Guidance Open for Consultation
Your chance to have a say on advice and guidance documents we've published in draft. Your feedback will help us make our advice and guidance useful.
Accessing England's Protected Wreck Sites (3rd Edition)
Historic England is consulting on a draft revision to Accessing England's Protected Wreck Sites: Guidance Notes for Divers and Archaeologists, first published in 2010 and last revised in 2015.
The purpose of this guidance document is to support individuals or groups wishing to access and/or develop projects on wreck sites designated under Section 1 of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 in the English Territorial Sea. The role of a voluntary Licensee and their team is essential to the system that helps manage the most significant historic wrecks in our territorial sea. A new edition of this guidance is now necessary to incorporate changes to the licensing system and to reflect various updates and changes in the regulatory system surrounding undertaking projects directed at protected wrecks in English waters.
Download the draft document
We would welcome your input in helping shape the future of this guidance.
Closing date for consultation: Tuesday, 13 January 2026
Local listing guidance – Historic England Advice Note 7 (HEAN 7)
Historic England has recently revised HEAN 7 Local Heritage Listing: Identifying and Conserving Local Heritage to ensure the guidance is clear, easy to follow, and engaging to read. The revised draft is available to download below.
The revised guidance incorporates feedback from a 2025 survey of LPAs. It will be published with an accompanying toolkit as well as a set of case studies of LPAs who have recently developed new local lists or revised existing ones.
Download the draft document
Please submit your feedback on this consultation document by midnight on Friday, 2 January 2026.
Alternatively, if you would prefer to submit your feedback by email, you can send it to: locallistingresearch@HistoricEngland.org.uk
Guidance Team
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