English Heritage: Historic Parks and Gardens Advisory Committee (HPGAC) and successor:...

This series contains agendas, minutes and papers for meetings of English Heritage's Historic Parks and Gardens Advisory Committee (HPGAC). Subjects discussed in the meetings include conservation policy and standards relating to historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes; the inclusion of sites in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Interest; planning, listed building and scheduled monument consent applications affecting historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes; and grants for the repair and management of historic parks, garden and designed landscapes.

The records are arranged in chronological order.

From 2026 Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England

English Heritage’'s Historic Parks and Gardens Advisory Committee (HPGAC) was established in 1994 with the remit of advising English Heritage on the exercise of its functions under the National Heritage Act 1983 as they related to historic gardens, parks, designed landscapes and their management.

The committee also advised English Heritage on conservation policy and standards relating to:

Historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes;The definition and assessment of the value of historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes, especially in the criteria to be adopted for the inclusion of sites in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Interest and for defining sites which are outstanding for the purpose of grants and exemption from inheritance tax;The making of grants and loans for the upkeep or acquisition of a garden or other designed landscapes;The identification, recording, investigation, analysis, management, conservation and restoration of historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes;Advice and funding for the repair and management of registered parks and gardens;Casework issues referred to the Committee, including of applications for listed building and scheduled monument and planning consent insofar as they affected historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes;New gardens in historic settings;The interface between the natural and built environments;The functions of local authorities in relation to historic gardens, parks and designed landscapes.

Following changes to English Heritage's committee structure in 2001, the Committee was disbanded and replaced by the Historic Parks and Gardens Panel (HPGP).