Policy information sourced from the Kent Minerals and Waste Local Plan

DM 5 Heritage Assets

Proposals for minerals and waste developments will be required to ensure that Kent’s heritage assets and their settings, including locally listed heritage assets, registered historic parks and gardens, Listed Buildings, conservation areas, World Heritage Sites, Scheduled Ancient Monuments, archaeological sites and features and defined heritage coastline, are conserved in a manner appropriate to their significance.

Proposals should result in no unacceptable adverse impact on Kent’s historic environment and, wherever possible, opportunities must be sought to maintain or enhance historic assets affected by the proposals. Minerals and/or waste proposals that would have an impact on a heritage asset will not be granted planning permission unless it can be demonstrated that there is an overriding need for development and any impacts can be mitigated or compensated for, such that there is a net planning benefit.