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LINDHOLME HALL TEMPLE

HERITAGE

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LINDHOLME HALL TEMPLE

Buddhist Temple Development within National Nature Reserve & Heritage Island Setting

SUMMARY

Section 73 application to enlarge approved Buddhist Temple within grounds of Lindholme Hall, an island estate surrounded by Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve. Site surrounded Scheduled Ancient Monument, non-designated Georgian Hall, and Grade II listed receptors, with planning requirement to maintain visual containment below woodland canopy from internationally important raised mire.

KEY OUTCOMES

  • Consent granted with LVIA demonstrating below-canopy visual containment across 18 viewpoints achieving negligible impact on NNR setting. Dual woodland screening belts confirmed comprehensive filtration with pagoda structure diminutive at long range when visible above tree canopy.

  • Heritage assessment confirmed appropriate architectural relationship between Georgian Hall and spiritual architecture, with intrinsic differentiation of purpose preventing competition between assets of differing heritage significance.

  • Pagoda roof material specification addressed glare concerns through copper zinc alloy with natural patina transition from reflective gold to matte finish, mitigated by woodland filtration system.

  • Visual effects confirmed Minor Adverse to Minor/Negligible across all receptors, localized to immediate setting and reducing to Negligible/None at Year 15 post screen planting establishment.

  • Scheduled Monument setting safeguarded through 930m woodland buffer providing complete visual disconnect and sufficient separation to protect buried Neolithic trackway integrity.

  • Landscape effects assessed Moderate/Minor Adverse at completion, reverting to Minor Beneficial by Year 15 through green infrastructure maturation within Humberhead Levels character area.

LOCATION

Hatfield Moors, Doncaster

YEAR

2024

CLIENT

Rangjung Yeshe Gomde

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