PPS 23 Enabling Development for the Conservation of Significant Places·Page 15·4.2
Scope of Enabling Development for Historic Places
Enabling development can facilitate the conservation of monuments, archaeological remains, historic buildings, industrial heritage, conservation areas, or historic parks and gardens by allowing assessment of proposals where public benefit decisively outweighs departing from normal policy.
It is intended that this policy will only be used as a last resort where the long-term public benefit of securing a significant place decisively outweighs the disadvantages of departing from normal policy presumptions. It allows for assessment of these proposals as a preliminary requirement and is not to be implemented if the planning authority is not convinced that the public benefit will be gained.
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