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Representation ID: 4887

Received: 11/08/2025

Respondent: Nightingale Homes Ltd

Agent: Tetlow King Planning

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

The general approach to considering the total loss or substantial harm to a designated heritage asset accord with the NPPF, namely paragraph 214. However, the policy as presently worded is not considered to appropriately reflect the test at paragraph 215 relating to proposals that result in less than substantial harm. The requirement for “exceptional and overriding reasons” set out in the emerging policy at present appears to relate to any heritage asset, whether designated or non-designated. Paragraph 216 provides the approach to considering the impacts on non-designated assets.