ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT LAND SOUTH OF DINTING ROAD GLOSSOP Planning ● Heritage March 2015 Specialist & Independent Advisors to the Property Industry Planning Authority: High Peak Borough Council Site centred at: SK 027 945 Authors: Dr Robert Smith CEnv CGeog CSci C.WEM FRGS MCIWEM MCIfA Approved by: Dr Robert Smith CEnv CGeog CSci C.WEM FRGS MCIWEM MCIfA Report Status: Final Issue Date: March 2015 CgMs Ref: RS/19189 © CgMs Limited No part of this report is to be copied in any way without prior written consent. Every effort is made to provide detailed and accurate information, however, CgMs Limited cannot be held responsible for errors or inaccuracies within this report. © Ordnance Survey maps reproduced with the sanction of the controller of HM Stationery Office. Licence No: AL 100014723 Archaeological Desk Based Assessment Land south of Dinting Road, Glossop CONTENTS Executive Summary 1.0 Introduction and Scope of Study 2.0 Planning Background and Development Plan Framework 3.0 Geology and Topography 4.0 Archaeological/Historical Background and Assessment of Significance 5.0 Site Conditions, the Proposed Development and Impact on Heritage Assets 6.0 Summary and Conclusions Sources Consulted LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1 Site Location Figure 2 Site Details Figure 3 Designated Heritage Assets Figure 4 HER Data Plot Figure 5 1577 Saxton’s Map of Derbyshire Figure 6 1857 Poor Law Plan of the Union of Glossop Figure 7 1881-1887 Ordnance Survey Map Figure 8 1898 Ordnance Survey Map Figure 9 1921 Ordnance Survey Map Figure 10 1954 Ordnance Survey Map Figure 11 1968 Ordnance Survey Map Figure 12 1974-1975 Ordnance Survey Map Figure 13 1992 Ordnance Survey Map Figure 14 2006 Ordnance Survey Map Figure 15 2014 Ordnance Survey Map CgMs Consulting RS/19189 1 Archaeological Desk Based Assessment Land south of Dinting Road, Glossop PLATES Plate 1 View looking east along the northern perimeter of the Site Plate 2 View looking north-east along Birchside Avenue from the eastern perimeter of the Site Plate 3 View looking east along the southern perimeter of the Site Plate 4 View looking south along the western perimeter of the Site Plate 5 View looking south-east from the north-east corner of the Site Plate 6 View looking west from the eastern perimeter of the Site CgMs Consulting RS/19189 2 Archaeological Desk Based Assessment Land south of Dinting Road, Glossop EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This archaeological desk-based assessment considers land approximately 2.2 hectares in extent to the south of Dinting Road, Glossop. In accordance with government policy (National Planning Policy Framework), this assessment draws together the available archaeological, historic, topographic and land-use information in order to clarify the heritage significance and archaeological potential of the site. The assessment concludes that development of the site would not impact any designated assets (Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas, Registered Parks and Gardens or Registered Battlefields). The assessment also considers that the site has a limited potential for archaeological evidence from all periods. Therefore, the potential for as yet to be discovered archaeological finds and features is considered to be low/nil. Nevertheless, despite this limited archaeological potential, additional work in the form of a geophysical survey has been requested by the Archaeological Advisor to the Local Planning Authority. This response may not be proportionate given the absence of archaeological evidence on the site and its paucity in the wider area. CgMs Consulting RS/19189 3 Archaeological Desk Based Assessment Land south of Dinting Road, Glossop 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF STUDY 1.1 This archaeological desk-based assessment has been researched and prepared by Robert Smith of CgMs Consulting on behalf of Nick J Dignan. 1.2 The assessment examines a site, also referred to as the study site, on land to the south of Dinting Road, Glossop (Figures 1 and 2). 1.3 The study site is bound by Dinting Road to the north (Plate 1), modern houses along Birchside Avenue to the north-east (Plate 2), grassland to the south-east, the Manchester to Glossop railway line to the south (Plate 3) and the rear gardens of houses to the west (Plate 4). The site is centred at National Grid Reference SK 027 945 (Figure 1). 1.4 In accordance with government policy (National Planning Policy Framework [NPPF]) this assessment draws together the available archaeological, historic, topographic and land-use information in order to clarify the heritage significance and archaeological potential of the site. 1.5 Additionally, in accordance with the Standard and Guidance for Archaeological Desk- Based Assessments (Chartered Institute for Archaeologists 1999 [revised 2012]), the assessment includes the results of a site inspection (February 2015), an examination of published and unpublished records and charts historic land-use through a map regression exercise. 1.6 An initial pre-application consultation has been undertaken with Steve Baker (Development Control Archaeologist, Derbyshire County Council) and Nichola Manning (Historic Environment Record Officer, Derbyshire County Council). 1.7 As a result, the assessment enables relevant parties to assess the significance of heritage/archaeological assets on and close to the site and consider the potential for hitherto undiscovered archaeological assets, thus enabling potential impacts on assets to be identified along with the need for design, civil engineering or archaeological solutions. CgMs Consulting RS/19189 4 Archaeological Desk Based Assessment Land south of Dinting Road, Glossop 2.0 PLANNING BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FRAMEWORK 2.1 In March 2012, the government published the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). More recently, the National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG) has been published (2014). 2.1.1 Section 12 of the NPPF, entitled ‘Conserving and enhancing the historic environment’ provides guidance for planning authorities, property owners, developers and others on the conservation and investigation of heritage assets. Overall, the objectives of Section 12 of the NPPF can be summarised as seeking the: Delivery of sustainable development; Understanding the wider social, cultural, economic and environmental benefits brought by the conservation of the historic environment; Conservation of England's heritage assets in a manner appropriate to their significance; and Recognition of the value that heritage makes to our knowledge and understanding of the past. 2.1.2 Section 12 of the NPPF recognises that intelligently managed change may sometimes be necessary if heritage assets are to be maintained for the long term. Paragraph 128 states that planning decisions should be based on the significance of the heritage asset, and that level of detail supplied by an applicant should be proportionate to the importance of the asset and should be no more than sufficient to review the potential effect of the proposal upon the significance of that asset. 2.1.3 Heritage assets are defined in Annex 2 of the NPPF as: A building, monument, site, place, area or landscape positively identified as having a degree of significance meriting consideration in planning decisions. They include designated heritage assets (as defined in the NPPF) and assets identified by the Local Planning Authority. CgMs Consulting RS/19189 5 Archaeological Desk Based Assessment Land south of Dinting Road, Glossop 2.1.4 Annex 2 also defines archaeological interest as: A heritage asset which holds or potentially could hold, evidence of past human activity worthy of expert investigation at some point. Heritage assets with archaeological interest are the primary source of evidence about the substance and evolution of places, and of the people and cultures that made them. 2.1.5 A designated heritage asset comprises a: World Heritage Site, Scheduled Monument, Listed Building, Protected Wreck Site, Registered Park and Garden, Registered Battlefield or Conservation Area. 2.1.6 Significance is defined as: The value of a heritage asset to this and future generations because of its heritage interest. This interest may be archaeological, architectural, artistic or historic. Significance derives not only from a heritage asset’s physical presence, but also from its setting. 2.1.7 In short, government policy provides a framework which: Protects nationally important designated heritage assets (which comprise World Heritage Sites, Scheduled Ancient Monuments, Listed Buildings, Protected Wreck Sites, Registered Parks and Gardens, Registered Battlefields or Conservation Areas); Protects the settings of such designations; In appropriate circumstances seeks adequate information (from desk-based assessment and where necessary field evaluation) to enable informed decisions; and Provides for the excavation and investigation of sites not significant enough to merit in-situ preservation. 2.2 In considering any planning application for development, the planning authority will be mindful of the framework set by government policy, in this instance the NPPF, by current development plan policy and by other material considerations. 2.3 Until the adoption of the Local Development Framework (LDF), the relevant development plan framework is provided by the High Peak Local Plan (2005). The Plan CgMs Consulting RS/19189 6 Archaeological Desk Based Assessment Land south of Dinting Road, Glossop contains the following relevant ‘saved’ policies which provide a framework for the consideration