Object

Representation ID: 3169

Received: 01/03/2023

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

There are no designated heritage assets on site. The Close, listed at grade II, lies to the south of the site. The grade I listed All Saints Church lies to the north of the site. However, given the distance we consider that the development of the proposed allocation would have limited impact of the setting of the heritage assets.
We welcome the preparation of the HIA. The HIA makes a number of helpful recommendations in relation to site density and views of the church.
We broadly welcome bullet points 1,2 and 4 of the policy but consider that bullet point 1 could be more specific in relation to density on the eastern part of the site and views of the church.
Bullet point 4 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 4 should be amended to read, ‘Planning applications should be supported by archaeological assessment including the results of field evaluation where appropriate.’