Historic Setting Assessment Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, CF35 5HU
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Historic Setting Assessment: Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, CF35 5HU Historic Setting Assessment Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, CF35 5HU GK Heritage Consultants Ltd Report 2019/122 September 2019 © GK Heritage Consultants Ltd 2019 3rd Floor, Old Stock Exchange, St Nicholas Street, Bristol, BS1 1TG www.gkheritage.co.uk Prepared on behalf of: Energion Date of compilation: September 2019 Compiled by: G Kendall MCIfA Local Authority: Bridgend County Borough Council Site central NGR: SS96908137: (296908, 181377) i Historic Setting Assessment: Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, CF35 5HU TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Project and Planning Background ......................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Site Description ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Proposed Development ......................................................................................................................................... 4 2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................................ 5 3 METHOD STATEMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 5 3.2 Information Sources .............................................................................................................................................. 5 4 PLANNING POLICY WALES 2017 .............................................................................................................................. 6 4.1 Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016. ............................................................................................................... 6 5 SETTINGS ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................................................... 8 5.1 The Significance of Historic Assets ........................................................................................................................ 8 5.2 Stage 1: Identify the historic assets that might be affected by a proposed change or development. .............. 9 5.3 Stage 2: Define and analyse the settings to understand how they contribute to the significance of the historic assets. ............................................................................................................................................... 11 5.4 Stage 3: Evaluate the potential impact of a proposed change or development on that significance. ............ 13 6 CONCLUSIONS........................................................................................................................................................16 7 PUBLICITY, CONFIDENTIALITY AND COPYRIGHT......................................................................................................17 7.1 Statement of Indemnity ...................................................................................................................................... 17 7.2 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................. 17 FIGURES: Figure 1: Location Plan. ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Listed Buildings within 1km. ........................................................................................................................... 10 Table 2: Scheduled Monuments within 1km ............................................................................................................... 10 Table 3: Listed Buildings identified for further assessment. ....................................................................................... 11 Table 4: Scheduled Monument identified for further assessment. ............................................................................ 11 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1: Designated heritage assets Appendix 2: Site photographs Appendix 3: Report Conditions ii Historic Setting Assessment: Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, CF35 5HU Page Left intentionally blank iii Historic Setting Assessment: Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, CF35 5HU 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project and Planning Background GK Heritage Consultants Ltd were commissioned by Energion to undertake a settings assessment of Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, CF35 5HU. The proposed development is for the installation of a 2 mw Peaking Gas Development. 1.2 Site Description The proposed area of development (hereafter referred to as the “PDA”) is located on land to the north of Felindre Road, to the east of the town of Pencoed, Bridgend (Fig.1). The PDA forms the northern part of two fields which lie directly adjacent to Felindre Road. The PDA is bounded by open fields and scrub land to the north, east, south and west. There is an existing sub- station located to the south-west. To the north- east is a large field with stables associated with Felindre Mill. Figure 1: Location Plan. PDA 1.3 Proposed Development The proposed planning application is for the installation of 9, 2 MW engines, fuelled by natural gas. The engines would be housed in container buildings 3.8 m in height. The emission flues would terminate above the containers at 12 m above ground level. There would be a total of 10 emission flues with two engines per flue. 4 Historic Setting Assessment: Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, CF35 5HU Also included on site would be a small switch room and gas kiosk. 2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The principal aims of this assessment are to produce a report detailing any potential indirect impacts upon the settings of nationally designated assets and to assess their significance. The study has been taken over a 3km radius from the boundary of the proposed development area (see DWG 1, appendix A). 3 METHOD STATEMENT This assessment was undertaken in accordance with the guidelines set out in The Chartered Institute for Archaeologists’ Standards and Guidance for Historic Environment Desk Based Assessment (CIfA 2017)1 and Setting of Historic Assets in Wales, (CADW 2017)2. 3.2 Information Sources The following sources relating to this area have been consulted: ◆ CADW for designated heritage assets (3km); ◆ on-line air/satellite photographs; ◆ client information on proposed development; ◆ online sources for historic mapping; and ◆ site and locality inspection. 1 https://www.archaeologists.net/sites/default/files/CIfAS%26GDBA_3.pdf 2https://cadw.gov.wales/sites/default/files/201905/Setting%20of%20Historic%20Assets%20in%20Wales%20EN.pdf 5 Historic Setting Assessment: Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, CF35 5HU 4 PLANNING POLICY WALES 20183 Technical Advice Note 24: The Historic Environment4: The TAN provides guidance on how the following aspects of the historic environment should be considered: ◆ World Heritage Sites ◆ scheduled monuments ◆ archaeological remains ◆ listed buildings ◆ conservation areas ◆ historic parks and gardens ◆ historic landscapes ◆ historic assets of special local interest. The TAN replaces the following Welsh Office Circulars: ◆ 60/96 Planning and the Historic Environment: Archaeology ◆ 61/96 Planning and the Historic Environment: Historic Buildings and Conservation Areas ◆ 1/98 Planning and the Historic Environment: Directions by the Secretary of State for Wales. Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.5 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 19906 4.1 Historic Environment (Wales) Act 20167. Overview (1) This Act has five Parts. (2) This Part provides an overview of this Act. (3) Part 2 makes amendments to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c.46), primarily in relation to ancient monuments in Wales. It also makes provision for the Welsh Ministers to compile and maintain a register of historic parks and gardens. (4) Part 3 makes amendments to the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (c.9) in relation to buildings in Wales that are of special 3 https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2018-12/planning-policy-wales-edition-10.pdf 4 https://gweddill.gov.wales/docs/desh/policy/180223tan-24-the-historic-environment-en.pdf 5 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/46 6 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/9/contents 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/4/section/1/enacted 6 Historic Setting Assessment: Land to the North of Felindre Road, Pencoed, CF35 5HU architectural or historic interest (“listed buildings”). (5) Part 4 makes other provision about the historic environment in Wales, including provision— (a) for the compilation of a list of historic place names in Wales (section 34), (b) for the compilation of a historic environment record for each local authority area in Wales (sections 35 to 37), and (c) for the establishment, constitution and functions of the Advisory Panel for the Welsh Historic Environment (sections 38 and 39). (6) Part 5 contains provision that applies generally for the purposes of this Act. Other guidance