Object

Representation ID: 29052

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

Principle Towns - Subject to the recommended change below, we welcome:

The role that heritage assets play in defining the character and setting of the Districts principal towns;

The requirement that, in identifying their potential for growth, this will be informed by the existing scale of the settlement and the contribution made by, and importance of, its environmental assets; and, High design standards being required that protect and enhance settlement character.

The second sentence of Criterion C is not explicitly clear that the heritage assets with be considered, alongside
environmental ones will be used to inform the potential for growth in the Districts principal towns.

Principal Towns, Criterion C, amend second sentence to read:
‘Potential for growth will be informed by the existing scale of the settlement, the contribution made by environmental and heritage assets as appropriate to their importance and flood risk issues.’