Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship consultation

Overview

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has published a draft Strategy document entitled: Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship.

This draft Strategy explains how HES plans to care for the Properties and Collections in its care over the long term and why change is needed.

Scotland’s historic environment is facing growing challenges, including climate change, rising costs, and a shortage of traditional skills. The Strategy explains how HES will respond to these challenges, make the most of oppertunities, prioritise what matters most, and work with communities to protect and use the Properties and Collections in ways that benefit everyone.

The draft Strategy is available for anyone to read. You can also read a summary version of the Strategy.

Our dedicated webpage has information about the Strategy and consultation, along with answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs).

To support HES to develop a final version of the Strategy, this consultation has been designed to collect the views and opinions of individuals and organisations that engage with HES and / or Scotland’s cultural heritage.

Independent research consortium JRS has been commissioned to conduct the consultation on behalf of HES.

The consultation is open until Friday 23^rd January 2026 and the questionnaire takes around 20 minutes to fill in.

You can complete as many or as few questions as you wish. Please skip questions you do not have a view on or do not wish to answer.

It will be helpful to take a look at the information on the consultation webpage, including the draft Strategy, before completing this survey. However, throughout the questionnaire, for easy reference, relevant extracts from the draft Strategy have been included alongside questions.

JRS work in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and the Market Research Society (MRS) Code of Conduct. All responses will remain confidential and anonymous, and no personally identifiable information will be collected as part of this survey. 

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