The Design Companion for Planning and Placemaking

12Historic environment

Rather than being a constraint on design and development, the heritage of a place is an irreplaceable resource to be managed to create an even better place (see Figure 12.1). In many local planning authorities that have historic centres or significant heritage interest, historic environment policies form an important part of their approach to managing development and delivering positive change. Others may see managing the historic environment as less central to day-to-day planning. However, it is rare in this country to find a site, be it greenfield or brownfield, where there is no evidence of previous human presence.

The NPPF and PPG advocate the need for all local planning authorities to include in their local plans ...