Design & Access Statements

It is a national requirement for the application types below to be accompanied by a Design & Access Statement:

• Major Development;
• Listed Building Consent;
• Development in a Conservation Area or World Heritage Site consisting of:
  • the provision of one or more dwellings; or
  • a building or buildings where the floor space created is greater than 100m²

More information on what should be included in a Design & Access Statement is available in the National Planning Policy Guidance

Heritage Statements

Heritage Statements should be submitted for the following types of application:

• Listed Building Consent;
• Planning applications within the grounds of a listed building;
• Development within a conservation area;
• Development affecting a property covered by an article 4 direction.

More information on what should be included, as well as template that can be adapted for your own use can be downloaded below:

• Heritage Statement Guidance Document 2017 (pdf)
• Heritage Statement Template 2017 (pdf)

Where both documents are required, it is perfectly acceptable to produce a combined Design, Access & Heritage Statement.