Policy information sourced from Barking and Dagenham Barking Town Centre Area Action Plan DPD

POLICY BTC19: HERITAGE AND THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT

The Council will protect and enhance the Abbey Road Riverside and the Abbey and Barking Town Centre Conservation Areas (both as defined on the Inset Proposals Map). The Council will also protect and enhance listed buildings in the Plan area and, with English Heritage, keep under review whether any additional buildings within the Plan area should become statutorily listed or be added to the list of buildings of local importance.

The Council will require developers to take the character and appearance of the Conservation Areas into account as well as the regeneration potential of buildings of historical and/or architectural interest including the their possible re-use, where appropriate.

Developments in a Conservation Area or involving a building of historical and/or architectural interest (statutory listed and locally listed) or affecting their setting will be required to conform with Policy CP2 of the Core Strategy and take full account of the relevant Conservation Area Appraisal

For more information please see the Barking Town Centre Area Action Plan DPD