main content Conservation Area consent for demolition checklist

The following checklist should be used in conjunction with the Conservation Area consent for demolition in a Conservation Area.

You may be asked to produce a Design and Access Statement to accompany your application.  Further information on applying for planning permission and planning application forms is available here.

Please ensure you have met the following requirements before sending us your completed application form:

• Completed form (4 copies to be supplied unless the application is submitted online via the Planning Portal website)
• A plan which identifies the land to which the application relates drawn to an identified scale and showing the direction of North (4copies to be supplied unless the application is submitted online via the Planning Portal website)
• A copy of other plans and drawings or information necessary to describe the subject of the application (4 copies to be supplied unless the application is submitted online via the Planning Portal website) including:
  – Block plan of the site (e.g. at a scale of 1:100 or 1:200) showing any site boundaries
  – Existing and proposed elevations (e.g. at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100)
• The completed Ownership Certificate (A, B, C or D – as applicable) as required by Regulation 6 of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990
• In addition, where Ownership Certificates B, C or D have been completed, notice(s) as required by Regulation 6 of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 must be given and/or published in accordance with this Regulation

The Council may also require that one or more of the documents set out in the following "Local Requirements" should be submitted before it can validate and register the application:

• Biodiversity survey and report
• Heritage statement (including historical, archaeological features and Scheduled Ancient Monuments)
• Photographs/photomontages showing the whole building and its setting and/or the particular section of the building affected by the proposals
• Planning Statement
• Structural survey
• Tree survey/arboricultural implications

If you are unsure about which documents you are required to submit, please contact us for informal advice.