This PPG provides a full statement of Government policies for the identification and protection of historic buildings, conservation areas, and other elements of the historic environment. It explains the role played by the planning system in their protection, and complements the guidance on archaeology and planning given in PPG 16. This is the fourth impression, issued in 1998.
Planning and conservation; Development plans and development control; Listed building control; Conservation areas; Transport and traffic management; Identifying and recording the historic environment; The upkeep and repair of historic buildings; Churches and the ecclesiastical exemption.