North Street, Winterton, North Lincolnshire
4 - Pre-determination assessment/evaluation led to a modified development proposal
Pre-determination assessment/evaluation results led to a change in the extent or design of development.
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 a house and outline planning permission for the erection of 135 dwellings - 6.8ha.
A Romano British settlement site, excavated in 1953, lies adjacent to the development site. The site also contains a Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post, one of only three surviving posts in North Lincolnshire.
Pre-application evaluation by geophysical survey and trial trenching in 2015 revealed the extent of features associated with the known site of a Roman building and a previously unknown cemetery. The site is considered to be of regional importance. In addition, an extant Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post was assessed.
The application was refused (not on archaeological grounds) in 2016 and was granted on appeal in 2017.
A mitigation strategy combining areas of preservation and excavation was negotiated as a condition of the planning approval in 2017.
Excavation of the well-preserved Roman inhumation cemetery in 2018 has received regional and national publicity including on the BBC website and an article in Current Archaeology.
The S106 agreement will provide for information boards about the heritage assets and funds towards the refurbishment of the Royal Observer Corps post which will be passed to a local community heritage group to manage as a local heritage asset.
- Allen Archaeology 2015, Heritage Assessment: land off North Street, Winterton, North Lincolnshire. Unpublished report.
- Kathryn Krakowka 2018 ‘Revealing the dead in North Lincolnshire’ Current Archaeology no. 345, November 2018.
