Draft Bradford District Local Plan - Preferred Options (Regulation 18) February 2021

Comment

Representation ID: 29093

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

We support the Policy, however, we would endorse an update to the policy to reflect the guidance in the Homes and Neighbourhoods: a guide to designing in Bradford SPD. At the very least a reference to this guidance should be made in the supporting text to the policy

Support

Representation ID: 29094

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

We support this Policy which should help to ensure that
those elements of the landscape which contribute to the
distinctive local character of the various areas of the District
are retained and reinforced.

Support

Representation ID: 29095

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

We support this Policy which will help in ensuring that
development proposals respond sensitively to their context
and, where appropriate, help to reinforce the distinctive
character of the area.

Object

Representation ID: 29096

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

We welcome (para5.1.22) to the significant investment that has already been made in the city centre public realm over the past ten years and to plans for further major public realm schemes for the city centre in the future. Where appropriate, Historic England would welcome involvement in defining these proposals.
Whilst we support the key strategic growth direction which encourages the sensitive integration of new housing growth within Little Germany with strong connectivity to the existing built form, this stipulation should also be extended to development proposals within the Cathedral Quarter.
Local Plan Strategy and Plan – Forster Square, Little Germany and Cathedral Quarter, amend the second key strategic growth direction as follows:
‘The sensitive integration of new housing growth within Little Germany and the Cathedral Quarter with strong connectivity to the existing built form.’

Support

Representation ID: 29097

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

We support the key strategic growth direction which
encourages innovatively designed new developments which
respect and reflect the industrial heritage of the area.

Object

Representation ID: 29098

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

The masterplans must cover landscape and heritage
considerations. The urban extension at Holme Wood lies extremely close to the north-western edge of the Registered Battlefield at
Adwalton. It could also result in harm to the setting of a
number of Listed Buildings in its vicinity including the Grade II* Listed Ryecroft Hall. If there have been any significant changes to the sites circumstances or the development proposed is significantly different (e.g. in terms of land use, density, scale, developable area etc.), the Council should update the Heritage Impact Assessment as part of the Evidence Base to the emerging Local Plan. Whilst it is recognised that this area will be important to meet the future housing requirements of Bradford, the Plan should be seeking to ensure that it is developed in a manner which safeguards those elements which contribute to the significance of the designated historic assets in its vicinity.

Add the following additional text - ‘Growth at Holme Wood will be delivered in a manner which safeguards the character and setting of the Registered Battlefield at
Adwalton and the other designated heritage assets in its vicinity.’

Object

Representation ID: 29099

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

Manningham, which is considered to be Bradford’s premier Victorian suburb, has all four of its Conservation Areas on the 2020 Heritage at Risk Register. Given the significance of this area, the strategy should be
emphasising that a heritage-led approach to regeneration
should be adopted as a means of reinvigorating this part of the City.
Local Areas Strategy and Plan –
Manningham, amend the first sentence of the first bullet point to read:
‘Significant new housing growth from the
area which is a key location for heritage-led
regeneration as a means of reinvigorating
this part of the City whist conserving its
distinctive local character and rich historic
environment.’

Support

Representation ID: 29100

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

We fully endorse the following elements of the Local Area
Strategy for Shipley:
 Development will be expected to conserve and enhance
the character, appearance and setting of the areas
important heritage assets and historic built form. This will
include: the World Heritage Site of Saltaire, Leeds and
Liverpool Canal Conservation Area, Listed Buildings and
key unlisted buildings and structures within Conservation
Areas and the World Heritage Site Buffer Zone.
 Supporting the objectives of the Saltaire World Heritage
Site Management Plan though the protection of the
outstanding universal value of Saltaire World Heritage
Site and its setting, and by ensuring new development
and public realm works enhance the built environment around Shipley town centre and improve links between
Saltaire and Shipley town centre.
These will assist in the delivery of the Vision and its related
Strategic Objectives relating to making great places that
encapsulate what makes Bradford so special.

Support

Representation ID: 29101

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

We welcome that a key element of the Local Area Strategy for Baildon includes:
 Ensuring that future development conserves and
enhances key heritage assets and their settings within
and adjacent to the settlement including the three
Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings as well as nondesignated heritage assets. Development on the western part of the settlement should ensure they do not impact on the setting of the Saltaire World Heritage Site.
We have concerns about the potential impact which
housing allocations proposed in Baildon might have upon
elements which contribute towards the Outstanding
Universal Value of the World Heritage Site at Saltaire.
The Council must demonstrate that allocations for
development in Baildon are deliverable in a manner which would safeguard those the Outstanding Universal Value of the Saltaire.

Support

Representation ID: 29102

Received: 29/03/2021

Respondent: Historic England

We welcome that each of the Local Area Strategy’s for the
Keighley area specify that development should seek to
ensure that development conserves and enhances key
heritage assets and their settings.