5.1 How To Use This Framework

CONSERVATION FRAMEWORK

5.1 HOW TO USE THIS FRAMEWORK The conservation framework is vital to the future sustainability of the Cathedral sets out policies to inform decision-making and establishes a process for managing change. The framework is founded on an understanding of the Cathedral as a whole as well as its individual component parts and includes:

• a process for managing future change;

• best practice guidance to inform decisions;

• an understanding of vulnerabilities and opportunities;

• a set of strategic and high-level management policies; and

• a component-based summary of significance and their capacity for change.

Consultation and Research This framework has been be produced following a detailed review of all existing documentation such as Cathedral accounts, mission statement, condition survey and management regimes. Workshops with operational staff have captured knowledge, which has been assessed and interpreted into narrative and policies. Ideas for future opportunities have drawn on discussions with staff and statutory consultees as well as on experiences from other English cathedrals. Managing Future Change The managing future change section offers toolkits and guidance on how to put the information contained within this CMP into practice. It includes principles that underpin the process for managing change, a process for assessing the impact of proposals on significance, decision-making flow diagrams and best practice guidance for managing the heritage of Coventry Cathedral.

Management Policies The management policies section of the framework is set out thematically and includes an understanding of conservation principles, vulnerabilities and conflict, and potential for change. This is followed by a set of strategic management policies and any priority actions that have been identified.

Summary Capacity for Change This section is a schedule that sets out the capacity for change of each component within the Cathedral. It synthesises the information on significance articulated within the Management Gazetteer for each component, offers a level of capacity for each and sets out the approvals required to make alterations.