Page 1 of 2 Pearson, Jennifer Subject: FW: Proposed development in Trefonen 14/00536/OUT Attachments: PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT TREFONEN.pdf From: Andy Wigley [[email protected]] Sent: 01 May 2014 16:31 To: Klemperer, Bill Subject: RE: Proposed development in Trefonen (14/00536/OUT) Bill, I thought you should be aware that the Council in now in receipt of the heritage assessment from objectors to this above application. In the circumstances, would you wish to be re‐consulted on the application? Kind regards, Andy Please note that my mobile no. has changed _______________________________________________________________________________ Dr Andy Wigley Historic Environment Manager Historic Environment Team Shropshire Council Shirehall Abbey Foregate SHREWSBURY SY2 6ND Tel. (01743) 252561 Mob. 07990 085329 _______________________________________________________________________________ From: Mark Perry Sent: 01 May 2014 16:00 To: Andy Wigley Subject: Proposed development in Trefonen (14/00536/OUT) Hi Andy, For your information please find attached a heritage assessment that I have just received. This has been commissioned by the objectors for the site at Whitridge Way in Trefonen. Hopefully the archaeology report from Dave Parker will also be with us by the end of the week, so you’ll have two to read, compare and contrast!! Regards, Mark Perry Senior Planner Development Management Shropshire Council Castle View 05/06/2014 Page 2 of 2 Oswestry SY11 1JR : 01743 258774 : [email protected] : www.shropshire.gov.uk From: Liz Kilvert On Behalf Of planningdmnw Sent: 01 May 2014 15:51 To: Mark Perry Subject: FW: Proposed development in Trefonen From: Sent: 01 May 2014 14:54 To: planningdmnw Cc: Subject: Proposed development in Trefonen Dear Sir, On the behalf of Trefonen Rural Protection Group, I enclose an attachment to be placed on the Planning Portal, with regard to the proposed housing development in Trefonen ‐ Ref. 14/00536/OUT. This is to be described as ‐ Consultee Comment and be given the description ‐ Heritage Assessment – Dr. George Nash (George Nash being author, of the Heritage Assessment) It would be appreciated, if this documentation could be placed on the Planning Portal at the earliest opportunity. 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For more information, please refer to http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/privacy.nsf ****************************************************************************** 05/06/2014 2014 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT WHITRIDGE WAY DEVELOPMENT, TREFONEN, SHROPSHIRE HERITAGE STATEMENT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT WHITRIDGE WAY DEVELOPMENT, TREFONEN i Heritage Statement April 2014 HERITAGE STATEMENT Dr George Nash Produced on behalf of the Trefonen Rural Protection Group PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT WHITRIDGE WAY DEVELOPMENT, TREFONEN ii Heritage Statement April 2014 CONTROLLED DOCUMENT Document No:1 Status: Final Copy No: 1 Name Signature Date Prepared by: George Nash 28st April 2014 Checked: Laurence Hayes 29th April 2014 Amended and George Nash dispatched: 30th April 2014 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT WHITRIDGE WAY DEVELOPMENT, TREFONEN iii Heritage Statement April 2014 CONTENTS NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 2 2.0 STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION AND CONTEXT ........................................................................... 3 3.0 BASELINE CONDITIONS ........................................................................................................ 4 4.0 PLANNING HISTORY ............................................................................................................ 9 5.0 THE WALKOVER SURVEY ..................................................................................................... 9 6.0 LANDSCAPE COMPLEXITY .................................................................................................. 12 7.0 STATEMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL .................................................................. 12 8.0 SIGNIFICANCE ................................................................................................................... 13 9.0 IMPACT ASSESSMENT ....................................................................................................... 14 10.0 DISCUSSION ...................................................................................................................... 17 11.0 SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ 18 12.0 RECOMMENDATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS ....................................................................... 18 13.0 REFERENCES CONSULTED .................................................................................................. 21 14.0 CLOSURE ........................................................................................................................... 22 APPENDIX 1. Correspondence from the Prehistoric Society. 36 APPENDIX 2. Correspondence from RESCUE. .37 APPENDIX 3. Correspondence from CBA. .39 ABBREVIATIONS BGS: British Geological Survey HER: Historic Environment Record NPPF: National Policy Framework PPS(5): Planning Policy Statement SM: Scheduled Monument PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT WHITRIDGE WAY DEVELOPMENT, TREFONEN 1 Heritage Statement April 2014 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY A Planning Application to construct 12 dwellings (one as an affordable option) has been submitted to Shropshire Council. The proposed development stands within the northern part of the village of Trefonen, North Shropshire and is located close to the scheduled Offa’s Dyke and other heritage assets. This report includes the results of a walkover survey which identified 17 previously recorded and unrecorded heritage assets within a 300m radius of the proposed development. Based on the walkover survey, along with supporting documentary evidence, direct and indirect impacts will occur to a number of significant heritage assets. This report also identified potential sub-surface damage/destruction to the western extent of Offa’s Dyke; possibly a ditch section which forms the eastern boundary of the proposed development. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT WHITRIDGE WAY DEVELOPMENT, TREFONEN 2 Heritage Statement April 2014 1.0 INTRODUCTION Dr George Nash was commissioned by the Trefonen Rural Protection Group (TRPG) to prepare a Heritage Statement for land that partly abuts the eastern rampart of Offa’s Dyke within the village of Trefonen, Shropshire. The area is the subject of an application for housing development known as Whitridge Way, and is referred to throughout this report as the proposed development (Figure 1). The proposed development incorporates an area in which extensive early post-medieval industrial scowling of the land surface has taken place, underlying an historic (late post medieval) ridge and furrow agricultural regime. This heritage statement has been prepared in accordance with statutory policy within National Policy Planning Framework (NPPF) (Chapter 12), and technical guidance within the Institute for Archaeologists (IfA) document Standard and Guidance for Historic Environment Desk-based Assessment (2012) and English Heritage’s The Setting of Heritage Assets (2011). Within Chapter 12 of NPPF, the Local Planning Authority (LPA) should: [para 128] 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 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. Based on this statement, the author of this report has undertaken a thorough review of available archaeological and historical data, along with aerial reconnaissance (Plates 1 to 6) and a walkover survey (see Plates 7 to 26). Identified during the site visit were a number of designated and non-designated heritage assets including one Scheduled Monument: a near-continuous section of Offa’s Dyke (see Table 1). In addition were a number historic buildings and structures that stand within a 300m radius of the proposed development; several of these are included within Shropshire Historic Environment Record (HER). The author of this report is a Member of the Institute for Archaeologists (IfA), at MIfA Level and an affiliate member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC). PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT WHITRIDGE WAY DEVELOPMENT, TREFONEN 3 Heritage Statement April 2014 Figure 1: Approximate area of the Application Site (in red outline) 2.0 STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION AND CONTEXT The proposed development (Planning Application Ref No.: 14/00536/OUT) comprises a sub-rectangular plot of land that occupies the southern extent of a large field that is, itself, bounded on its eastern side by a section of Offa’s Dyke and an ancient bridleway on its western flank. The southern boundary comprises