

Closed activities

  • Your Historic Place lens for the Place Standard Tool - feedback survey

    Your Historic Place lens: Pilot Project We have designed the Your Historic Place lens to be used with the Place Standard Tool. It is intended to spark and support conversations to explore the connections between people, place, and our historic environment. A pilot version of the lens is currently available. We’re inviting those involved in place-making related...

    Closed 5 October 2024

  • Designating Glasgow Central Mosque

    We are proposing to designate Glasgow Central Mosque, 1 Mosque Avenue, Glasgow as a listed building , at category A. The Glasgow Central Mosque is a purpose-built Mosque and Islamic Centre and was designed and built between 1977 and 1984. It is a landmark building in Glasgow and is prominently located on the southern bank of the Clyde. The building is an...

    Closed 2 October 2024

  • Share your views on modern housing at Woodside, Glasgow - online survey

    We have been asked to consider listing the red-brick modern housing blocks near Braid Square, St George’s Road and North Woodside Road. The medium-rise mass housing scheme at Woodside was designed and built between 1970 and 1974 by Glasgow architectural practice Boswell, Mitchell and Johnston. These flats are part of one of Glasgow’s post-war ‘comprehensive development areas’ and form...

    Closed 19 September 2024

  • Managing Change Guidance survey

    Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is asking for your views to help us shape future Managing Change guidance. We are working to make sure our Managing Change guidance aligns with current policy and national priorities.

    Closed 17 September 2024

  • Designating Denny Town House, Denny

    We are proposing to list Denny Town House, 23 Glasgow Road, Denny, which was built by Stirlingshire-based architect Robert Wilson and opened in 1932. For much of the 20 th century it served as a meeting place for the Burgh council and originally housed a court, council chambers, burgh offices and public library. It ceased to be the seat of local government in 1975, when Falkirk...

    Closed 29 August 2024

We asked, You said, We did

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We asked

From 8 August to 19 September 2024, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) asked for comments and information on the red-brick modern housing blocks near Braid Square, St George’s Road and North Woodside Road, to help inform our assessment of the buildings for listing.

A building may become listed if it is of special architectural and historic interest. Our selection guidance for designation and the policies we work to are published in the Designations Policy and Selection Guidance document. 

We were keen to hear from people who know the housing blocks, and/or have a view on their design, history and significance. 

You said

We are delighted to have received 73 responses to our online survey and one response via email.

We did

We will now work to analyse these responses, together with the feedback we received during the drop in event on 29 August. We may publish these responses where we have permission to do so.

Our next steps will be to compile a report on our findings, which we will publish online. If we consider that the housing blocks meet the criteria for listing, we will carry out a formal consultation before making a decision.

We asked

From 8 August to 29 August 2024, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) sought views on a proposal to list Denny Town House.

Denny Town House is a good example of a purpose-built municipal building that has remained largely unaltered since it was built in 1931-32.  Designed in a historicist Scots Baronial style, it displays features of definite architectural quality that reflect the importance of its civic function. These include the distinctive crowstepped gables, the entrance tower and good quality stonework and simple detailing. The internal layout and decorative scheme also retains much of its earlier 20th century features and character. Since its construction, Denny Town House has provided important civic facilities for the area and has remained in constant use by the local community until its closure in 2021.

Through Citizen Space, we invited members of the public to tell us if they agreed with the proposed designation and if they had further comments to make. 

We consulted directly with Falkirk Council as the owners of the building, and as the planning authority. 

Our selection guidance for designation and the policies we work to are published in the Designations Policy and Selection Guidance document.  

You said

We received one response to the consultation from Falkirk Council, who noted that they were in support of the listing. No issues were raised that brought into question the cultural significance of the site for designation. 

We did

After considering the comments received during consultation, we have listed the building at category C, listed building ref: LB52629.  

We have published a Report on Handling for this case on the Heritage Portal. This can also be downloaded below:

We asked

From 3 July to 24 July 2024, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) sought views on a proposal to list the St Mary The Virgin Episcopal Church in Port Glasgow.

The church was built in 1982-84 to replace an older church and is part of a complex that includes an adjoining church hall, offices and rectory, set within landscaped grounds.

Designed by Frank Burnet, Bell and Partners, the church is of interest for its high quality interior design, with fixtures and fittings salvaged from its predecessor building. It is a little-altered example of a church of the later modern period that retains all its original ancillary components and setting.

Through Citizen Space, we invited members of the public to tell us if they agreed with the proposed designation and if they had further comments to make.

We consulted directly with Inverclyde Council as the planning authority and the owners and occupiers of the site.

Our selection guidance for designation and the policies we work to are published in the Designations Policy and Selection Guidance document.  

You said

We received a total of 2 responses to consultation. None of the responses raised issues that brought into question the cultural significance of the site for designation.  There were no responses to our online survey. 

We did

After considering the comments received during consultation, we have listed the building at category C:

St Mary The Virgin Episcopal Church including adjoining hall and rectory, and boundary wall, Bardrainney Avenue, Port Glasgow (LB52608)