87 Trippet Lane, Sheffield
1 - Pre-determination assessment/evaluation identified significant new heritage assets
Pre-determination assessment/evaluation identified significant archaeology on the development site (i.e. the results created significant new knowledge), especially where none was previously known in the HER.
7 - Pre-commencement archaeological conditions were attached to a planning permission
Pre-commencement archaeological conditions were attached to a planning permission and were necessary in order to enable the development to be permitted.
Non-designated heritage assets with archaeological and historic interest
Demolition of existing building and erection of 7 storey building to create 50 student apartments.
The building lay within the city centre Conservation Area and the LPA required submission of an appropriately detailed heritage statement.
The heritage statement submitted by the applicant was basic and the archaeological advisor to the LPA recommended that a detailed building appraisal (combined with an archaeological assessment) be submitted as well.
The detailed pre-determination appraisal submitted in support of the application was helpful but found that the level of modern cladding obscured any surviving early features. The report went on to recommend further work on the former mission hall prior to demolition.
The archaeological advice to the LPA was that, if the buildings were not to be retained, detailed recording of both the mission hall and the domestic/workshop premises at the rear of the site should be required. In addition, investigation of below-ground evidence was recommended, following any demolition. A pre-commencement condition was then attached to the consent for demolition and new build.
A WSI for building recording was drafted by the developer’s consultant. However, before this had been formally accepted by the LPA, monitoring of the soft strip of the buildings revealed that historic fabric and features, including a stone fireplace, did survive. In addition, the domestic/workshop buildings at the rear of the site were probably earlier than had originally been supposed and warranted more detailed recording than had previously been envisaged. This more detailed recording was agreed via an updated WSI submitted to and formally accepted by the LPA.
The detailed recording work was undertaken and the stone fireplace was removed and proposed for re-use, potentially within the scheme.
The archaeological advisor to the LPA is currently awaiting a report on the recording and completion of other elements of the agreed scheme of archaeological investigation. Whether the additional work required put strain on the budget for the development is unknown.
A request for pre-determination building and below-ground archaeological assessment by the archaeological advisors to the LPA to improve on the initial heritage statement was successful but highlighted that understanding of the buildings was masked by modern cladding. Monitoring the removal of the cladding revealed that the buildings had greater significance than had been anticipated and an agreed the WSI for enhanced mitigation by recording was approved by the LPA.
- The Jessop Consultancy 2015, 87 Trippet Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire: Archaeological desk-based assessment and buildings appraisal. Unpublished report no. TJC2015.24.
