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EON Energy Centre, Charterhouse Street, London Heritage Statement Ramboll EON Energy Centre, Charterhouse Street, London Heritage Statement Final report Prepared by LUC June 2020 Ramboll EON Energy Centre, Charterhouse Street, London Heritage Statement Project Number 11106 Version Status Prepared Checked Approved Date 1. Draft for review R. Haworth M. Conway H Quartermain 10.06.2020 2. Final for issue R. Haworth M. Conway H Quartermain 11.06.2020 Bristol Land Use Consultants Ltd Landscape Design Edinburgh Registered in England Strategic Planning & Assessment Glasgow Registered number 2549296 Development Planning Lancaster Registered office: Urban Design & Masterplanning London 250 Waterloo Road Environmental Impact Assessment Manchester London SE1 8RD Landscape Planning & Assessment Landscape Management landuse.co.uk 100% recycled paper Ecology Historic Environment GIS & Visualisation Contents EON Energy Centre, Charterhouse Street, London June 2020 Contents Figure 2.3: Elevations in context 11 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Figure 2.4: Street context: Smithfield Market and railway cutting 11 Project background 1 Figure 2.5: Roofscape from Holborn Viaduct 11 Methodology 1 Figure 2.6: 51-53 Charterhouse Street interior 12 Planning policy 2 Chapter 2 Heritage significance 6 Historical background 6 Heritage significance 8 Photographs 11 June 2020 11 Chapter 3 Heritage assessment 13 Conclusions 14 Chapter 4 Bibliography 15 Appendix A Listing description A-1 Table of Tables Table 1.1: NPPF references 2 Table 1.2: Relevant London Plan 2016 policies 4 Table 1.3: Relevant Intend to Publish London Plan 2019 draft policies 4 Table 1.4: Relevant Islington Core Strategy 2012 policies 4 Table 1.5: Relevant Islington Development Management policies 4 Table 1.6: Relevant guidance from Design Guidelines 5 Table 2.1: Listed buildings with potential for setting change 9 Table of Figures Figure 2.1: 47-49 and 51-53 Charterhouse Street 11 Figure 2.2: 51-53 Charterhouse Street roofline silhouette 11 LUC I i -Chapter 1 Introduction EON Energy Centre, Charterhouse Street, London June 2020 Chapter 1 Introduction Project background/ Methodology/ Planning policy context Project background The EON Energy Centre building consists of two former cold store buildings merged into one property, now housing a combined heat and power (CHP) station. The historic elevations are still clearly distinct: the eastern building, 51-53 Charterhouse Street is grade II listed (listing entry and description at Appendix A); the western building, 47-49 Charterhouse Street, is not listed. The whole site lies within the Charterhouse Square Conservation Area, within the London Borough of Islington The buildings were converted into a power station c.1993. The current proposal comprises installation of heat pumps to internal spaces within the building, plant to the roof and pipe runs at various levels within the building. To facilitate installation of the heat pumps, the central door on the front elevation of 51-53 Charterhouse Street is proposed for temporary removal and re-installation. Methodology The aims of this statement are to identify the heritage assets affected by the proposals, evaluate their significance and assess the likely impact of the proposals upon them. Where harm may result from the proposed works, appropriate mitigation strategies are suggested. The heritage assets will comprise those directly affected within the site and those nearby which may have their settings changed. Effects to archaeological assets associated with the scheme are subject to a separate assessment. Significance is identified according to the guidance in Conservation Principles1. Impacts are described in terms of the extent to which the proposed development will degrade or enhance the assets’ significance. The report has been produced in accordance with appropriate historic environment guidance2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 English Heritage, Conservation Principles, Policies and Guidance, 2008 Significance in Decision-Taking in the Historic Environment: Historic 2 Chartered Institute for Archaeologists 2017 Standard and Guidance for historic Environment Good Practice Advice in Planning Note 2 (aka GPA 2); Historic environment desk-based assessment; Historic England 2015 Managing England 2015 The Setting of Heritage Assets: Historic Environment Good LUC I 1 Chapter 1 Introduction EON Energy Centre, Charterhouse Street, London June 2020 Sources Sections 16 and 66, relating to applications for listed building consent and planning permission respectively, The following publicly accessible sources of state that, in considering applications affecting listed buildings, primary and secondary information were used in preparation “special regard” will be had “to the desirability of preserving of this report: the building or its setting or any features of special Information on designated heritage assets (National architectural or historic interest which it possesses.”; and, Heritage List for England); Section 72 which states that, in considering Cartographic sources – historic and modern Ordnance applications affecting conservation areas, “special attention Survey and other mapping at various scales; shall be paid to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of that area”. Published and online sources on the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell and Smithfield area and Smithfield Market; In the operation of this law, the concept of and ‘preservation’ referred to in Sections 16, 66 and 72 has been interpreted as to do no harm. Legislation and planning documents. In addition, Greater London Historic Environment National Planning Policy Framework 2019 Record (GLHER) entries were retrieved covering a 200m The application of these laws and national policy radius centred on the building. covering the effects of development on the historic environment are outlined in the National Planning Policy Assumptions and limitations Framework (NPPF)3. There are references to the historic The secondary sources consulted are assumed environment throughout the NPPF but Section 16 ‘Conserving to be reliable unless otherwise stated. Owing to the and enhancing the historic environment’ deals with the topic in coronavirus pandemic situation happening at the time of detail. Table 1.1 overleaf lists the NPPF policies considered preparation, no site visit and no primary archival research relevant to this application. were initially carried out. A change in government advice Guidance on interpretation of NPPF policies is during preparation allowed for a site visit, when additional contained in the conserving and enhancing the historic checks were made and photographs were taken, provided environment section of the Planning Practice Guidance here at Chapter 2. The level of secondary information (PPG)4. available, including site photography provided by the client, is considered to provide a good level of understanding of the Part of this section deals with how to assess if a existing condition and detail of the buildings, sufficient to draw proposal causes substantial harm to a heritage asset’s reliable conclusions on significance and impact. significance as this is the key policy consideration for designated heritage assets5. The PPG states that “Whether a Planning policy proposal causes substantial harm will be a judgment for the decision-maker, having regard to the circumstances of the Legislative context case and the policy in the National Planning Policy Framework”. It goes on to state that it is the “degree of harm The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation to the asset’s significance rather than the scale of the Areas) Act 1990 is the key piece of national legislation relating development that is to be assessed” and that “harm may arise to the protection and treatment of the historic environment from works to the asset or from development within its within the development process. The 1990 Act places a setting”. number of duties on decision makers, key amongst these are: Table 1.1: NPPF references Paragraph Content 189 In determining applications, local planning authorities should require an applicant to describe the significance of any heritage assets affected, including any contribution made by their setting. The level of detail should be ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Practice Advice in Planning Note 3 (aka GPA 3) and National Planning Policy 4 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/conserving-and-enhancing-the-historic- Guidance (NPPG). environment 5 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/conserving-and-enhancing-the-historic- 3 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2019. environment#assess-substantial-harm LUC I 2 Chapter 1 Introduction EON Energy Centre, Charterhouse Street, London June 2020 Paragraph Content proportionate to the assets’ importance and no more than is sufficient to understand the potential impact of the proposal on their significance. As a minimum the relevant historic environment record should have been consulted and the heritage assets assessed using appropriate expertise where necessary. Where a site on which development is proposed includes, or has the potential to include, heritage assets with archaeological interest, local planning authorities should require developers to submit an appropriate desk-based assessment and, where necessary, a field evaluation. 190 Local planning authorities should identify and assess the particular significance of any heritage asset that may be affected by a proposal
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