The Building in Context TOOLKIT Programme aims to:
- to help local authorities plan for already developed areas in the most efficient way, while making them more attractive places in which to live and work and conserving our cultural heritage
- promote sustainable new and re-used development that doesn't sacrifice what future generations will value for the sake of short-term and often illusory gains
- to communicate to professional and community groups a wider understanding of how new interventions (such as new buildings, structures and spaces) can take place more successfully in historic areas
- to help those making decisions that affect sensitive areas to reach effective and balanced decisions and a more efficient service
- to help local communities with the process of taking long term decisions about their built environment in a confident and sustainable way
The Building in Context TOOLKIT Programme contributes to local and national initiatives that will enable:
- future generations to have an opportunity to enjoy the built environment in a condition at least as good as that we currently enjoy
- people who live in and visit England to enjoy, appreciate and learn from the built environment
- those people who care for and manage the built environment