A1(T) Elkesley Junction Improvements - Highways Agency
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4 Cultural Heritage4.1 IntroductionThe Stage 3 EAR assessment on cultural heritage updates the heritage baselinegathered at Stage 2 and assesses whether scheme impacts will significantly affectidentified receptors. The baseline has considered known and potential archaeologicalresources, built heritage and the historic landscape within the scheme footprint andup to 1 km beyond. A supporting gazetteer of identified sites is illustrated on Figure4.1.Statutory and Planning ContextPlanning Policy Guidance 15 (PPG15), ‘Planning and the Historic Environment’,provides a full statement of Government policies for the identification and protectionof historic buildings, conservation areas and other elements of the historicenvironment. Provision for the safeguarding of the cultural heritage resource hasbeen made at a number of levels.At a national level, the current Department of Environment policy was issued in 1990as Planning Policy Guidance Note 16 (PPG 16), ‘Archaeology and Planning’. Thisguidance is for planning authorities in England, as well as professionalarchaeologists, developers, property owners and the general public. It sets out thegovernment’s policy on archaeological remains on land and how they should bepreserved or recorded. It gives advice on the handling of archaeological remains anddiscoveries under the development plan and the use of planning conditions. Bothdocuments explain the role played by the wider planning system in their protection.The guidance pulls together and expands previous advice, within the existinglegislative framework.Specific local heritage policies are included in the extant. A number of policiesrelating to Heritage are set out in the Bassetlaw District Council Local Plan 2001. Ofrelevance are the following:Policy 6/10Planning permission for development affecting listed buildings or their settings willonly be granted when:a. any proposed alterations are fully in sympathy with the buildings existingcharacter;b. any extension to a listed building does not detract from the character of thebuildings as a result of its appearance, scale or nature and;c. the setting of the building is not adversely affected.26
Policy 6/12Permission will not be given for development that would destroy or detrimentallyaffect a site of national importance whether scheduled or not, a site of majorarchaeological or historical interest or the setting of such features4.2 Assessment MethodologyThis assessment has undertaken in accordance with been prepared with reference toappropriate EIA guidance and ‘good practice’ advice including that presented in theDMRB Vol. 11, Section 3 Part 2, Cultural Heritage (HA 208/07) and additional bestpractices introduced by the Institute of Field Archaeology.In carrying out this assessment a number of sources were consulted, the mostrelevant of which was the Historic Environment Records (HER) for Nottinghamshire.These included detailed lists of all known sites and monuments, listed and locallyimportant buildings and historic landscape character areas.The baseline has also been clarified through a site walkover and lithographic datacollected during the excavation of The Stage 2 assessment comprised acomprehensive study of all available sources together with a site walkover. Thecurrent assessment aims to update the information presented in the Stage 2 report,combining it with the results of the monitoring of soakaway trenches that wereexcavated in December 2008. Three 1 m x 0.2 m trenches were dug to a depth of 2m. These were located in the fields to the northeast of the A1(T) together with a sitewalkover.4.3 Assessment of ImpactsImpacts have been defined as direct where the proposed scheme would have aphysical impact on a site. They have been defined as indirect where the setting of asite would be altered or by the removal, alteration or severance of associated sitegroupings. They have been defined as being adverse or beneficial; permanent ortemporary in duration; reversible or irreversible and minor, moderate or major inmagnitudeEstimation of ValuationAssessments of value should consider how far the asset(s) contribute to anunderstanding of the past, through their individual or group qualities, either directly orpotentially. These are professional judgments, but they are also guided by legislation,national policies, acknowledged standards, designations, criteria and priorities.Table 4.1: Factors for Assessing the value of archaeological assetsValueVery HighHighExampleWorld Heritage Sites (including nominated sites)Assets of acknowledged international importanceAssets that can contribute significantly to acknowledged internationalresearch objectivesScheduled Monuments (including proposed sites)Undesignated assets of scheduled quality and importance27
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4 Cultural Heritage4.1 IntroductionThe Stage 3 EAR assessment on cultural heritage updates the heritage baselinegathered at Stage 2 and assesses whether scheme impacts will significantly affectidentified receptors. The baseline has considered known and potential archaeologicalresources, built heritage and the historic landscape within the scheme footprint andup to 1 km beyond. A supporting gazetteer of identified sites is illustrated on Figure4.1.Statutory and Planning ContextPlanning Policy Guidance 15 (PPG15), ‘Planning and the Historic Environment’,provides a full statement of Government policies for the identification and protectionof historic buildings, conservation areas and other elements of the historicenvironment. Provision for the safeguarding of the cultural heritage resource hasbeen made at a number of levels.At a national level, the current Department of Environment policy was issued in 1990as Planning Policy Guidance Note 16 (PPG 16), ‘Archaeology and Planning’. Thisguidance is for planning authorities in England, as well as professionalarchaeologists, developers, property owners and the general public. It sets out thegovernment’s policy on archaeological remains on land and how they should bepreserved or recorded. It gives advice on the handling of archaeological remains anddiscoveries under the development plan and the use of planning conditions. Bothdocuments explain the role played by the wider planning system in their protection.The guidance pulls together and expands previous advice, within the existinglegislative framework.Specific local heritage policies are included in the extant. A number of policiesrelating to Heritage are set out in the Bassetlaw District Council Local Plan 2001. Ofrelevance are the following:Policy 6/10Planning permission for development affecting listed buildings or their settings willonly be granted when:a. any proposed alterations are fully in sympathy with the buildings existingcharacter;b. any extension to a listed building does not detract from the character of thebuildings as a result of its appearance, scale or nature and;c. the setting of the building is not adversely affected.26
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