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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=953083206-19102010>There
are two different approaches to conservation. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=953083206-19102010>When
considering whether to list buildings English Heritage do it on the quality of
the building. They will list a Georgian town house because it's a cultural
asset - it doesn't matter whether they have already listed 1 or 100 in the same
town. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=953083206-19102010></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN class=953083206-19102010>The criteria for identifying Sites of
Special Scientific Interest work quite differently. English Nature are
only allowed to designate two examples of one rare and interesting habitat,
such as a salt marsh, in each particular area - if there's a third one it
goes unprotected.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=953083206-19102010>For
buildings I think the first approach is more logical, especially as you
have to take into account the possibilty that the building or habitat may be
destroyed by forces outside your control. But what is rare and
interesting? English Heritage list anything before 1840 which is in more
or less its original state. For bells, that's not an appropriate cutoff
date; it covers vast numbers of Whitechapel and Gloucester bells which cannot be
regarded as rare. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=953083206-19102010>Peter
Rivet </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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Behalf Of </B>Andrew Aspland<BR><B>Sent:</B> 18 October 2010
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Which is exactly what I thought - two opposing points
- point 1: if you have 1000 examples or 1 does not influence the listing of
individual examples - point 2: if you have one example it is important to list
it!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Oxymoron or what?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Andrew</FONT></DIV>
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<P>> Richard Offen. "Probably my poor wording..."<BR><BR>I thought the
wording was clear. There were two independent points: (i)<BR>number must not
influence the listing of individual examples (ii) the<BR>smaller the number of
examples, the more important it is to both list and<BR>consider preserving.
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