VALP Proposed Submission

Object

Representation ID: 1048

Received: 14/12/2017

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

We see these environmental issues as being no less significant than the commitment to sustainable economic growth and the requirement that councils should boost significantly the supply of housing. Paragraph 7 of the NPPF makes it clear that there are three dimensions to "sustainable development".

It is therefore inaccurate for the Local Plan to just emphasise the NPPF's references to economic growth and housing supply and we consider the Plan not to be sound in its failure to be consistent with national planning policy in this respect.

Object

Representation ID: 2074

Received: 14/12/2017

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

no reference to any historic environment evidence in this paragraph or on the Council's supporting evidence webpage, nor is there a Historic Environment Topic Study.

We expect up-to-date and relevant historic environment evidence base and to demonstrate in the Local Plan how that historic evidence base has informed and influenced the Plan's policies and site allocations. However, with no references to any of existing historic environment evidence we cannot be sure that this is the case and therefore have to consider the Plan not to be sound for its apparent failure to be consistent with paragraph 169 of the NPPF.

Object

Representation ID: 2075

Received: 14/12/2017

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The terms "built environment" and "historic environment" are not interchangeable; not all heritage assets are built and the National Planning Policy Framework refers to the historic environment (distinguishing it from the built environment in paragraph 7) and even includes a specific definition of the historic environment.

We welcome the reference to the 124 conservation areas, but wonder why there is no reference to the 2,896 listing entries, 67 scheduled monuments and 10 registered historic parks and gardens in the district

Object

Representation ID: 2076

Received: 14/12/2017

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The terms "built environment" and "historic environment" are not interchangeable; not all heritage assets are built and the National Planning Policy Framework refers to the historic environment (distinguishing it from the built environment in paragraph 7) and even includes a specific definition of the historic environment.

We welcome the reference to the 124 conservation areas, but wonder why there is no reference to the 2,896 listing entries, 67 scheduled monuments and 10 registered historic parks and gardens in the district

Object

Representation ID: 2078

Received: 14/12/2017

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The terms "built environment" and "historic environment" are not interchangeable; not all heritage assets are built and the National Planning Policy Framework refers to the historic environment (distinguishing it from the built environment in paragraph 7) and even includes a specific definition of the historic environment.

We welcome the reference to the 124 conservation areas, but wonder why there is no reference to the 2,896 listing entries, 67 scheduled monuments and 10 registered historic parks and gardens in the district

Object

Representation ID: 2079

Received: 14/12/2017

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The terms "built environment" and "historic environment" are not interchangeable; not all heritage assets are built and the National Planning Policy Framework refers to the historic environment (distinguishing it from the built environment in paragraph 7) and even includes a specific definition of the historic environment.

We welcome the reference to the 124 conservation areas, but wonder why there is no reference to the 2,896 listing entries, 67 scheduled monuments and 10 registered historic parks and gardens in the district

Object

Representation ID: 2080

Received: 14/12/2017

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

supports the references to heritage and cultural assets being protected and, where possible, enhanced, as part of the positive strategy for conserving and enjoying, and clear strategy for enhancing, the historic environment required by paragraphs 126 and 157 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

We also welcome and support the commitments in g.6 to "a renaissance to the town that protects and promotes its historic core" and in i.1. to "heritage......assets protected and where possible enhanced" for the same reason, but do not understand why there is no commitment to the protection and enhancement of the heritage assets in Buckingham.

Object

Representation ID: 2081

Received: 14/12/2017

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

we welcome and support Objective 5 and, in principle, Objective 6 as part of the positive strategy for conserving and enjoying, and clear strategy for enhancing, the historic environment required by paragraphs 126 and 157 of the National Planning Policy Framework. However, whilst the reference to managing development is understandable in a local plan, the Council can and should do more to ensure the protection and enhancement of the district's built, natural and historic environment.

Object

Representation ID: 2083

Received: 14/12/2017

Respondent: Historic England

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

we appreciate the intention and sentiment behind the priority to be given to "Minimising impacts on heritage assets..." in assessing the most sustainable locations for new development, but priority should be given in the first instance to avoiding harm to heritage assets. Paragraph 126 of the NPPF requires local planning authorities to set out in their Local Plan a positive strategy for the conservation and enjoyment of the historic environment and, in doing so, to "recognise that heritage assets are an irreplaceable resource and conserve them in a manner appropriate to their significance".

Support

Representation ID: 2084

Received: 14/12/2017

Respondent: Historic England

we welcome the statement that the Local Plan strategy and its vision, objectives and policies have been shaped by, inter alia, protecting the historic environment and settlement character, as part of the positive strategy for the conservation and enjoyment of, and the clear strategy for enhancing, the historic environment required by policies 126 and 157 of the National Planning Policy Framework.