Comment

Representation ID: 4399

Received: 22/12/2022

Respondent: Historic England

First paragraph - replace 'preserve' with 'conserve'. Text should read 'development propsals should demonstrate how they conserve and enhance the significance of heritage assets, including their setting'. Details such as how and relating to 'character, appearance and function' could then follow.

Second paragraph should be amended to read that development proposals should seek to avoid, and minimise, harm in the first instance. Only when this can't be achieved should the clause in the second paragraph be relevant. Consider additional detail is required on when a Heritage Statement is required and what it should contain. Clause relating to archaeology should include text requiring this to be undertaken by a suitably qualified professional. Where loss of heritage assets is unavoidable this information should be recorded on the HER as a minimum. Request the inclusion of the term 'appropriate reuse' in the sentence relating to heritage at risk.