Object

Representation ID: 29054

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

Subject to recommended change, we support priority given to the re-use of previously developed land/ building.
Many of these buildings make a significant contribution to the character and distinctiveness of settlements and to the District as a whole. We fully support priority being given to those sites which would reuse previous buildings. Given the embodied energy within existing buildings (in terms of the materials used for their construction, the energy that was involved in moving those materials to the site etc) coupled with the energy which would be expended in the demolition of those buildings and the removal of the waste materials, we welcome the intention to encourage the reuse of existing buildings. However, as written it could potentially be interpreted as implying that the reuse of buildings of “high environmental value” is not something which the plan would encourage. As a result, this would mean the Plan would not be encouraging the reuse or adaptation of the District’s Listed Buildings (because they are of “high environmental value”). Such an approach would not accord with the principles set out in the NPPF.
amend Criterion A.1to read:
“1. First priority to the efficient and effective re-use of deliverable and developable previously developed land and buildings, provided that it is not of high environmental value and that any heritage assets are appropriately conserved, and more efficient and effective use of existing developed areas within the City of Bradford,
the Principal Towns of Ilkley, Keighley and Bingley, the Local Growth Centres and the Local Service Centres.”