SDO14677 - Land at Knighton Lane, Broadmayne, Dorset. Heritage Statement.

‘An application for outline planning permission has been submitted for the erection of domestic dwellings with associated infrastructure on a parcel of land immediately east of Knighton Lane, Broadmayne. The village of Broadmayne has an early medieval or earlier origin and the area surrounding the site has substantial remains of medieval settlement and agricultural earthworks, including the site of the deserted settlement of Friar Mayne. There is also extensive evidence for Early Bronze Age funerary remains and for Late Iron Age and Roman settlement and agricultural remains. The Site lies within an area of known former medieval settlement and field systems visible as low earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. One earthwork bank survives on the site, which may be part of this medieval complex. In addition, the presence of prehistoric and Roman heritage assets in the area adjacent to the Site indicates the potential for similar remains to exist on the site, though the presence or absence, character and configuration of archaeological features and deposits on the Site itself cannot be determined on present evidence. The known and potential heritage assets have been assessed against nationally recognised criteria as possessing Medium significance. Assessment of the likely impacts of the outline proposal (as submitted) on the potential heritage significance of the Site suggest they will result in Less Than Significant Harm to the fabric and setting of the heritage assets.’