18th October 2005, 09:59 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by drpeterwardle
Setting of a listed building is defined in PPG 15 and is in fact fairly straight forward. I would also suggest that for most listing buildings it is in fact obviously what the setting is.
Peter Wardle
I'm not sure I agree entirely that the setting is mostly obvious. Many of the rural sites in this area have been affected badly by development - not visually however, but by constant noise from the M25, which carries for miles across the landscape. Similarly, a few years ago I visited Binham Priory in Norfolk, which looks beautiful in photographs. However it was sited next door to a working Chicken farm which absolutely stank to high heaven. PPG15 sticks largely to the visual and physical aspects of development and doesn't specifically deal with these kinds of issues.