Statement of Heritage Significance

Introduction

Statements of Heritage Significance are required for applications for Planning Permission, Listed Building Consent and Advertisement Consent affecting heritage assets.

This template can be used to assess the significance of your site and/or building. Not all sections will be relevant. Where they are, they should be completed to a level of detail appropriate to the importance of the heritage asset and enough to demonstrate the potential impact of the proposal on its significance.

Please note, this template should be the starting point for the assessment of significance, and should be accompanied by additional reports, studies, historic information, photographs and any other information where relevant.

For minor proposals, the information can be as little as a short paragraph and can be included instead as part of a Design and Access Statement, although we recommend you follow the sequence of questions below.

Larger proposals affecting more significant heritage assets, such as a housing development affecting a conservation area, alterations to a Grade I or II* listed building or development affecting a scheduled ancient monument or historic park, more research and detailed explanation will be required.

Applications will not be validated where the extent of the impact of the proposal on the significance of any heritage assets affected cannot be adequately understood from the application and supporting documents.

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At the end of the form you will be able to upload any supporting documents that are required

Contact details

Agent or applicant name: *

Company name (if applicable):

Address: *

Email address: *

Telephone number: *

Site information

Site name: *

Address of site (including postcode): *

Grid Reference: *

1. Pre Application Advice

Have you sought pre-application advice? *

Yes
No

Please upload a copy of any written correspondence at the end of this form. Include reference number and contact name if applicable.

Have you sought pre-application heritage advice from Historic England? *

Yes
No

Please upload a copy of any written correspondence at the end of this form. Include reference number and contact name if applicable.

2. Schedule of Works

Please state the type of proposal e.g., extension to a listed building, internal alterations: *

Please list all works proposed: *

3. Heritage assets

What heritage asset(s), including their setting, are potentially affected by the proposals? i.e. on the site, adjacent or nearby.

Please tick the relevant boxes

Scheduled Monument (SM)

Listed Building (LB)

Conservation Area (CA)

Registered Park and Garden (RPG)

Other Non-Designated Heritage Asset (including below ground archaeology)

4. What is known about the affected heritage asset(s)?

What research have you undertaken to understand the significance of the heritage asset(s) affected?

Please tick the relevant boxes:

HER

Map regression (historic maps)

Local Planning Authority sources

Historic England sources

Museum or Library

Torbay Heritage Strategy

Other

Please upload a copy of any research material at the end of this form

Using the information obtained through research and on-site analysis provide a summary of the history of the site/building:

Please add a summary history of the site/building including specifically the parts that will be impacted by the proposals – e.g., how the site/building was originally laid out, how it has evolved, phases of construction and/or change.

Please also provide information on past impacts – e.g., modern extension, drainage, former footings, recent landscaping. Please add any research material as an appendix to this report.

5. What is important about the affected heritage asset(s) (‘the significance’)?

Use this space to describe the significance of the heritage asset(s) and their setting (including below ground archaeology) identified in Section 3.: *

6. How will the proposals impact on the significance of the heritage asset(s) and their setting?

Please discuss what impact the proposals have on the heritage asset(s) e.g., loss or disturbance of historic building fabric, below or above ground archaeological impacts, setting or change of relationship between buildings and altering scale.: *

7. How has the proposal been designed to conserve the significance of the heritage asset(s) and their setting?

Describe how the proposal has been designed to conserve and enhance the significance of the heritage assets (including below ground archaeology). Also describe how any harmful impacts have been avoided or minimised. For example, use of raft foundations, movement of the proposed extension to a less sensitive location, the removal, retention, repair/refurbishment, reinstatement of fabric/features.: *

8. Justification

If necessary, provide a clear justification for the works especially if these would harm the asset or its setting. Any harm can then be weighed against public benefits. Identify the public benefits and set out whether they outweigh the harm/loss of significance: *

9. Summary and conclusion

Summary of the magnitude of impacts on the overall significance and resulting level of harm draft idea

Asset Name: *

Overall Significance: *

Overall Impact: *

Harm/Enhancement: *

Conclusion: *

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