Policy information sourced from the Guildford Local Plan: Develpment Managment Policies
D23 Non-designated Heritage Assets
Development proposals affecting Non-designated Heritage Assets and their setting are required to be supported by an evidence-based statement of significance. The level of detail provided within the statement is expected to be proportionate to the asset’s importance and sufficient to facilitate an informed assessment of the significance of the asset and its setting, and the impact of the proposed development on that significance.
Development proposals are expected to preserve or enhance the significance of Nondesignated Heritage Assets, with an expectation that development proposals:
- respond to and respect the special architectural and historical interest of the heritage asset and its local importance; and
- are designed and sited so as to conserve the asset, any features of interest and its setting.
Development proposals which result in harm to, or loss of the significance of a Nondesignated Heritage Asset, or their contribution to the character of a place will be considered in line with national policy and guidance.
Non-designated Heritage Assets of archaeological interest which are demonstrably of equivalent significance to Scheduled Monuments will be considered against Policy D18: Designated Heritage Assets and Policy D21: Scheduled Monuments.
An archaeological desk-based assessment, and where appropriate a field evaluation, will be required to inform the determination of development proposals for:
- sites which affect, or have the potential to affect, County Sites of Archaeological Importance and Areas of High Archaeological Potential; and
- all other development sites exceeding 0.4ha.
Where archaeological remains of significance are found to exist, applicants are expected to demonstrate that the particular archaeological interest of the site can be justifiably preserved in situ. Alternatively, where permanent preservation is not justified the remains are to be investigated, recorded and subsequently published and archived in an appropriate repository by an archaeological organisation or consultant in line with accepted national professional standards.
For more information please see the Local Plan