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Representation ID: 29383

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

The site lies adjacent to the Prince of Wales Park, a Grade II Registered Park and Garden. Whilst the site is located outside of the boundary of the Saltaire World Heritage Site (WHS) buffer zone it is within an area where tall buildings could affect its setting. The
development of this area could harm elements which contribute to the significance of these designated heritage assets. The Heritage Impact Assessment for this site, which includes land to the west of the allocated site up to the boundary with the Registered Park and Garden, considered that development of the west end of this site would result in further loss of the original contextual surroundings from which the park was originally forged.
The HIA concluded that development towards the west end of this site cannot be mitigated and the resulting effect of development would be less than substantial negative harm (of an unacceptable level). Development to east of the park boundary, as a continuation of the modern development would have a less than substantial (of acceptable level) to negligible negative impact.
Historic England would concur with this analysis and with the assessment of the degree of harm that the development of this site would be likely to cause. Historic England would also endorse the removal of the area of land identified as highly sensitive in the HIA from the allocated site, and the mitigation measures which have
been put forward in the Heritage Impact Assessment. We consider that these are likely to be effective in reducing the harm to the level indicated.