Object
South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (Reg. 19 Pre-submission Draft)
Representation ID: 3177
Received: 01/03/2023
Respondent: Historic England
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Whilst there are no designated heritage assets on the site, there is a grade II listed Thatched Cottage to the north east of the site and the Bracon Ash and Hethel War Memorial to the north of the site. Home Farmhouse, also listed at grade II, lies to the south east of the site. Therefore, any development of this site has the potential to impact upon the significance of these heritage assets.
We appreciate that this site was allocated in the previous local plan and that an application for the site has been submitted, pending determination.
We welcome the reference to Home Farm and Thatched cottage and their settings in bullet point 2.
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.’
Amend criterion 4 to read ‘Planning applications should be supported by archaeological assessment including the results of field evaluation where appropriate.’