PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage·Page 24·6.4
Presumption in Favour of Preservation and Application Requirements
The Department operates a general presumption in favour of preserving listed buildings. Applicants must justify their proposals and demonstrate why they are desirable or necessary, providing full information to assess the impact on the building's special architectural or historic interest and its setting.
The Department will operate a general presumption in favour of the preservation of listed buildings. Applicants for listed building consent or planning permission affecting a listed building must therefore be able to justify their proposals and will need to show why they are desirable or necessary. As such the Department will require full information to accompany all applications to enable assessment of the likely impact of proposals on the special architectural or historic interest of the building and on its setting.
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