National requirements

As a minimum, you must provide the following documents for your Listed Building Consent application to be valid.

Document type	Is it required for my application?	What information is required?
Application Form	All applications	A completed relevant application form.
Design and Access Statement	• Applications for major development, as defined in article 2 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure (England) Order 2015 (as amended)). • Applications for listed building consent.	• Explanation of the design principles and concepts that have been applied to the proposed development, and how the development’s context has influenced the design. • Explanation of your approach to access and how relevant Local Plan policies have been taken into account; any consultation undertaken in relation to access issues; and how this has informed the proposed development. • Explanation of how any specific issues which might affect access to the proposed development have been addressed. • Details of the existing surface water drainage system, including its current condition. • For applications affecting the historic environment, explain how the principles and concepts of the proposed development take account of the significance of heritage assets, their special interests and setting. • There are some differences between the requirements for applications for planning permission and applications for listed building consent. • For applications that relate to a designated or non-designated heritage asset, or affect one, refer to the Heritage Statement requirement.
	• Applications for development in a designated area (World Heritage Site or a conservation area), where the proposed development consists of: • one or more dwellings; or • building(s) with a floor space of 100 square metres or more. • Applications that do not need to be accompanied by a design and access statement include: - Applications for waste development - A material change of use - Engineering or mining operations - To amend the conditions attached to a planning permission.
Location Plan Scale 1:1250 or 1:2500	All applications	• An up-to-date base map and scaled to fit onto A4 or A3 size paper wherever possible, showing the direction of north. • Sufficient roads and/or buildings on land adjoining the application site to ensure that the exact location of the application site is clear. • Application site edged clearly with a red line and includes all land necessary to carry out the proposed development (for example land required for access to the site from a public highway, visibility splays where relevant, landscaping, car parking and open areas around

All drawings should be supplied in a scalable format, ideally as PDF documents and not in draft format.