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making sense of heritage Rotherham Local Plan Archaeology Scoping Study of Additional Site Allocations Ref: 79971.01 November 2013 Rotherham Local Plan, Archaeology Scoping Study of Additional Site Allocations Prepared for: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Planning Policy – Planning & Regeneration, Environment & Development Services, Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham, S60 1AE. Prepared by: Wessex Archaeology, Unit R6 Riverside Block, Sheaf Bank Business Park, Prospect Road, Sheffield, S2 3EN. www.wessexarch.co.uk November 2013 79971.01 © Wessex Archaeology Ltd 2013, all rights reserved Wessex Archaeology Ltd is a Registered Charity No. 287786 (England&Wales) and SC042630 (Scotland) Rotherham Local Plan Archaeology Scoping Study of Additional Site Allocations Quality Assurance Project Code 79971 Accession n/a Client n/a Code Ref. 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Rotherham Local Plan, Archaeology Scoping Study of Additional Site Allocations Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................2 1.1 Project summary .................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 Project background .............................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Planning policy ..................................................................................................................... 2 2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................3 2.1 Aims ..................................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Objectives ............................................................................................................................ 3 3 METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................4 3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 4 3.2 Data sources ........................................................................................................................ 4 3.3 Data handling and analysis ..................................................................................................4 3.4 The assessment process .....................................................................................................5 3.5 Consultation with South Yorkshire Archaeology Service .....................................................5 3.6 Assumptions and limitations.................................................................................................5 4 PRESENTATION OF RESULTS .........................................................................................6 4.1 Summary .............................................................................................................................. 6 4.2 Definitions: Archaeological significance ...............................................................................6 4.3 Definitions: Recommendations ............................................................................................8 4.4 Chronology ........................................................................................................................... 9 4.5 Abbreviations ....................................................................................................................... 9 5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ..........................................................................................10 5.1 Summary ............................................................................................................................ 10 5.2 Sites with major archaeological objections to allocation ....................................................11 5.3 Sites with potential archaeological objections to allocation ................................................11 5.4 Sites with uncertain archaeological objections to allocation .............................................. 12 5.5 Sites with little or no objections to allocation ......................................................................13 6 REFERENCES...................................................................................................................14 7 TABLE OF RESULTS .......................................................................................................15 7.1 Sites from Phase 2 in numerical order ...............................................................................15 7.2 Sites from Phase 2 in order of recommendation ................................................................18 i WA Project No. 79971.01 7.3 Sites from Phase 1 and 2 in numerical order .....................................................................21 7.4 Sites from Phase 1 and 2 by recommendation ..................................................................31 8 SITE REPORTS .................................................................................................................41 9 FIGURES ........................................................................................................................... 42 10 ADDENDUM 1 ...................................................................................................................43 11 ADDENDUM 2 ...................................................................................................................45 Figures Figure 1: Key to figures 2.1-2.6 Figure 2.1 – 2.6: Rotherham Local Plan Additional Sites ii WA Project No. 79971.01 Rotherham Local Plan Archaeology Scoping Study of Additional Site Allocations Rotherham Local Plan, Archaeology Scoping Study of Additional Site Allocations Executive Summary Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by the Environment and Development Services team at Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (Rotherham MBC) to carry out an archaeological scoping study of a further 66 sites that are being considered for inclusion in Rotherham MBC’s Local Plan. This study has been carried out to the same methodology and standard as a previous scoping study “Archaeology Scoping Study of Site Allocations” (Wessex Archaeology March 2012). Heritage assets and historic landscapes within and around each site have been identified to allow an assessment to be made of the archaeological potential of each site and the likely implications for future development. Where archaeological potential varied within a site it has been subdivided, resulting in a new total of 71 sites. The results of the assessments are tabulated in Section 7 of this document and presented as individual site reports and maps in Section 8. The assessment identified: Major 1 (1.5%) sites with major archaeological objections to archaeological allocation. These are not suitable for inclusion in the objections to Local Plan and are shown as RED on the maps. allocation Potential 16 (22.5%) sites with potential objections to allocation. archaeological These sites are suitable for inclusion in the Local Plan objections to but there is a high risk that they contain heritage allocation assets that will affect any future development proposals. These sites are shown as YELLOW on the maps. 36 (51%) sites with uncertain objections to allocation. Uncertain These sites are suitable for inclusion in the Local Plan archaeological but there is an unknown level of risk as they could objections to contain heritage assets that pose a risk to allocation development. These sites are shown as YELLOW/GREEN STRIPES on the maps. Little or no 18 (25%) sites with little or no objections to allocation. archaeological These sites are suitable for inclusion in the Local Plan objections to as there is a low risk that they contain heritage assets allocation that pose a risk to development.