Heritage statement or statement of heritage significance

When is one required?

• All applications for listed building consent 
• Any development that may impact upon a designated heritage asset (including its setting); this includes but is not limited to conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered parks/gardens. Householder planning applications are excluded from this requirement (but not householder listed building applications)

What must it include?

The information submitted must provide us with the information that we need to assess the proposal against Policy SD8 (Historic Environment) of the Joint Core Strategy as well as Policy HE2 (Archaeology) of the Cheltenham Plan. 

As a minimum the statement must assess the significance of the heritage asset and in turn the impact of the proposal on that significance. If harmful impacts are found to be present, or likely, then the statement should set out the justification for that harm. The Heritage Statement may be incorporated into the Design & Access Statement if appropriate.