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City of Bath World Heritage Site Setting Supplementary Planning Document Consultation Draft 1 City of Bath World Heritage Site Setting Supplementary Planning Document May 2012 1 Introduction 03 10 Roman Historical Sites and Features associated 149 with the Outstanding Universal Value (Appendix 10) 2 Definitions, Policy and Guidance on Setting 07 11 Georgian Historical Sites and Features associated 156 3 Importance of Setting to Bath 13 with the Outstanding Universal Value (Appendix 10) and the Surrounding Communities 12 Georgian Bath in 1852 (Chapter 5) 39 4 The Extent of the City of Bath World Heritage Site Setting 17 13 Principal Historic Roads Into 146 5 City of Bath World Heritage Site Setting 21 and Out of Bath (Appendix 9) 6 Management of the Setting 53 14 Location of Road Viewpoints (Appendix 12) 178 7 Assessing Impacts Affecting 55 15 Location of River Viewpoints (Appendix 11) 161 the World Heritage Site Setting Appendices Maps 1 Statement of Outstanding Universal Value 62 1 Indicative City of Bath World Heritage Site Setting (Chapter 4) 20 2 Planning Designations (Cotswolds AONB, Green 65 2 Landform Features Associated with the 28 Belt around Bath, Conservation Areas, Scheduled Character of the World Heritage Site (Chapter 5) Ancient Monuments and Historic Parks and Gardens) 3 Contour Map (Chapter 5) 29 3 Extract from Cherishing Outdoor Places 69 4 Green Hillsides Forming Prominent 30 4 Selection of Computer Generated View-shed Maps 70 Features of the Landscape Setting (Chapter 5) 5 View Information Sheets 96 5a Planning Designations: Cotswolds 65 Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 6 Historical Illustration References 118 5b Planning Designations: Green Belt 66 7 Historical Views and Places of Interest in the Georgian Period 120 5c Planning Designations: Conservation Areas 67 8 Historic Environment Record References (to be included in the final SPD) 5d Planning Designations: Scheduled Ancient Monuments 68 9 Principal Historic Routes into and out of Bath 136 and Historic Parks and Gardens (Maps 5a-d in Appendix 2) 10 Significant Historical Assets 147 6 Character Areas (Chapter 5) 32 11 River Corridor View Descriptions 157 7(a–z) Computer Generated View-shed Maps from 70–95 12 Road View Descriptions 162 Key Viewpoints and to Key Landmarks (Appendix 4) 13 Grading Categories for Assessing Impacts on the World Heritage Site 179 8 Information Sheet Viewpoints (Appendix 5) 117 14 Definitions 186 9 Historical Views and Places of Interest 135 in the Georgian Period (Appendix 7) 15 References 187 16 Bibliography (to be included in the final SPD) 3 Chapter 1 3 Introduction The key purpose of This document: • Describes and shows this document is to where the setting is • Defines what is important about the setting and provide information • Outlines the process for assessing impacts affecting the setting and tools needed for It also provides an overview of the international and national context for the management and protection the effective protection of the setting of heritage assets The document will be adopted as a and appropriate Supplementary Planning Document in support of policies for the protection of the World Heritage Site and its setting management of in the Local Plan and Core Strategy once it is adopted the setting. It is intended for the use of developers and agents, development management planners, landowners and managers of land, and residents and visitors. C 2 3 4 5 6 7 A 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Bathwick and Hills beyond 1.01 The protection of the setting of any World Heritage Site (WHS) This is fully linked to the protection of the document: site itself. This is particularly true in the case of Bath where the landscape • Describes and shows of the site and its surroundings not where the setting is only enhances the site but has been • Describes what is important instrumental in the location, form and special character embodied about the setting in the core values of the site. Bath • Outlines the process is renowned for its outstanding for assessing impacts architecture while the green landscape on the setting and the landscape setting of the city have not always enjoyed the same recognition. The setting is protected through planning policy but there is limited literature on what is important relating to the setting, how far it extends or how impacts should be Cleveland Bridge towards assessed. This document seeks to Bathampton Down provide this information and the tools needed for the protection and management of the setting including both the developed and undeveloped landscape. To facilitate this the document: • Describes and shows where the setting is • Describes what is important about the setting • Outlines the process for assessing impacts on the setting C 2 3 4 5 6 7 A 5 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.02 By understanding the 1.04 The project to prepare this 1.05 It will give greater clarity and 1.07 It will also be used by policy implications of any proposed document has been managed by certainty in decision making affecting and development management changes it will help inform decisions the Council’s Landscape Architect the WHS setting and will be a key planners when considering or to ensure that the characteristics that with support and input from English document to guide the management assessing development proposals. are significant to the setting are Heritage, The Bath Preservation Trust, and enhancement of the WHS It provides background information maintained and where appropriate the Council’s World Heritage Manager, and its setting. for Local Authorities who are required enhanced through managing the WHS Steering Group and the to ‘identify and assess the particular 1.06 It is designed to be used by appropriate development and through Councils’ Archaeologist. A study significance of any heritage asset developers, statutory undertakers and encouragement of enhancement was produced in 2009 initially to that may be affected by a proposal their advisers in giving understanding projects. It also has wider application inform the Core Strategy process. (including by development affecting of the setting and its significance so to inform management decisions This study has formed the basis the setting of a heritage asset)’ as that the issues can be fully taken into in support of the City of Bath WHS for this Supplementary Planning required by paragraph 129 of the account when considering the siting Management Plan, in particular Document including identifying National Planning Policy Framework. and design of new development. Issue 26 which states: ‘There aspects of significance as defined It provides background information 1.08 It is also intended to be useful is a need to ensure that the Site’s in the Statement of Outstanding in support of the requirement in for landowners and managers of land extensive and vulnerable landscape Universal Value and providing a paragraph 128 of the National Planning to influence decisions on the use and setting is recognised, interpreted, framework for assessing impacts Policy Framework to ‘describe the management of land particularly when protected and managed to prevent on the WHS. It has been prepared significance of any heritage assets considering proposals for change incremental damage’ and Action in line with international and national affected, including any contribution within the setting. It is hoped that 12a to adopt a WHS setting policy and guidance including the made by their setting’. it will also be of interest to residents, Supplementary Planning Document. National Planning Policy Framework, visitors and others with an interest Circular 07/2009 on the Protection of 1.03 It will be consulted on and in the city and its surroundings. World Heritage Sites, The Operational adopted as a Supplementary Planning Guidelines for the Implementation of Document in support of policies BH.1 the World Heritage Convention and in the Bath and North East Somerset English Heritage guidance ‘The Setting Council Local Plan and B4 in the Core of Heritage Assets’ and ‘Seeing the Strategy once it is adopted. History in the View’ and with the benefit of good practice from other World Heritage Sites. C 2 3 4 5 6 7 A 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Sion Hill to Beckford's Tower 1.09 Chapter 2 provides an overview of 1.10 The City of Bath WHS is unusual the international and national context in its size, encompassing the whole to protecting setting and the definition city. It is also complex in that it has a and practice with particular reference very large number of assets, a to key policy and guidance relating to complex mix of attributes and World Heritage Sites. An overview of particular issues resulting from the the importance of setting to The City distinctive topography and varied of Bath is given in chapter 3 with views. Chapter 7 therefore includes a comprehensive analysis of the guidance and a structure for assessing significant aspects of the City of impacts on the WHS and its setting Bath WHS setting and why the using recognised assessment setting is important in chapter 5. The methodologies. Each chapter is issues of defining the extent of setting self-contained which has required are covered in chapter 4. The outside some repetition. Each chapter boundary of the setting should not be however should be read in the context seen as fixed for all time and therefore of the whole document. There is also a it is an indicative boundary indicating resource of background information the zone which is likely to be sensitive including photos, historic views and to change and where impacts affecting analyses in the appendices which setting should be assessed as part provide a fuller understanding of WHS of the development management and its setting. process. Chapter 6 outlines land management considerations within the WHS and its setting in order to protect and show the significance of the site to advantage.
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