Built Heritage Statement In respect of Land North of the A1071, Ipswich, Suffolk On behalf of Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd CgMs Ref: JAC24944 April 2021 FINAL cgms.co.uk /rpsgroup.com/uk CONTENTS CONTENTS Pages 1.0 Introduction 3 Prepared by: 2.0 Legislative and Planning Policy Framework Edward Hawkins BSc Econ (Hons) MSc ACIfA 2.1 Legislation and National Planning Policy 4 2.2 National Planning Guidance 5 2.3 Local Planning Policy and Guidance 7 3.0 Architectural and Historical Appraisal 3.1 Historical Development and Map Progression 8 Authorised by: 4.0 Assessment of Significance Veronica Cassin BArch, MA 4.1 Site Assessment and Identification of Assets 10 Thomas Copp BA (Hons) MA AssocIHBC Duncan Hawkins BA (hons) MSc FSA MCIfA 4.2 Statutorily Listed Buildings 14 5.0 Proposals and Assessment of Impact Report Status: 5.1 Proposed Development 22 5.2 Assessment of Impact 28 FINAL 6.0 Conclusions 29 Appendices CgMs Ref: Appendix A: Statutory List Description Appendix B: References JAC24944 Appendix C:Built Heritage Assets Plot Issue Date: APRIL 2021 COPYRIGHT © CgMs Part of RPS The material presented in this report is confidential. This report has been prepared for the exclusive use of the client and shall not be distributed or made available to any other company or person without the knowledge and written consent CgMs Heritage (part of RPS), © Ordnance Survey maps have been reproduced with the sanction of the controller of HM Stationery Office. Licence No: AL 100014723 cgms.co.uk /rpsgroup.com/uk 1.0 INTRODUCTION This Built Heritage Statement has been prepared by CgMs (part of RPS), A plot of all known Built Heritage Assets within 1.5km of the Site is given in on Behalf of Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd in relation to the proposed residential Appendix C. led development of Land North of the A1071, Ipswich. The proposed This report satisfies the requirements of paragraph 189 of the NPPF and development scheme is known as Wolsey Grange 2 and henceforth provides sufficient information to enable the Local Planning Authority to referred to as ‘the Site’. reach a decision about the suitability of the proposals in relation to built This assessment supports the application for planning permission for heritage. outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except for access) for All photos, maps and plans are for illustrative purposes only. up to 750 dwellings, up to 3ha of primary education land, public open space, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), landscaping and highway All photos are the author’s own, unless otherwise stated. improvements. The Site comprises fields in agricultural use, various wooded areas and the grounds of a sewerage works. The Site is situated to the west of Chantry Vale, Ipswich, Suffolk, bounded by the A14 to the north and west and by the A1071 and A1241 in the south. To the south and east of the Site there are various residential developments, commercial/industrial spaces and the Grade II Chantry Park Registered Park and Garden. This Built Heritage Statement should be read in conjunction with the submission drawings and other supporting documents that accompany the application. This report will present an appraisal of the relevant legislative framework and planning policy at national, strategic and local levels, with special regard to policies that relate to developments affecting the significance of nationally designated heritage assets, including listed buildings. This report will also provide an overview of the history of the Site and its surroundings, an appraisal of the Site’s contribution to the significance of relevant nearby built heritage assets and an assessment of the potential impacts of the proposed development on that significance. Figure 1: Site Location Seven built heritage assets are identified as relevant to the proposed development; • Poplar Farmhouse (Grade II); • Springvale (Grade II); • Red House (Grade II) and its associated Barn (Grade II); and • The Grade II Chantry Park Registered Park and Garden, within which the main Chantry residence (Grade II) and its Gatehouse and Gate Piers (Grade II) are located. The Springvale and Red House built heritage assets are located between the parcels of land that form the Site and therefore will be assessed individually for potential impacts to their significance. The Chantry Park heritage assets, which have a weaker visual and historic relationship with the Site, will be addressed as a group. cgms.co.uk/ rpsgroup.com/uk 3 2.0 LEGISLATIVE & PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK 2.1 LEGISLATION & NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY The current national legislative and planning policy system identifies, National Planning Policy through the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), that applicants National Planning Policy Framework (Ministry of Housing, Communities should consider the potential impact of development upon ‘heritage assets’. and Local Government, February 2019) This term includes: designated heritage assets which possess a statutory designation (for example listed buildings and conservation areas); and non- The NPPF is the principal document that sets out the Government’s designated heritage assets, typically compiled by Local Planning planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. Authorities (LPAs) and incorporated into a Local List or recorded on the It defines a heritage asset as a: ‘building, monument, site, place, area or Historic Environment Record. landscape identified as having a degree of significance meriting Legislation consideration in planning decisions, because of its heritage interest’. This includes both designated and non-designated heritage assets. Where any development may affect certain designated heritage assets, there is a legislative framework to ensure proposed works are developed Section 16: Conserving and Enhancing the Historic Environment relates to and considered with due regard to their impact on the historic environment. the conservation of heritage assets in the production of local plans and This extends from primary legislation under the Planning (Listed Buildings decision taking. It emphasises that heritage assets are ‘an irreplaceable and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. resource, and should be conserved in a manner appropriate to their significance’. The relevant legislation in this case extends from section 66 of the 1990 Act which states that special regard must be given by the decision maker, For proposals that have the potential to affect the significance of a heritage in the exercise of planning functions, to the desirability of preserving listed asset, paragraph 189 requires applicants to identify and describe the buildings and their setting. significance of any heritage assets that may be affected, including any contribution made by their significance. The level of detail provided should The meaning and effect of these duties have been considered by the courts be proportionate to the significance of the heritage assets affected. This is in recent cases, including the Court of Appeal’s decision in relation to supported by paragraph 190, which requires LPAs to take this assessment Barnwell Manor Wind Energy Ltd v East Northamptonshire District Council into account when considering applications. [2014] EWCA Civ 137. Under ‘Considering potential impacts’ the NPPF emphasises that ‘great The Court agreed within the High Court’s judgement that Parliament’s weight’ should be given to the conservation of designated heritage assets, intention in enacting section 66(1) was that decision makers should give irrespective of whether any potential impact equates to total loss, ‘considerable importance and weight’ to the desirability of preserving (i.e. substantial harm or less than substantial harm to the significance of the keeping from harm) the setting of listed buildings. heritage assets. Section 69(1) of the Act requires LPAs to ‘determine areas of special Paragraph 195 states that where a development will result in substantial architectural or historic interest the character or appearance of which it is harm to, or total loss of, the significance of a designated heritage asset, desirable to preserve or enhance’ and to designate them as conservation permission should be refused, unless this harm is necessary to achieve areas. Section 69(2) requires LPAs to review and, where necessary, substantial public benefits, or a number of criteria are met. Where less than amend those areas ‘from time to time’. substantial harm is identified paragraph 196 requires this harm to be For development within a conservation area section 72 of the Act requires weighed against the public benefits of the proposed development. the decision maker to pay ‘special attention […] to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of that area’. The duty to give special attention is considered commensurate with that under section 66(1) to give special regard, meaning that the decision maker must give considerable importance and weight to any such harm in the planning balance. cgms.co.uk/ rpsgroup.com/uk 4 2.2 NATIONAL PLANNING GUIDANCE National Guidance Environment and Site Allocations in Local Plans (October 2015), and As with the NPPF the document defines setting as ‘the surroundings in HEAN4: Tall Buildings (December 2015). which a heritage asset is experienced. Its extent is not fixed and may Planning Practice Guidance (MHCLG) change as the asset and its surroundings evolve’. Setting is also described The Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) has been adopted in order to aid GPA1: The Historic Environment in Local Plans (March 2015) as being a separate term to curtilage, character and context. The guidance the application of the NPPF. It reiterates that conservation of heritage This advice note focuses on the importance of identifying heritage policies emphasises that setting is not a heritage asset, nor a heritage designation, assets in a manner appropriate to their significance is a core planning within Local Plans. The advice echoes the NPPF by stressing the and that its importance lies in what it contributes to the significance of the principle. importance of formulating Local Plans based on up-to-date and relevant heritage asset, or the ability to appreciate that significance.