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What do we mean by ‘setting’?

Learn about the various aspects of setting in relation to heritage assets and how it contributes to their significance. Explore guidelines and principles for preserving and enhancing the setting of these assets.

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What do we mean by ‘setting’?

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  1. What do we mean by ‘setting’? ‘the mounting in which a jewel is set’ ‘the surroundings or environment of a thing’ ‘the locale or period in which the action of a play, film or novel takes place’

  2. What do we mean by ‘setting’? ‘the surroundings in which an asset is experienced’

  3. What do we mean by ‘setting’?

  4. What do we mean by ‘setting’?

  5. What do we mean by ‘setting’?

  6. What do we mean by ‘setting’? ‘the surroundings in which an asset is experienced’

  7. NPPF policy on setting Para. 128 ‘In determining applications, local planning authorities should require an applicant to describe the significance of any heritage assets affected, including any contribution made by their setting.’

  8. NPPF policy on setting Para. 137 ‘Proposals that preserve those elements of the setting that make a positive contribution to or better reveal the significance of the asset should be treated favourably.’

  9. The question of boundaries

  10. The question of boundaries

  11. The question of boundaries

  12. The question of boundaries

  13. The question of boundaries

  14. Setting and design Principle of development Overall design concept Location of development Detailed design Scale of development Detailing

  15. Don’t forget … Setting embraces more than just views Speke Hall, Merseyside Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire

  16. Don’t forget … Practice Guide: … need to consider impacts on setting even where past changes in setting have compromised its contribution to the asset’s significance

  17. The assessment process • Important to start with the asset itself • Then consider: • The asset’s physical surroundings (including other heritage assets) • The way people can (or may be able to) experience the asset • The asset’s associations

  18. The assessment process

  19. The assessment process Consider the attributes of the development that may affect the contribution the setting makes to significance, including its: • Location and siting   • Form and appearance • Other effects (e.g. Noise) • Permanence • Longer term or consequential effects

  20. The assessment process

  21. Questions?

  22. Think about how the surroundings of your example adds to its significance Is there a related building nearby? Do the colours harmonise? Is there a pleasing uniformity of scale?

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