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Ipswich Borough Council Local Plan Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) DPD Review - Final Draft

Representation ID: 26549

Received: 02/03/2020

Respondent: Department for Education (DfE)

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

The ‘Development Principles’ for Mint Quarter (Opportunity Area C) set out that development should ‘respect and enhance setting of Listed and historic buildings’. This is not considered to wholly comply with the NPPF p.197 which requires an assessment of the asset’s significance (with regard to non-designated assets), and a balanced judgement to be made thereafter. NPPF p.184 dictates that assets ‘should be conserved in a manner appropriate to their significance’, which does not necessarily equate to ‘enhancement’ in every scenario. The terminology ‘historic building’ is also not robust or consistent with the NPPF.

Change suggested by respondent:

We propose that the wording be amended to reflect the requirements in the NPPF, and the distinction between designated and non-designated assets.

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