ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGY
4. The City Council will promote the identification, recording, protection and enhancement of archaeological sites, ancient monuments and historic landscape features, and their setting, and will normally refuse permission for development which would lead to their damage or destruction.
5. In cases where demonstrated the planning permission for development which would damage or destroy archaeological sites, ancient monuments or historic landscape archaeological recording to team before operations. features, require adequate investigations to be carried out and be made by a recognised archaeological and/or during building or other
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6. The City Council may require planning applications affecting areas of known or suspected archaeological interest to be accompanied by an assessment of the site's archaeological importance.
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The City Council is committed to the preservation of the archaeological heritage of the area. The Canterbury Archaeological Trust will be recognised as the relevant investigating body in respect of Policy 5. In considering whether development proposals will affect an archaeological interest on a particular site the views of English Heritage and the Canterbury Archaeological Trust will be sought.
REDUNDANT AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS
7. Proposals buildings
for the change will not normally
of use of agricultural be granted unless they are supported by evidence that the building is redundant - that is incapable of reasonably fulfilling an agricultural or other permitted use. The change of use will only be permitted where the change would provide the best reasonable means of conserving the character, appearance, fabric and setting of buildings which are of architectural or historic interest or where the loss of a building would be detrimental to the character of the countryside.
8. Proposals for the change of use of agricultural buildings which form part of a group of buildings or are associated with other agricultural buildings will be considered with due regard to the physical and functional relationship to other nearby buildings and to the landscape setting of the buildings.
9. Where it has been satisfactorily demonstrated that an agricultural building is Incapable of fulfilling an agricultural use, the City Council will give preference to alternative uses which maintain the architectural and historic character of the building. There will be a presumption against proposals for conversion which will result in unsympathetic alterations to the building. Applications must be supported by evidence that the building cannot reasonably be put to a more appropriate use that would cause less damage to its structure and character.