Policy information sourced from the Guildford Local Plan: Develpment Managment Policies

D19: Listed Buildings

Development proposals are expected to conserve, enhance and where appropriate better reveal the significance of listed buildings and their settings. Where harm to significance is identified this will be considered against Policy D18(3).

Repairs, alterations or extensions, that directly, indirectly or cumulatively affect the special interest of a statutory listed or curtilage listed building, or development affecting their settings are expected to:

  • be of an appropriate scale, form, height, massing and design which respects the host building and its setting;
  • have regard to the historic internal layout as well as the architectural and historic integrity that form part of the special interest of the building;
  • reinforce the intrinsic character of the building through the use of appropriate materials, details and building techniques; and
  • respect the setting of the listed building including inward and outward views.

Development proposals for the demolition/removal of objects or structures fixed to the building or within the curtilage of a Listed Building are required to demonstrate that they are:

  • incapable of repair for beneficial use or enjoyment; or
  • not of special architectural or historic interest as an ancillary structure to the principal Listed Building.

Proposals involving a change of use of part or the whole of a listed building are required to provide full details of all intended alterations to the building and its curtilage. Support will only be given to those proposals that demonstrate that a building or structure is capable of accommodating the proposed change of use without considerable alteration and consequential loss of special interest or harm to significance.

Support will be given to proposals that seek to mitigate the effects of climate change through energy efficiency improvements where they are consistent with all of the following:

  • The heritage asset’s special architectural or historic interest
  • The heritage asset’s character and appearance
  • The long-term conservation of the built fabric
  • The wider setting of the heritage asset

Where conflict between climate change objectives and the conservation of heritage assets is unavoidable, the public benefit of mitigating the effects of climate change will be weighed against any harm to the significance of the heritage asset(s).

For more information please see the Local Plan