Comment

The New Museums Site Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

Representation ID: 30642

Received: 12/08/2015

Respondent: Historic England

Agent: Historic England

Representation Summary:

Creating the third court would require the loss of the Mond Annexe, a building of local interest but, on balance, the benefits to enhancing the setting of both the Mond Building and the Cavendish Laboratory (and thereby better revealing the significance of these two listed buildings) would more than outweigh the harm of the loss of this BLI.'

Full text:

For the sake of clarity it would be helpful if the references of A, B and C for the new primary open spaces are added to Plan 15 and to each of the bullets in this paragraph. The third bullet (Courtyard C) needs to acknowledge that this requires the loss of the Mond Annexe, a building of local interest, but that its loss would be outweighed by the wider benefits. A suggested wording is: Creating this third court would require the loss of the Mond Annexe, a building of local interest but, on balance, the benefits to enhancing the setting of both the Mond Building and the Cavendish Laboratory (and thereby better revealing the significance of these two listed buildings) would more than outweigh the harm of the loss of this BLI.'