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Object

Representation ID: 66076

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The evidence base considers that development would be acceptable if certain design principles were followed to ensure the setting of the conservation area is protected. Consequently the essential strategic design principles should be considered for inclusion in the Plan.

Object

Representation ID: 66077

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The proposal represents a sizable development within the setting of Woodcote House (Grade II listed). There appears to be no evidence to demonstrate the significance of the heritage assets, or conservation area.

The NPPF requires Local Plans, as a whole, to set out a positive strategy for the conservation and enjoyment of the historic environment. This means ensuring that the sites which it is proposing to put forward for development will assist in delivering such a strategy and not contradict it.

The selection of sites for development needs to be informed by the evidence base and the Plan should avoid allocating those sites which are likely to result in harm to the significance of the heritage assets of the Plan area. Where adverse impacts are unavoidable, the plan should consider how that harm might be reduced and any residual harm mitigated (NPPF para 152).
Without an historic environment assessment the local authority is unable to assert that the objectives for sustainable development have been understood.

Object

Representation ID: 66078

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

To ensure developed briefs are prepared having due regard and consideration of the historic environmenr an additional criterion is recommended.

Object

Representation ID: 66079

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

English Heritage welcomes the inclusion of the Historic Environment Section and the components of a positive strategy for the conservation of the historic environment. However to accord with the provisions of the NPPF the following modifications are recommended.

It is unclear why the term Statutory Heritage Asset is used as the policy clearly only relates to listed buildings.

Object

Representation ID: 66080

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

English Heritage welcomes the inclusion of the Historic Environment Section and the components of a positive strategy for the conservation of the historic environment. However to accord with the provisions of the NPPF the following modifications are recommended.

The components of this policy should be set within an overriding policy statement as some of the policy expectations appear rather exclusive.

Again, the title of the policy is perhaps misleading as the Policy is about managing change within conservation areas involving protecting and enhancing.

Object

Representation ID: 66081

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

English Heritage welcomes the inclusion of the Historic Environment Section and the components of a positive strategy for the conservation of the historic environment. However to accord with the provisions of the NPPF the following modifications are recommended.

This policy paraphrases NPPF paragraph 132+, setting out how the degrees of harm to significance should be considered. As these are generic national policy criteria for all designated heritage assets it might be argued that all the Warwick Local Plan's HE policies should also refer to such a statement.

Alternatively the local authority might consider including the following paragraph in the introductory text of the Historic Environment Policy section, and a revised Policy HE4.

Object

Representation ID: 66253

Received: 27/06/2014

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The Plan and its evidence base suggest that as a consequence of these developments significant additional traffic will be generated and pass through the historic town of Warwick.

Phase 4 Strategic Transport Assessment suggests few traffic management measures are required to accommodate such an increase in traffic and would conserve the significance of the historic environment as a consequence.

It remains unclear, a) how the historic environment was considered, as STA4 makes little or no reference to the historic environment, and b) what are the implications of the additional traffic on levels of congestion and as a consequence the character and setting of the town.

An increasing demand to travel through the town provides an opportunity to enhance the public realm and streets in the town consistent with NPPF para 137, 156 and part of the Plans positive strategy for the conservation of the historic environment (NPPF para 126).