Conservation Management Plan - Tamworth Borough Council

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J Policies Site Management These policies are to ensure that Tamworth Borough Council meets all statutory and legal requirements for the management of the site. That its policies and procedures place protection of the significance of the castle, at the heart of all its decisions and actions. That an understanding of visitors’ comfort, needs and motivations are key to delivering a first class visitor experience. Policy J 1: Meet all statutory and legal requirements for protection of the site, the health and safety of individuals and the requirements of disabilities legislation, by means which ensure minimum impact on the significance of the castle. Policy J 2: Ensure the management arrangements at Tamworth Castle safeguard its historical integrity and the public interest in access, through shared aims and objectives and consistent methods of working in partnership. Policy J3: Develop an effective strategy for staff and contractor parking that minimises the risk to visitors and park users and minimises the impact on the historic fabric and setting of the castle, its bailey and landscaped grounds. Policy J4: Review facilities for visitor parking, including disabled access drop off point, within an overall framework for visitor parking for the town. Policy J5: Implement the motte management policy and ensure that contractors and officers are aware of the significance of the motte and how it might be damaged. Policy J6: Ensure that castle staff and grounds maintenance teams working in the bailey are aware of archaeological constraints and consents procedures. Policy J7: Re-introduce and monitor a regular programme of cleaning within the castle and the budget to support it. Policy J8: Develop a strategy and procedures for effective volunteer management and motivation. Policy J9: Develop a policy for regularly reviewing the effectiveness , maintenance and replacement of visitor orientation, waymarking and interpretive signage. Policy J10: Enhance the visitor welcome and orientation at key gateways (Station, Jolly Sailor Car Park, Ventura Retail Park, Car Park at foot of castle mound) to the castle and other town centre attractions. Policy J11: Develop a waymarked interpretive trail leading to and from the castle, and other town centre attractions, across Ladybridge, through the historic castle park and modern castle pleasure grounds, for pedestrians and cyclists linked to the main gateways. 112 Part 2 www.marionblockley.co.uk Tamworth Castle Conservation Management Plan
2.5 Recommendations and next steps This section sets out the main aspects of the adoption and implementation of the Conservation Management Plan policies. 2.5.1 Consultation and agreement The Conservation policies outlined in this plan will be promoted within Tamworth Borough Council as the basis for future management of Tamworth Castle. They will also help to ensure that separate areas of responsibility are based on a common set of principles. The plan and its policies will need to be subject to agreement with other departments within Tamworth Borough Council, the support of elected members, and with other stakeholders including English Heritage and Staffordshire County Council and the Friends of Tamworth Castle. This process of agreement may require further consultation to resolve any remaining concerns, or new developments and secure full support. 2.5.2 The adoption of the conservation plan The purpose of the conservation plan is to inform and guide the long term future management of the castle. Any future management decisions should be informed by the assessment of significance and the policies set out in the plan. In order to achieve this it is important that the document is adopted by the key stakeholder Tamworth Borough Council, and distributed to, and used by all those involved in managing the site. It is essential that the conservation management plan is a living document, which is updated and amended as new information comes to light. After adoption, the plan itself will need to be reviewed at regular intervals to reflect increased knowledge, altered circumstances, changes in legislation or guidance and the changing aspirations of Tamworth Borough Council. The plan may ultimately need to be reviewed every five to ten years, though initially a more frequent review process may be desirable. Further information about the motte, and the castle is likely to be uncovered during the consolidation work. The most appropriate place for this new information, is likely to be the gazetteer, which consequently will need updating most frequently. In order to ensure that the plan is updated regularly an electronic master copy should be held by Tamworth Borough Council and responsibility for holding and updating this document should be allocated to a specific person, or post holder. The most appropriate person to bear this responsibility would be the Heritage Services Manager (though in practice the updating of the document would be delegated to commissioned specialists). 2.5.3 Gazetteer The detailed descriptions of individual elements of the castle with a summary of their significance and the issues affecting that significance are included in the separate gazetteer. This is also contains the illustrations referred to in this report. 2.5.4 Impact Assessment and Mitigation In developing new works and changes to the castle and its bailey, it will be necessary to prepare an assessment which identifies the visual, architectural, historical, archaeological and ecological impacts of any proposal on the fabric or significance of the site. Ways should then be found by which the potential impact can be avoided or minimised, or by which its effects can be mitigated. The process is in effect a three part scheme: • Initial assessment to identify potential impacts of the proposal (which may include further building and documentary studies and recording of fabric and application for statutory consents). • Revision of the initial outline scheme • Mitigation strategy (archaeological recording; control of intervention; preservation of record; public interpretation and engagement) A heritage impact assessment of the works proposed under the current HLF project is provided in the gazetteer. Tamworth Castle Conservation Management Plan www.marionblockley.co.uk Part 2 113
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