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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

  • Share your views on Cathkin Park, Glasgow

    We have been asked to consider the designation of the football ground at Cathkin Park (1884-1903) in Glasgow which is known as the location of the 2nd Hampden Park. We'd like your help To help inform our assessment, we are gathering comments and information from people who have a view on its design, history and significance. Can you tell us about the history of the place? Do...

    Closed 29 November 2024

  • Designating King's Cross Hospital, Dundee

    We are proposing to list the King’s Cross Hospital in Dundee at category B. The proposal is to list all of the buildings that were built as part of the earliest phase of the hospital’s development between 1889 and 1903. The hospital’s railings and gates along Clepington Road, which are already listed ( LB25537 ), will form part of the revised listing. King’s Cross Hospital...

    Closed 13 November 2024

  • Co-chomhairleachadh Thursachan Chalanais – Leasachadh bhuannachdan Coimhearsnachd, Eaconamach agus Glèidhteachais

    Tha an co-chomhairleachadh seo le Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba (HES) mu atharrachaidhean san amharc air rèiteachaidhean inntrigidh is pàighidh aig Tursachan Chalanais. Tha sinn ag obair gus eòlas amalaichte ùr luchd-tadhail a lìbhrigeadh aig an làraich, ann an co-obrachadh leis an urras air a stiùireadh leis a’ choimhearsnachd, Urras nan Tursachan (UnT), a tha gu neo-eisimeileach a’ stiùireadh...

    Closed 31 October 2024

  • Calanais Standing Stones Consultation – Improving community, economic and conservation benefits

    This consultation by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is on potential changes to access and charging arrangements at Calanais Standing Stones. We are working to deliver a new combined visitor experience at the site, in collaboration with the local community-led trust Urras nan Tursachan (UnT), who independently own, manage and operate the Calanais Standing Stones visitor centre. A Gaelic...

    Closed 31 October 2024

  • 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

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)