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Cultural Heritage Land East of Chippenham / Chippenham Riverside Environmental Statement Cultural Heritage 10 CULTURAL HERITAGE 10.1 Introduction 10.1.1 This chapter considers the local historic environment surrounding and including the Chippenham Riverside site [Figure 10.1]. It does not assess the below ground archaeological resource of the site - this has already been considered in Chapter 9. This chapter represents the culmination of a protracted and detailed set of specialist studies and surveys. 10.1.2 The primary objectives of the assessment are as follows: . To identify statutory and non-statutory historic environment and cultural heritage constraints (including planning constraints) within and in the wider environs of the site; . To gather information on the previously recorded heritage assets; and, . To bring together additional information from evaluation of the site and its environs. 10.1.3 These objectives provide an assessment of baseline conditions for the site. This data is then used to: . Assess the heritage value or significance of designated and non-designated heritage assets (to use NPPF terminology) in the locality; . Identify impacts resulting from the application proposals and to quantify their magnitude and significance; . Identify appropriate mitigation measures for any significant adverse effects on these heritage assets; and . Predict residual impacts of the proposed development on heritage assets in the locality of the site, taking into account proposed mitigation, and to assess the significance of the effects. MO.4579 Page 10 - 1 - December 2015 Land East of Chippenham / Chippenham Riverside Environmental Statement Cultural Heritage 10.2 Scope and Methodology 10.2.1 Built heritage within the local historic environment that may be influenced by the development proposals for the site includes: . A listed building within the site; . The setting of three character areas within the designated Chippenham Conservation Area and the setting of the Tytherton Lucas Conservation Area; and . Neighbouring listed and non-designated buildings and other heritage assets and their settings within the wider vicinity of the site. 10.2.2 As noted above, this chapter of the Environmental Statement provides: . An assessment of the significance of each of these potential receptor assets and the contribution made to that significance by setting; and . An assessment of the likely impact of the development on these heritage assets that lie within the zone of influence of the proposals, including the impact of the loss and gain of built form and spaces involved in the proposals, as well as reflections on the community value of such buildings and spaces. 10.2.3 Archaeological and historic environment issues are dealt with in this and the preceding chapter. However, these assessments have adopted the same methodology, represent an integrated approach to the area’s cultural heritage values, and should be regarded as a single composite analysis. 10.2.4 The combined archaeological and historic environment assessment has been guided: by the NPPF; Appendix 10 of the Good Practice Guide for the preparation of Environmental MO.4579 Page 10 - 2 - December 2015 Land East of Chippenham / Chippenham Riverside Environmental Statement Cultural Heritage Statements issued by the former Department of the Environment (DoE 1995); Environmental Impact Assessment: a Guide to Procedures issued by the former DETR and the National Assembly for Wales (2000). The assessment of effects has followed the methodology set out in Chapter 3.02 above. 10.2.5 Heritage assets are defined in the NPPF as being a building, monument, site, place, area or landscape identified as having a degree of significance meriting consideration in planning decisions, because of its heritage interest. Heritage assets are a valued component of the historic environment. They include designated heritage assets and non-designated assets which may be identified by the local planning authority during the process of decision- making or through the plan making process (including local listing). The significance of a heritage asset is defined as the value of a heritage asset to this and future generations because of its heritage interest. That interest may be archaeological, architectural, artistic or historic. Significance derives not only from a heritage asset’s physical presence, but also from its setting. 10.2.6 The assessments of significance and impact assessments contained in this chapter have relied upon: . Site visits made during the summer of 2014; . Various published and unpublished evaluations of Chippenham and its historic environment, including conservation area documentation published by Wiltshire Council; . Various original and modern documentary sources available for inspection in Wiltshire Record Office, the local library, and as data from the HER; . Historical maps and plans of the area; . Historical documents available on line; MO.4579 Page 10 - 3 - December 2015 Land East of Chippenham / Chippenham Riverside Environmental Statement Cultural Heritage . 19th century census returns through www.findmypast.com; . Other website information, including the National Heritage List for England and sources available through for example www.heritagegateway.org.uk; and . The cultural heritage assessment criteria set out in the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges jointly published the Highways Agency, Transport Scotland, the Welsh Assembly Government, and the Department for Regional Development Northern Ireland in 2013. 10.2.7 In defining the methodology to be adopted throughout this Environmental Statement, in chapter 3.2.12, it is noted that the value of identified receptors of impacts will be described using the terminology: . High sensitivity / importance . Medium sensitivity / importance . Low sensitivity / importance . Negligible sensitivity / importance In respect to the built heritage within the historic environment, this hierarchy of value can be further defined as: Value of Description Receptor Asset High Scheduled Monuments and non-designated assets of Schedulable quality and importance; Grade I and II* listed buildings; Other listed buildings that can be shown to have exceptional qualities in their fabric or associations not adequately reflected in their listing grade; Conservation Areas containing very important buildings; Non-designated structures of clear national importance; MO.4579 Page 10 - 4 - December 2015 Land East of Chippenham / Chippenham Riverside Environmental Statement Cultural Heritage Designated and non-designated historic landscapes of outstanding historic interest (including Grade I and Grade II* Registered Parks and Gardens); non-designated landscapes of high quality and importance of demonstrable national value; and well preserved historic landscapes exhibiting considerable coherence, time depth or other critical factor(s); Assets that can contribute significantly to acknowledged national research objectives. Medium Designated or non-designated assets that contribute to regional research objectives; Grade II listed buildings; Non-designated buildings that can be shown to have exceptional qualities in their fabric or historical association; Conservation Areas containing important buildings that contribute significantly to their historic character; Historic townscapes or built up areas with important historic integrity in their buildings, or built settings (for example including street furniture or other structures); Designated landscapes of special historic interest (including Grade II Registered Parks and Gardens); non-designated landscapes that would justify such a designation; averagely well preserved historic landscapes with reasonable coherence, time depth or other critical factor(s); landscapes of regional value. Low Designated and non-designated assets of local importance including those compromised by poor preservation and/or poor survival of contextual associations; Assets of limited value, but with potential to contribute to local research objectives; Locally listed buildings and non-designated buildings of modest quality in their fabric or historical association; Historic townscape or built-up areas of limited historic integrity in their buildings or built settings (for example including street furniture or other structures); Robust non-designated historic landscapes; historic landscapes with importance to local interest groups; and historic landscapes whose value is limited by poor preservation and/or poor survival of contextual associations. Negligible Assets with very little or no surviving archaeological interest; MO.4579 Page 10 - 5 - December 2015 Land East of Chippenham / Chippenham Riverside Environmental Statement Cultural Heritage Buildings of little architectural or historical note; Landscapes with little significant historical interest. 10.2.8 In defining the methodology to be adopted throughout this Environmental Statement, in chapter 3.2.16, it is noted that the magnitude of impacts on receptor heritage assets will be assessed against the following scale: Major Considerable impact (by extent, duration or magnitude) of more than local significance or in breach of recognised acceptability, legislation, policy or standards. Moderate Limited impact (by extent, duration or magnitude) which may nonetheless be considered significant in the context of the site and / or surrounding area. Minor Slight, very short term or highly localised impact of no significant consequence. Negligible An impact on a resource / receptor of insufficient magnitude
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