Fields Road North Wootton, Bedfordshire - IEMA

Archaeology and Cultural HeritageLikely EffectsDevelopment may have a neutral or minordetrimental effect on significance of most of theassets contained within the Site. Any detrimentaleffects have already been offset to some extentby the investigation and recording undertaken aspart of the archaeological evaluation, becausethis has provided a record of the distributionof artefacts in the plough soil and a sample offeatures has been excavated.The effect of development on heritage assetsaround the Site has been assessed as an effecton their setting. Generally no effect is apparent.Any detrimental impacts on the wider ruralsetting of the listed buildings and ConservationArea are very slight or minor.MitigationNo mitigation is required to offset effects ofdevelopment on assets within the Site.Any slight or minor detrimental impacts onsetting of heritage assets are not significant andcan be further reduced by sympathetic design toreflect the historical context.ConclusionsThe development will have no significant adverseimpact on heritage assets.14 page