Policy information sourced from the Harlow Local Development Plan 2020-2033 PDF.
PL12: Heritage Assets and their Settings.
Development that affects a heritage asset or its setting will be considered against national policies. Based on the effects caused by the development on the significance of the heritage asset, the greater the significance of the asset, the greater the weight that is given to the asset’s conservation. The level of impact caused to the significance of the heritage asset will be assessed on the following criteria:
- (a) the impact of development on the character, appearance, or any other aspect of the significance of the asset or its setting;
- (b) the design quality of the development and the extent to which it safeguards and harmonises with the period, style, materials and detailing of the asset (including scale, form, massing, height, elevation, detailed design, layout and distinctive features);
- (c) the extent to which the development is sympathetically integrated within the area and any distinctive features (including its setting in relation to the surrounding area, other buildings, structures and wider vistas and views);
- (d) the extent to which the development would enhance, or better reveal, the significance of the heritage asset;
- (e) any public benefits of the development.
Where development affects a heritage asset or its setting, a Heritage Statement must be submitted to conserve and enhance the asset and its setting.
Where proposals affect or are adjacent to sites of known or suspected archaeological interest a desk-based or field evaluation should be submitted.
Where the heritage asset is at risk and the development would conflict with other policies of the Local Plan, it must be demonstrated that the development represents the asset’s optimum viable use and is necessary to secure the future conservation of the asset and that any negative impacts are outweighed.
For more information, please visit Harlow’s Local Plan here.