PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Planning: Urban Areas (21 June 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what legislation ensures the legal requirement within urban planning to preserve the view of a specific place or historic building from another location, known as protected views.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Protected views are principally protected in the planning system though policies in local plans, and decision makers are legally required to make decisions on planning applications in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise.

In London, polices on protected views are set out in London Plan, and the Secretary of State has issued Directions under Articles 16(4) and 39 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) Order 2010 to require local authorities to consult Historic England, the Mayor and certain named local authorities on relevant planning applications.

Answered by:
Christopher Pincher (Independent)
24 June 2021