As part of a wider ‘streamlining’ strategy, a new amendment to heritage legislation removes the requirement for design and access statements to explain the principles and concepts that have been applied to the scale, layout, and appearance of the works to be carried out, and also removes the requirement for a design and access statement to explain how features which ensure access to the building will be maintained .
Government writes:
The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (‘the 1990 Regulations’) specify procedures connected with applications for listed building and conservation area consent in England.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 3A of the 1990 Regulations. Regulation 3A sets out the content which is required for design and access statements which accompany applications made under the 1990 Regulations.
The amendment removes the requirement for design and access statements to explain the principles and concepts that have been applied to the scale, layout, and appearance of the works to be carried out. The amendment also removes the requirement for a design and access statement to explain how features which ensure access to the building will be maintained. The effect is to streamline the content required in all applications for listed building consent.
An impact assessment will be prepared in relation to this instrument.
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