Policy information sourced from the Braintree District Council Local Plan 2013-2033.
LPP 47: Built and Historic Environment.
The Council will promote and secure a high standard of design and layout in all new development and the protection and enhancement of the historic environment in order to:
- Respect and respond to the local context, especially in the District’s historic areas, where development may affect the setting of listed buildings and other buildings of historic or architectural significance, conservation areas, registered parks and gardens, scheduled monuments and areas of high archaeological and landscape sensitivity;
- Promote and encourage the contribution that heritage assets can make towards driving regeneration, economic development, tourism and leisure provision in the District;
- Actively encourage local groups to formulate Local Lists of buildings and structures of historic or architectural significance;
- Create built environments which are safe and accessible to everyone and which will contribute towards the quality of life in all towns and villages;
- Create good quality built environments in commercial and business districts and in the public realm as well as in residential areas;
- Be capable of meeting the changing future needs of occupiers;
- Promote the sympathetic re-use of buildings, particularly where they make a positive contribution to the delivery of sustainable development and regeneration.
For more information, please visit Braintree District Council’s Local Plan here.