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The Hadrian’s Wall part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site is defined as those parts of the Roman frontier that are protected as Scheduled Monuments under The 1979 Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act:
Further details on Class Consents (those works deemed in law to already have scheduled monument consent without a specific application being made) are listed under The Ancient Monuments (Class Consents) Order 1994:

Development, including those affecting the World Heritage Site and its setting, is controlled in England by the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act:
The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the UK government's planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. This includes those developments affecting the World Heritage Site and those elements of the frontier not currently protected as Scheduled Monuments:
Further guidance on conserving and enhancing the historic environment is provided by planning practice guidance:

More generally, the UK Government’s policy on identifying, protecting, conserving and investigating ancient monuments :

English Heritage has produced guidance on the role that setting plays in the significance of heritage assets
The Setting of Heritage Asset Guidance and The Setting of Heritage Assets Publication
Guidance for owners and occupiers of monuments :