The draft Bill is aimed at helping to create strong, sustainable and balanced growth, powered by investment, exports, technology and enterprise, said the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Heritage proposals in the Bill include plans to merge conservation area consent back into the planning system to make it easier to apply for a Certificate of Immunity from the listing of a building, and to allow the Heritage List for England to define the extent of special interest in a listed building more clearly, and with statutory force.
"These are improvements to the heritage protection system that we have been working towards for some years, including through the draft Heritage Protection Bill," said English Heritage.
It is hoped that the proposed reforms will help to deliver clearer and faster decisions, support timely understanding of the significance of heritage assets and potential development sites, said English Heritage.
Together with the appropriate regulation to support them, these reforms will maintain levels of protection for the historic environment, said English Heritage. "We will be working with Government and stakeholders, including owners of heritage assets, to roll out these changes when they become law," it said in a statement.
The Bill has been presented to Parliament and is expected to have its second reading debate on 11 June.
