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Representation ID: 22531

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Historic England

There is no mention of the historic environment in this policy on sustainable communities. Paragraph 8 of the NPPF makes it clear that achieving sustainable development means that the planning system has three overarching objectives, the third of which is an environmental objective to contribute to protecting and enhancing our natural built and historic environment. To that end we would expect to see reference to the historic environment in the policy on page 61 and also in the key issues addressed by the policy as set out in Table 2.

Suggested change: Include reference to the historic environment in the policy as required by para 8 of the NPPF.