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Derbyniwyd: 05/11/2009

Ymatebydd: Warwickshire County Council - Heritage & Culture (Museums)

Since preparation of the Preferred Options document the long-awaited PPS15 Planning for the Historic Environment has been put out for consultation. Paragraphs 16.6 and 16.7 will therefore need to take account of this, although since PPS15 is only at the consultation stage its policy content may still be subject to change. Furthermore, there is now a presumption that local policy will not repeat national or Regional guidance so much as articulate their application in the light of local circumstances and priorities. We note the intention to produce Supplementary Planning Documents to provide further detail on historic environment; this will enable amongst other matters a more detailed explanation of the District's intentions in respect of the management of archaeology in the development process, and of the manner in which it intends to use Historic Landscape Characterisation.

We also note the intention to draw up local lists of historic buildings and gardens; this process could be usefully extended to include archaeological sites and we would be very willing to discuss a methodology for identification of appropriate sites on the basis of our Historic Environment Record.

The preferred option in respect of Article Four Directions is in accordance with policy HE5 of the draft PPS15; whilst acknowledging the wish to avoid unnecessary confrontation the District should be prepared to consider enforcement where persuasion fails.