Making Changes to Heritage Assets
Historic England Advice Note 2
This advice note illustrates the application of the policies set out in the NPPF in determining applications for planning permission and listed building consent, as well as other non-planning heritage consents, including scheduled monument consent.
It provides general advice according to different categories of intervention in heritage assets, including repair, restoration, addition and alteration, as well as on works for research alone, based on the following types of heritage asset: buildings and other structures; standing remains including earthworks; buried remains and marine sites; and larger heritage assets including conservation areas, landscapes, including parks and gardens, and World Heritage Sites. It will be useful to owners, developers, local planning authorities and others in considering works to heritage assets.
First published in 2010, and revised 2016, this advice note was last reissued with minor textual updates in December 2025.
Contents
- Introduction
- Repair
- Restoration
- Addition and alteration
Additional Information
- Series: Guidance
- Publication Status: Completed
- Pages: 21
- Product Code: HEAG023
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