Preservation and enhancement of our heritage

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Preservation and enhancement of our heritage

• Bryn Parry-Jones
• Chief Executive
• Pembrokeshire County Council

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Pembrokeshirea heritage county
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St Davids Cathedral
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Pembroke Castle
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Royal Dockyard, Pembroke Dock
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Carew Castle
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Tenby Walled Town
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Town Walls, Pembroke
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The County Council

• Size 160,000 hectares
• Population 115,000
• Employees 6,000
• Services Education, social services, highways
  transportation, planning, economic development,
  tourism, and many others!

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The County Councils Budget

• Total Spending 210,000,000
• Education 71,000,000
• Social Services 27,000,000
• Highways 23,000,000
• Housing 19,000,000
• plus many other smaller services

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Martello Tower - after
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Royal Dockyard buildings - beforeFront view
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Royal Dockyard buildings -beforeRear view
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The same building - afterFront view
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The same building - afterFront view
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Royal Dockyard building - before
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The same building - after
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North Quay, Pembroke - before
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North Quay, Pembroke - after
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Pembroke Town Walls -a problem
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Pembroke Town Walls - a solution
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Tenby Town Walls
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Tenby Town Walls
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Tenby Town Walls
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Europe historic towns

• One of the main challenges is the achievement of
  a balance between historic preservation and
  economic development
• European Chamber of Local Authorities Draft
  Resolution on Historic Towns
• March 2000

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Finance proposals

• Suggested fiscal and financial mechanisms
• taxation on owners who wilfully let their
  historic properties deteriorate
• architectural assistance bureaux
• partnership schemes - and a package of grants,
  loans and fiscal incentives
• possibilities of purchase of historic buildings
  at low cost
• low VAT ratings and favourable fiscal conditions
  in relation to succession

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Pembrokeshirea heritage county