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Representation ID: 22565

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Historic England

This site lies within the Norwich City Centre Conservation Area. There is a grade II listed building, the Remains of the Church of St Bartholomew, to the north of the site and a number of grade II listed buildings on the opposite side of Ber Street. The Grade I listed Church of St John de Sepulchre lies to the south of the site and the site forms part of the setting of this church.
Any development of the site therefore has the potential to impact upon these designated heritage assets and their settings.
Historic England is broadly supportive of the principle of redevelopment of this site, providing it is of an appropriate scale and massing and conserves and enhances the heritage assets. This should be reflected in the policy.
We welcome the reference to the Conservation area and heritage assets including the Church of St John within bullet point 1. The policy wording would be further improved by reference to significance.

Suggested Change:
We recommend amending the wording of bullet point 1 to refer to significance.
Include reference to scale and massing in policy.