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Object
Proposed Submission Site Allocations and Policies (incorporating IP-One Area Action Plan) Development Plan Document
Representation ID: 5250
Received: 05/03/2015
Respondent: Historic England
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
As with Sites IP005 and IP032, this site falls within the setting of Whitton Conservation Area and could affect its significance, with the risk of cumulative impact. The conservation area is not mentioned in the development constraints (although archaeology is). The lack of clarity could affect proposals for this site, and is not consistent with the wording used in the site sheets for IP005 and IP032.
As with Sites IP005 and IP032, this site falls within the setting of Whitton Conservation Area and could affect its significance, with the risk of cumulative impact. The conservation area is not mentioned in the development constraints (although archaeology is). The lack of clarity could affect proposals for this site, and is not consistent with the wording used in the site sheets for IP005 and IP032.
As currently drafted, we consider the plan to be unsound as the site sheet is not effective or consistent with national policy. Paragraph 157 of the NPPF requires Local Plans to provide adequate detail with site allocations (fifth bullet), with the Planning Practice Guidance providing further emphasis (PPG Reference ID: 12-010-20140306 (last revised 06/03/2014). Conservation of the historic environment is a core planning principle (Paragraph 17) and Local Plans should set out a positive strategy in this respect (Paragraph 126).