A new English Heritage book ''Constructive Conservation in Practice' has revealed that Park Hill in Sheffield, Kings Cross Central in London and The Bluecoat in Liverpool are amongst those successful schemes at the forefront of modern conservation practice. 

Steve Bee, director of planning and development for English Heritage, said: "In some cases historic buildings would have been lost if it were not for progressive and imaginative developers and conservation experts working together in this new way.  Five years ago there was no way to achieve this confidence and these sites would have seemed too risky to developers and would have rotted away."

He adds:

"Heritage is not renewable, once it's gone, you can't get it back. That is why decisions about what must be kept and what can be changed and adapted need to be as accurate and as well-informed as possible.  These heritage-led development schemes are not just attractive and commercially successful, they have enhanced important heritage sites and so added distinctiveness and meaning to the places in which we live."

The 20 heritage-led development schemes are:
* London Kings Cross Central, London
* Crystal Palace, London 
* Clore Learning Centre, Hampton Court, London
* Regent Palace Hotel, London
* South East Royal Clarence Yard, Gosport
* Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester 
* South West Princesshay, Exeter  
* Lake Shore, Bristol
* Bayshill House, Cheltenham  
* East of England West Front, Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk
* Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh
* East Midlands The Roundhouse, Derby
* West Midlands Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
* Molineux Hotel, Wolverhampton 
* North West The Midland Hotel, Morecambe
* The Bluecoat, Liverpool 
* Gorton Monastery, Manchester
* Blencowe Hall, Penrith
* Yorkshire Park Hill, Sheffield
* North East Cooper’s Studios, Newcastle