What should be in a Design and Access Statement accompanying an application for Listed Building Consent?
Design and Access Statements accompanying applications for Listed Building Consent will be similar to Design and Access Statements for planning applications, although there will be some differences because of the differing nature of the application. Where there is a planning application submitted in parallel with an application for Listed Building Consent, a single, combined statement should address the requirements of both. The combined statement should address the elements required in relation to a planning application in the normal way and the additional requirements in relation to Listed Building Consent. Information on use, amount and landscaping is not required for Listed Building Consent Design and Access Statements that do not also accompany a planning permission. Otherwise scale, layout and appearance are broadly the same. Statements accompanying applications for Listed Building Consent should explain how the design has taken account of: • The historic and special architectura
