Object

Representation ID: 3193

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 site, the grade I listed St Marys Church, together with a War Memorial and monument to William Salter, both of which are listed at grade II, lie to the west of the site. Therefore, any development of this site has the potential to impact upon the significance of these heritage assets through development within the setting of the assets.
We welcome the preparation of the HIA. We welcome the proposal to locate the development further south, leaving an area of open land at the northern end of the site closest to the A143 to protect the setting of the church. We particularly welcome criterion 6 and 7 of the policy.
Bullet point 8 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 8 should be amended to read, ‘Planning applications should be supported by archaeological assessment including the results of field evaluation where appropriate.’