Policy information sourced from the Havering Local Plan

28 Heritage assets

The Council recognises the significance and value of Havering’s heritage assets and will support:

  • Proposals that seek to conserve and enhance the significance of heritage assets at risk in the borough;
  • The maintenance of up to date Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans;
  • The identification, and maintenance, of a local list of non-designated heritage assets that meet agreed selection criteria;
  • Well designed and high quality development in a Conservation Area, or its setting, which preserves, enhances or better reveals the character and appearance of the area and its significance, and which contributes to local character and distinctiveness, taking into account the Conservation Area Appraisal or Management Plan. Where a building (or other element) detracts from the significance of a Conservation Area, its removal will be supported when acceptable plans for redevelopment have been agreed;
  • Viable uses, alterations or extensions to a listed building, or development within its setting, which would not be harmful to the significance of the heritage asset, including its historic and architectural interest;
  • Well designed and high quality development within a Registered Park or Garden of Historic Interest, Historic Park or Garden of Local Interest, Area of Special Townscape or Landscape Character, or within their setting, which sustains or enhances the significance of the heritage asset, including its special character and important views; and
  • Well designed and high quality proposals which would not affect the significance of a heritage asset with archaeological interest, including the contribution made to significance by its setting;
  • The maintenance of up to date Archaeological Priority Areas;

Where a development proposal is judged to cause harm then it will be assessed against the relevant test in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) depending on whether the harm caused is substantial or less than substantial.

For more information please see the Havering Local Plan