Heritage Assessment at Land at Bratton Clovelly

The desk-based research and impact assessment were undertaken in accordance with the relevant guidance and in line with the SWARCH HIA methodology4. The site was visited on the 10th of June 2025 by S. Walls. The location of the proposed development was inspected, and the adjacent heritage assets visited. Photographs were taken to and from the heritage assets are included in this report. The proposals have been redesigned following an iterative process; the current scheme is smaller than the original proposal and has introduced a greater degree of vegetation screening as well as a variety of forms and heights as well as limiting the development to the northern part of the field in which it sits. It is considered that this has significantly reduced the potential impacts of the proposals with the overall impact on designated heritage assets of this small development likely to amount to negligible or less than substantial harm. Further expansion of the settlement in this direction may have a more incremental effect on designated heritage assets. The archaeological potential of the site has been assessed as likely to be low. Archaeological works in the form of evaluation trenching may be appropriate to verify the results of the geophysical survey, which suggests the site has low archaeological potential.