Rodway WTW, Telford Historic Environment Desk-based Assessment

The baseline conditions include known designated and non-designated heritage assets within the study area, the historic landscape character of the area and archaeological potential. The historic environment assessment considers the potential effects on the following; � Designated assets including world heritage sites, scheduled monuments, listed buildings, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, protected wreck sites, or conservation areas; � Non-designated assets including locally listed buildings, buildings and structures of recognisable heritage value and archaeological remains of national, regional and local value; � Non-designated historic landscapes and townscapes; and � Unknown archaeological remains The baseline is informed by accessing readily available historical and archaeological records. Sources consulted for this include: � A search of the HE National Heritage List for England (NHLE) dataset for scheduled monuments, and listed buildings within the study area; there are no world heritage sites; registered parks and gardens; registered battlefields or designated wreck sites in the study area; � A search of the Shropshire Council map for conservation areas within the study area � A search of the Shropshire Historic Environment Record (HER) for archaeological sites, archaeological findspots and other non-designated heritage assets, as well as previous archaeological events within the study area17; � An examination of local, regional and national planning policies in relation to the historic environment; � An inspection of the cartographic and photographic evidence for the land use history of the site; and, � An assessment of relevant published and unpublished historical sources There are no designated heritage assets recorded within the Site. The Grade II listed Day House lies c. 800m north of the Site. Due to the distance between the Site and the designated heritage asset, as well as intervening development and vegetation, there is no potential for the proposed development to result in any harm to the significance of the Grade II listed building. There will be no impacts upon the significance of the Grade II* Church of St Chad, Grade II listed Kynnersley House Farmhouse and the Grade II listed Whym Cottage, through changes to setting, as the pipeline will be contained entirely below ground. There are no non-designated built heritage assets recorded within the Site. The Rodway Bridge is recorded c. 80m south-west of the Site. There is potential for heavy machinery to use Rodway Bridge to access the Site. The unnamed road over Rodway Bridge is narrow and so there is an increased potential for vibrations and physical impacts upon the asset. It is recommended that the Site be accessed from the north, where possible, to avoid any impacts to the asset which may arise from vibrations and physical impacts. The proposed development has the potential to have a neutral impact upon the non-designated Rodway Manor Farm c. 175m north of the proposed development. The proposed development will have the same level of screening as the existing WTW to the west of the proposed development. This is considered to mitigate any visual permanent impacts to the significance of the asset, through changes to setting, as it seeks to replicate the agricultural landscape. A low level of noise already exists due to the existing WTW and so similar levels of noise will not alter the significance of Rodway Manor Farm. Therefore, it is considered that any permanent impacts arising from the proposed development will have a neutral effect on the significance of the asset. There are two non-designated heritage assets recorded within the Site. These comprise the site of a medieval or post-medieval building, NNE of Rodway Bridge and an undated linear ditch (MM081).