Comment

Representation ID: 15749

Received: 22/03/2021

Respondent: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service

Historic England funded a 5 year long Historic Landscape Characterisation assessment of West Yorkshire that was completed in 2017. A copy was supplied to Bradford planning dept & copy is also held in the West Yorkshire HER held by WYAAS. This identified the extent to which the historic character of anywhere in West Yorkshire survived as a recognisable element of the modern landscape and should be helpful to developers in ensuring sympathetic development in areas outside conservation areas to help respect and preserve the surviving historic character of an area. It would be helpful if the Local Plan were to acknowledge the existence of this study (as other Local Plans do in West Yorkshire, see Kirklees’ for instance) & refer large-scale developers to WYAAS, to consult this information.