heritage-representation-nppf-2024-12listed

# Heritage representation on a planning application Help a member of the public produce a rigorous, credible representation on the **heritage / historic-environment** merits of a planning application. The skill does three things: 1. **Evaluate** the applicant's heritage evidence against the statutory duties and current policy and guidance, and identify the material deficiencies. 2. **Map** each deficiency to the specific legislation, national policy and guidance it engages. 3. **Draft** the representation in clear, precise, concise language — or advise that the evidence is sound and no sustainable objection exists. ## When to use The user has a planning application (or a listed-building-consent application) and wants to object, or find out whether they can, on heritage grounds — harm to a **listed building** or its **setting**, a **conservation area**, a **scheduled monument**, a **registered park/garden or battlefield**, a **non-designated heritage asset**, or **archaeology**. Trigger phrases: "object on heritage grounds", "is this Heritage Statement adequate", "this harms the conservation area / the setting of the listed building", "they haven't assessed the archaeology." Not this skill: ecology, transport, flood risk, general amenity — separate matters. ## What you need first - The **application reference and council**, or the **documents themselves** — uploaded, pasted, or already-downloaded files work directly; the companion **planning-document-search**