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Comment

Representation ID: 24941

Received: 27/10/2017

Respondent: Historic England

Include a specific policy relating to the inclusion of renewable technologies within Conservation Areas and with regard to historic buildings and the wider historic landscape. A sustainable approach should secure a balance between the benefits that such development delivers and the environmental costs it incurs. The policy should seek to limit and mitigate any such cost to the historic environment. Listed buildings, buildings in conservation areas and scheduled monuments are exempted from the need to comply with energy efficiency requirements of the Building Regulations where compliance would unacceptably alter their character and appearance. See also Historic England guidance: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/energy-efficiency-historic-buildings-ptl/