Commentary on Sections Part 2 — Monuments of special historic interest Chapter 4 — Scheduled monument partnership agreements
92.This Chapter provides for the making of scheduled monument partnership agreements. These are voluntary agreements between the Welsh Ministers, owners of scheduled monuments and other parties for the long-term management of one or more scheduled monuments. A scheduled monument partnership agreement may grant scheduled monument consent for an agreed programme of works to be carried out during the lifetime of the agreement. Provision is made for comparable listed building partnership agreements in Part 3, Chapter 3.
93.The Welsh Ministers have published guidance, which is kept under review, to support the preparation of heritage partnership agreements including those for scheduled monuments. The guidance at the time of writing these notes, Heritage Partnership Agreements in Wales (2021), sets out the elements required in an agreement and identifies best practice to promote consistency in the implementation of works as well as regular monitoring and review. The guidance includes a template to provide a framework for new agreements.