The purpose of the attached document is to provide standing pre-application advice to those considering development proposals which might affect the significance of the registered battlefield of Shrewsbury (including development in its setting).

The objectives of the advice are to ensure that prospective developers:

1. Recognise the different risks to the significance of the registered battlefield from development within the heritage asset or its urban or rural setting
2. Provide advice on how consideration of heritage policies and guidance should influence planning applications for development which might affect the significance of the heritage asset (including development in its setting)
3. Provide advice on the appropriate level of heritage assessment the council will ordinarily expect for development which might affect the significance of the heritage asset (including development in its setting)
4. Provide advice to ensure proper consideration of the need to avoid or reduce the individual or cumulative impacts of development on the significance of the heritage asset (including by development in its setting)