Object

Representation ID: 3178

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 within this site, the grade I listed Church of St Peter, its boundary wall listed at grade II and Ivy Farmhouse, also listed at grade II, lie to the south west of the site. Therefore, any development of this site has the potential to impact upon the significance of these heritage assets.
The site is an important rural gap site in the village and consideration should be given to that role in combination with the setting of the heritage assets.
We welcome the preparation of the HIA. Although there are views along the road of the church from in front of the site, the site itself is set back. We welcome the reference to appropriate boundary treatments in the supporting text and policy.
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.’