Object

Representation ID: 3165

Received: 01/03/2023

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Although there are no designated heritage assets on site, the site lies to the south east of the grade II listed Brooke Lodge, dating from c1835 and to the north of the Brooke Conservation Area. Any development of the site has the potential to impact on the significance of these designated heritage assets.
We welcome the preparation of an HIA for the site. However, the HIA only covers the eastern portion of the site and does not consider the land to the west of the road, the development of which is likely to have a greater impact on the setting of Brooke Lodge. We recommend that the HIA is updated to reflect this. The recommendations from the revised HIA should be used to inform the policy wording.
That said, the extensive landscaping between the proposed site and the listed Lodge would limit the impact of development on the historic environment.
Bullet point 9 states that the HER should be consulted to determine the need for any archaeological surveys prior to development. In our view, some assessment is needed to inform any planning application.
We therefore advise that bullet point 9 should be amended to read, ‘Planning applications should be supported by archaeological assessment including the results of field evaluation where appropriate.’