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	Assessing the significance of a place There are agreed processes for assessing the significance of natural and cultural heritage places. The general steps involve: describing the place involved considering the significant elements of the place, its components and its setting ordering your information using criteria if needed, conducting a comparative assessment considering known gaps in the information, such as whether all the values have been investigated writing a statement of significance about the place. Heritage specialists have professional standards for assessing significance. These standards are contained within the conservation charters that need to be used as a required standard if you want someone to undertake an assessment of significance for you. Remember that heritage significance is a judgement of a particular person or group, at a particular time, based on information available at that time. Different people have different perspectives on the importance of a place and views on heritage significance often change over time.