Non-designated heritage assets
Non-designated heritage assets are buildings, monuments, sites, places, areas or landscapes identified as having a degree of significance meriting consideration in planning decisions, but which are not formally designated heritage assets.
In some areas, we identify some non-designated heritage assets as locally listed.
We are currently preparing a local list.
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) definition of heritage assets includes both designated and non-designated assets and highlights the importance of the latter to the historic environment. Other sites and structures form a vital part of the wider historic environment resource of the Greater Manchester area and contribute significantly to its character and sense of place. However they are not formally designated or protected. Information on many of these sites is available from a variety of sources including the Greater Manchester historic environment record (HER).
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University of Salford historic environment record
The NPPF identifies that local planning authorities should either maintain or have access to a historic environment record. The Greater Manchester HER contains a dataset of over 18,000 entries including archaeological sites, designated and non-designated historic buildings, landscapes and find spots. It is maintained by GMAAS (Greater Manchester Archaeological Advice Service).
Bolton has the following:
| Building/standing structures | 196 |
| Find spots | 55 |
| Listed buildings | 352 |
| Monuments | 502 |
| Places | 58 |
| Total | 1171 |