Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) and Supporting Heritage Letter.
For an application for a rural workers dwelling sat adjacent to a Grade I listed Church.
East Anglian Heritage was commissioned to undertake the writing of a HIA by the client and also write a supportive heritage letter due to the concerns raised by the heritage consultee for the LPA in a pre-application advise letter. With the consultee noting that the proposed site could lead to harm of the setting of the Grade I listed church.
IThe Church of Saint Peter at Cringleford, Norfolk © East Anglian Heritage
A HIA and Supporting Letter for submission with an application for a rural workers dwelling at Brundish.
Issues
The clients applied for and received a pre-application advise form the LPA which noted that the heritage consultee raised concerns regarding the potential impact to the Grade I listed Church and this would be ground for refusal under the concept of 'considerable importance and weight' as noted in the judgement of the court of Appeal written by Lord Justice Glidewell in The Bath Society V Secretary of State for the Environment [1991] 1 WLR 1303, 1319.
Solution
East Anglian Heritage undertook writing a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) this HIA identified that a large proportion of the Significance of the Church of St Lawrence at Brundish comes form internal feature such as the medieval and post medieval brass work and the church historical links with the Grants of land to support an Chantry Chapel which holdings survive today as Chantry Farmhouse and St Edmunds Farm. The HIA therefore concluded that there would be no impact upon the setting of any heritage asset contribution to the significance of the heritage assets.
Additionally, East Anglian Heritage wrote a supporting letter reviewing 8 judgement of the courts (with judgement from the High Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords) issued between 1991 to 2024, seeing how the courts have further developed the concepts written down in The Bath Society [1991] judgement which was dealing with matters of interpretation of section 277 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (as amended by the Town and Country Amenities Act 1974) and therefore while a foundation case for understanding heritage and planning there have been many subsequent judgement outline the roll of later planning act of parliament as well as the roll of the National Planning Policy Framework in supporting those act of parliament.
Outcomes
The HIA and supportive letter was submitted by the client of a planning application.
View Southeastwards form the potential site toward the Church of St Lawrance Brundish Suffolk © East Anglian Heritage
East Anglian Heritage is proud to be
Member of FAME
Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers, the archaeological trade body
Member of the Suffolk Design Collective
Suffolk Design Collective is a professional network bringing together architects, designers, planners and built-environment specialists working collaboratively to promote high quality design and placemaking across Suffolk.
