Cornwall Council's Historic Environment Planning teams provide advice on historic buildings and archaeology. Our areas of work include:
Listed Buildings
Conservation Areas
Archaeology
We promote good design in planning and support heritage led regeneration.
You can find out about Cornwall's heritage on our website at: Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (HER).
Officers use this record as their key source of evidence.
Listed buildings
Cornwall has a rich heritage of buildings, important for their architecture and history.
You can find more information on these pages:
Conservation areas
Conservation areas are places with special architectural or historic value. It's important to keep or improve their character and appearance. The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 sets this out.
Conservation areas vary in size and character. Many contain individual, groups and clusters of buildings that are also listed. It is the quality and interest of the area as a whole that merits Conservation Area status.
Cornwall Council has produced or commissioned several assessments of historic towns and urban areas. You can find this information at:
Assessments of historic towns and villages: appraisals and surveys
These give a baseline of information which underpins policy and guidance. The reports also support the management of Conservation Areas and heritage led regeneration projects.
Archaeology
Cornwall contains a huge number of archaeological features. We help manage archaeology and development. You can find more information on our website at:
If you need advice, you can contact us at:
hep@cornwall.gov.uk for listed building, conservation areas and general conservation advice
hep.arch@cornwall.gov.uk for archaeology and recording buildings