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Representation ID: 29319

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

The site is within the Saltaire World Heritage Site (WHS) buffer zone. The development of this area could harm elements which contribute to the significance of the World Heritage Site. The site is currently allocated for development within the Bradford City Centre Area Action Plan (AAP), adopted in December 2017. The principle of allocating this site, for the nature and scale of development set out in the APP, has therefore been recently established as part of the Local Development Plan for Bradford District. In order to safeguard these heritage assets, we would expect the Local Plan requirements for this site relating to the conservation
and enhancement of the historic environment to, as a minimum, reflect those set out in the AAP. Consequently, the Development Considerations and Constraints & Opportunities identified for this site in the Draft Local Plan need to reflect those in the AAP. However, if there have been any significant changes to the sites circumstances since its allocation in the AAP that we are not aware
of, or the development proposed is significantly different (e.g. in terms of land use, density, scale, developable area etc.), the Council should undertake a Heritage Impact Assessment of the site as part of the Evidence Base to the emerging Local Plan.
add the following additional Development Consideration to the site pro forma: ‘High quality architectural and sustainable design to contribute to the placemaking
and sustainability principles, and safeguard and enhance the setting of the Saltaire World Heritage Site.’