This policy, dated September 1994, gives guidelines for planning issues.
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2.25 A similar non-statutory Register of Historic Battlefields is being prepared by English Heritage (see paragraph 6.39). This will not entail additional statutory controls, but, when consultation with landowners and others on the content of the Register is complete, it too will need to be taken into account by local planning authorities. The effects of any development on the limited number of registered sites will form a material consideration to be taken into account in determining planning applications.
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6.39 English Heritage’s draft Register of Historic Battlefields, which will be comparable in status with the Parks and Gardens Register, is shortly to be the subject of public consultation. The proposed Register identifies a limited number of areas of historic significance where important battles are sufficiently documented to be located on the ground. They will not be graded. The Register will be periodically reviewed by English Heritage, to whom all enquiries about compilation and content should be addressed. (See also paragraph 2:25.)