13 Church Street, Owston Ferry, North Lincolnshire
8 - Pre-commencement archaeological conditions were not attached to a planning permission
Pre-commencement conditions could not be attached to a planning permission resulting in the loss of archaeological information (no c ondition or watching brief/access only condition was provided instead).
9 - Development commenced before required archaeological mitigation had been completed
The commencement of development (with or without a pre-commencement condition) before the completion of archaeological mitigation fieldwork caused problems e.g. Health and Safety; conservation of archaeology; additional resources required, including for agreeing and implementing complex method statements
Listed Building; heritage assets with archaeological and historic interest.
As above
The Grade II Listed Building was an early-mid 18th century house, with potential earlier origins and possible timber-framing. As such, this was a relatively rare survival in North Lincolnshire.
The building was unoccupied and had fallen into a very dilapidated state since its listing in 1987.
The following is a summary of the sequence of events:
- The Conservation Officer, Historic England and SPAB all sought retention of the building.
- The recommendation from the archaeological advisor to the LPA was that a pre-determination historic building assessment should be undertaken and if necessary a full record of the building should be made if consent was granted.
- A demolition order was issued by the local authority under health and safety regulations and the Listed Building was demolished before an assessment could be carried out.
- Following the demolition of the Listed Building, the archaeological advisor to the LPA recommended that the pre-determination assessment and recording of the demolition debris left on the site should still take place (which included several structural timbers) and of the below-ground remains of the building. A full programme of excavation and recording could then be conditioned, should planning permission be granted for the development.
- Historic England subsequently advised the LPA that the demolished building held no further significance.
- The developer promptly removed the remains as being of no significance, no longer listed and under no other planning protection. - The planning authority subsequently granted permission for the new dwellings with a condition requiring an archaeological watching brief.
A Listed Building was demolished without pre-determination assessment or any recording before demolition. Some below-ground archaeological recording may be possible during development.
