Comment

Representation ID: 9689

Received: 26/07/2022

Respondent: Historic England

Whilst there are no designated heritage assets within the site boundary, the site lies immediately adjacent to the grade II listed Cardington Railway Station. It is also close to the grade II* listed Cardington sheds whilst to the east lies Cardington Conservation Area with its associated listed buildings (including the grade II* Howards House and grade II Registered Park and Garden to Howards House). Any development of this site has the potential to impact upon these heritage assets and their settings.
This site not quite as sensitive as HOU17 given that it is in an area where lots of other residential development has been approved in recent years. However, it is important that to ensure that development is grounded in a thorough understanding of the context and in particular the setting ,and ensuring that layout, siting, massing etc is appropriate so that development is in deference to the hangars.
A Heritage Appraisal has been prepared for this site. The appraisal makes a number of recommendations for the site including:
• Maintain channelled views between the station and hangers
• Retain vegetation and eastern and south eastern boundary of the site
• Sensitively placed built form with massing that does not compete with the hangers
These recommendations should be included in the policy wording.
We broadly welcome criteria vi and vii. We suggest adding the following after Conservation Area ‘and associated listed buildings and Registered Park and Garden’