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NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

This Planning Policy Statement, PPS 6 Planning, Archaeology and the Built Heritage sets out the Department's planning policies for the protection and conservation of archaeological remains and feature

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The policies of this Statement will supersede the following provisions of the Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland: Policy SP 15 Heritage, Policy HOU 14 Conversion to Houses, Policy CON 4 Buil

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The planning policies of this Statement outline the main criteria that the Department will employ in assessing proposals which affect the archaeological or built heritage. These policies however shoul

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Conservation itself can play a key part in promoting economic prosperity by ensuring that an area offers attractive living and working conditions which will encourage inward investment - environmental

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Collaborative, conservation-led approaches have been adopted as the basis for a number of successful regeneration initiatives. Careful and sensitive exploitation of the built heritage resource to achi

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

In addition the cultural and environmental value of features of the archaeological and built heritage can help promote an area as a visitor destination which can generate widespread economic benefits

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Just as there is continuity between past and present, so also there is between present and future. We have a duty to care for what we ourselves have inherited not simply for our own benefit but also w

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The range and acceptability of possible uses is therefore one of the most important considerations for all those involved in considering the future of a listed building. There should be an assessment

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The conversion of a listed building to a new use will therefore normally only be acceptable to the Department, where it safeguards the future interest of the building and any alterations proposed meet

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

If a building is so sensitive that it cannot sustain any alterations to keep it in viable economic use, its future may nevertheless be secured by charitable or community ownership. The building could

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The Department will normally only grant consent to proposals for the extension or alteration of a listed building where all the following criteria are met: (a) the essential character of the building

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Further detailed guidance on alterations to listed buildings is given in Annex E. The Department would also draw attention to BS 7913:1998 which provides advice, information and guidance on the princi

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The Department would encourage the Building Control sections of local councils to adopt a sympathetic approach when exercising their responsibilities under the Building Regulations with regard to the

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The Department recognises the importance of allowing people with disabilities dignified and easy access to and within listed buildings. If access requirements are treated in an integrated and systemat

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The Department will normally only grant consent for advertisements or signs on a listed building where these are carefully designed and located to respect the architectural form and detailing of the b

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Many listed buildings are in commercial use and already display signs or advertisements of some sort. These in themselves may be of historic interest or of some artistic quality, and where this is the

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

New signs or advertisements can have a major impact on the appearance, and thus the character of a listed building. Where a proposal to display signs or advertisements on a listed building is consider

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The Department will not normally permit development which would adversely affect the setting of a listed building. Development proposals will normally only be considered appropriate where all the foll

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The setting of a listed building is often an essential part of the building's character. This is particularly the case where a demesne, landscaped parkland, garden or grounds have been laid out to com

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Any proposals for development which by its character or location may have an adverse affect on the setting of listed buildings will require very careful consideration by the Department. This will appl

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The design of new buildings planned to stand alongside historic buildings is particularly critical. Such buildings must be designed to respect their setting, follow fundamental architectural principle

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The extent to which proposals will be required to comply with the criteria in Policy BH 11 will be influenced by a variety of factors: the character and quality of the listed building; the proximity o

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Where it is considered that a development proposal may affect the setting of a listed building the Department will normally require the submission of detailed drawings which illustrate the relationshi

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Conservation area designation introduces control over the demolition of unlisted buildings within conservation areas (Article 51 of the Planning (NI) Order 1991). Anyone wishing to demolish a building

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Many of our cities, towns and villages contain areas of architectural or historic interest which have a particular character considered worthy of conservation. The Department has designated a number o

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Article 50 (5) of the Planning (NI) Order 1991 requires that "where any area is for the time being designated as a conservation area special attention shall be paid to the desirability of preserving o

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The Department will normally only permit development proposals for new buildings, alterations, extensions and changes of use in, or which impact on the setting of, a conservation area where all the fo

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

There are reminders everywhere of the industrial changes which have influenced the social and economic development of Northern Ireland in recent centuries. Features of this industrial heritage include

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The 1995 Order has created a number of offences relating to scheduled monuments. Successful prosecution of those who carry out unauthorised work to scheduled monuments can provide a valuable deterrent

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Environment and Heritage Service keeps a record of reported incidents and carries out preliminary investigation, if necessary with Police assistance. If there does appear to be a case for prosecution,

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Metal detecting often causes serious damage to monuments, not only to the fabric of the monument, but also to its interpretation and understanding once archaeological objects have been removed from th

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Environment and Heritage Service provides advice on the management of scheduled monuments through an Inspector and a team of Field Monument Wardens, assigned to individual areas. The Wardens inspect s

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The following criteria are used for assessing the importance of a monument and considering whether scheduling is appropriate.

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The overall test for assessing a building for listing is whether it is of special architectural or historic interest. In applying the test of special interest the Department may take into account not

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Buildings are added to the statutory lists normally as a result of systematic resurvey or review of particular areas or building types. On occasion the Department may consider suggestions made by memb

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The following are the main criteria which the Department applies as appropriate in deciding which buildings to include in the statutory list. Not all these criteria will be relevant to every case, but

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Age and uniqueness are important considerations, particularly where buildings are proposed for listing on the strength of their historic interest. The older a building is, and the fewer surviving exam

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Grade B+ : buildings which might have merited grade A status but for detracting features such as an incomplete design, lower quality additions or alterations. Also included are buildings that because

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Grade B : buildings of local importance and good examples of a particular period or style. A degree of alteration or imperfection of design may be acceptable. There are 7,439 buildings in this categor

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The Department will normally serve a non statutory advance notice of listing upon the owner which explains that it intends to list the property. This is followed by a statutory notice informing the ow

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The list of buildings of special historic or architectural interest is available for the public to inspect at the Monuments and Buildings Record held by the Environment and Heritage Service at 5 - 33

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The list includes a Departmental reference number, the name and address of the building and a brief description, bibliographic references and the date of erection.

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

In some cases the list may set out the most important features of the building. In such a case this description is not intended to be a comprehensive or exclusive record. Absence from the list descrip

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Further guidance to what can be included on the list is given in Article 42(7) of the 1991 Planning Order. This article explains that the term "listed building" refers to any building included in the

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The word "fixed" has the same connotation as in the law of fixtures, where any object or structure fixed to a building should be treated as part of it. It is a test therefore of fact in each case as t

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

It may be difficult however to decide whether a particular object or structure is a fixture or not. Free standing objects, such as statues, may be fixtures if they were put in place as part of an over

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

The listing of a building affords protection to those objects or structures contained within its curtilage which form part of the land and have done so since before 1 October 1973. Examples of such ob

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Changes in ownership, occupation or use after the listing date will not bring about the delisting of a building which formed part of the principal building at the time of listing. Ancillary buildings

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

There is no right of appeal against listing. However, an owner or occupier can write to the Department at any time, if they consider that the building is not of special architectural or historic inter

NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage

Provided that planning permission is being sought or has been obtained, any person may apply to the Department to issue a certificate stating that it does not intend to list the building or buildings