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.