APPENDICES TO PROOF OF EVIDENCE PREPARED BY BARRY R … · BA., Dip. LA., CMLI . on behalf of . GLEESON DEVELOPMENTS LTD . dealing with . LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL ISSUES . at . ROYCROFT

APPENDICES TO PROOF OF EVIDENCE

PREPARED BY BARRY R CHINN

BA., Dip. LA., CMLI

on behalf of

GLEESON DEVELOPMENTS LTD

dealing with

LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL ISSUES

at

ROYCROFT FARM, BRAMSHALL ROAD, UTTOXETER

Local Inquiry into the Appeal

for the refusal of planning permission for the outline application for residential

development for up to 140 dwellings and means of access, extension of Bramshall Road Park including demolition of dutch barn and rear stable

building with all other matters reserved

Planning Inspectorate Ref: APP/B3410/A/14/2218974

Local Planning Authority Ref: P/2013/01287

BARRY CHINN ASSOCIATES HARBURY ROAD

DEPPERS BRIDGE SOUTHAM

WARWICKSHIRE CV47 2SZ

11

th November 2014

CONTENTS Appendix A Concept Landscape Structure drawing 1325/13/04B Appendix B Viewpoints 1 to 5 (Autumn 2014) Appendix C Uttoxeter Continuous Footpath Network Map Insets 14 & 15 from

saved Local Plan Policy L15 Appendix D Uttoxeter Map and text from Historic Environment Character

Assessment: East Staffordshire August 2013 Appendix E Strategic Green Gaps Topic Paper SGG4 Bramshall Map Appendix F Table 3 Landscape Effects Table Appendix G Table 4 Visual Effects Table Appendix H Bramshall Road Park photographs A to D

APPENDIX A

Concept Landscape Structure drawing 1325/13/04B

APPENDIX B

Viewpoints 1 to 5 (Autumn 2014)

NorthReproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office © Crown Copyright Barry Chinn Associates License Number AR10001 4228

Roycroft Farm, UttoxeterAppendix B: Viewpoint 1- 5 (Autumn 2014)

Viewpoint 1Bramshall RoadPhoto taken: 05/11/14 Camera: Sony DT 35mm/F1.8 SAM44° angle of view

Viewpoint 1 Taken from highway footpath through a gap in the hedgerow on the north east corner of the site.

Viewpoint 1AAlong Bramshall Road looking west with the site and boundary hedge on the left and the residential property on the right.(taken from a similar location to viewpoint 1)

Viewpoint 1CAlong Bramshall Road with mature boundary hedge on the left and residential property on the right.

Viewpoint 1B Along Bramshall Road with Bramshall Road Park on the left and Roycroft Farm buildings forming the focal point along the road.

Viewpoint 1ABramshall RoadPhoto taken: 05/11/14 Camera: Sony DT 35mm/F1.8 SAM44° angle of view

Viewpoint 1BBramshall RoadPhoto taken: 05/11/14 Camera: Sony DT 35mm/F1.8 SAM44° angle of view

Viewpoint 1CBramshall RoadPhoto taken: 05/11/14 Camera: Sony DT 35mm/F1.8 SAM44° angle of view

Position from where viewpoint 1 was taken


Viewpoint 2Bramshall Rd ParkPhoto taken: 05/11/14 Camera: Sony DT 35mm/F1.8 SAM44° angle of view

Viewpoint 2 Taken from footpath in the southern area of Bramshall Road Park looking into the application site through a gap in the boundary planting. Area on the opposite side of hedge will be open space with housing proposed on the rising land.

Viewpoint 2ATaken from the footpath on eastern side of Bramshall Road Park. Beyond the park boundary the southern part of the site will be retained as open space. Glimpsed views through this more open section of the boundary will be maintained to the countryside beyond.

Viewpoint 4Looking east form Public Right of Way Uttoxeter Rural 5 (approx 1.3km distance)Massing of mature trees in the vicinity of the site is noticeable on the photograph.

Viewpoint 3 Looking north from Public Right of Way Uttoxeter Town 20 (approx 800m distance)

Viewpoint 2ABramshall Rd ParkPhoto taken: 05/11/14 Camera: Sony DT 35mm/F1.8 SAM44° angle of view

Viewpoint 3PROW Uttoxeter Town 20 Photo taken: 05/11/14 Camera: Sony DT 35mm/F1.8 SAM44° angle of view

Viewpoint 4PROW UttoxeterRural 5Photo taken: 05/11/14 Camera: Sony DT 35mm/F1.8 SAM44° angle of view

Position from where viewpoint 2 was taken

Conifer at edge of Bramshall Road. The site is in front of Bramshall Road

Conifer at edge of Bramshall Road next to the site

Site



Viewpoint 5PROW Uttoxeter Town 13Photo taken: 05/11/14 Camera: Sony DT 35mm/F1.8 SAM44° angle of view

Viewpoint 5 Looking north west from Public Right of Way Uttoxeter Town 13 (approx 2km distance)

Conifer at edge of Bramshall Road next to the site

Site


APPENDIX C

Uttoxeter Continuous Footpath Network Map Insets 14 & 15 from saved Local Plan Policy L15

EAST STAFFORDSHIRE

LOCAL PLAN

JULY 2006

‘SAVED’ POLICIES

EXTENDED BEYOND 20 JULY 2009

The Policies remaining in this document (i.e. not

crossed out) are those which the Secretary of State

for Communities and Local Government in exercise

of the power of paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to the

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 has

deemed to be extended beyond 20th July 2009

East Staffordshire Local Plan – July 2006: Leisure and Community Facilities

Page 107

POLICY L12 :

Equestrian and Riding Centres

Proposals for new equestrian and riding centres will normally be acceptable where the

nature of their operations have no detrimental impact on existing rights of way or

landscape character or other environmental interests. Proposals should also be

located close to existing bridleway networks, and be informed by the Borough

Council‟s Supplementary Planning Guidance on Horse Related Development, and the

County Council‟s Supplementary Planning Guidance „Planning for Landscape Change‟.

22. The Borough Council will promote the use of woodland, agricultural land, derelict land,

open water areas and public rights of way for leisure and tourism purposes, particularly

where there is no conflict with landscape, agricultural, ecological or historical or

archaeological interests.

POLICY L13 :

Leisure and Tourism Uses in Countryside

The Borough Council will approve planning applications which promote the use of

woodland, agricultural land, derelict land, open water areas, and public rights of way

for leisure and tourism purposes where these applications will not compromise the

aims and policies of this Plan.

PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO COUNTRYSIDE

23. The creation of new access opportunities will be pursued through development

opportunities. In particular the Borough Council will promote management agreements

under Section 39 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, to increase public access

where appropriate. The Borough only contains a few areas of open countryside eligible

for statutory public access under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 -

consisting of small areas of common land and moorland in the far north.

24. The extensive footpath network in the rural areas is often an under-used resource.

Careful management could realise this potential and, with selective diversions, not

conflict with the needs of modern agriculture. The Borough Council will seek to ensure,

in cooperation with Staffordshire County Council, that all routes are appropriately

surfaced, signposted, waymarked and kept free of obstruction. The Borough Council

will promote a network of walking, cycling and horse riding routes for leisure use within

the Borough and linking with routes in adjoining districts. This will include a proposal

to establish a continuous footpath network around Uttoxeter. Within areas proposed for

development rights of way should be protected and where diversion is necessary the

integrity of the path network should be safeguarded.

POLICY L14 :

Public Rights of Way

The Borough Council in conjunction with Staffordshire County Council will safeguard

and extend the existing network of public rights of way and will seek to secure the

continuation of existing public rights of way where they are affected by development.

East Staffordshire Local Plan – July 2006: Leisure and Community Facilities

Page 108

POLICY L15 :

Uttoxeter Continuous Footpath Network

It is proposed to establish a continuous footpath network around Uttoxeter, as shown

on Inset Nos. 14 and 15.

COMMUNITY FACILITIES, COMMUNITY CENTRES AND VILLAGE HALLS

25. Sufficient land needs to be reserved and protected by the Local Planning Authority to

meet needs for education, health and community facilities. In considering the provision

of these services, locations will be chosen that meet their operational needs, cause

minimal physical and environmental problems and are accessible to modes of transport

most likely to be available to the people using them. The provisions of this Local Plan

will be used as a guide for these Authorities in determining their own investment

programmes. Where new developments will lead to an increased demand for

community facilities such as schools and libraries, the Borough Council may require

developers to make a financial contribution towards provision of these services. More

detailed guidance is set out in Policy IMR2 on Planning Obligations.

26. The Borough Council considers that facilities such as community centres form a valuable

part of the social structure of the area and regards them as an appropriate element of

the necessary infrastructure to be provided as a result of new development. It will

therefore seek to promote these where there is a clear demand expressed by a local

community, provided that the level of contributions is appropriate to the scale of new

development.

27. Furthermore the Borough Council wishes to see village halls maintained to a standard to

offer the best possible facilities. Where this would involve extensions to buildings this

will generally be permitted. A major programme of improvement to halls in rural areas

has taken place. For both new provision and for extensions care should be taken to

ensure that no disturbance is likely to be caused to nearby residents. Village playing

fields should be protected and may need to be extended to cope with extra demand

arising from new housing developments or additional community activity.

28. Where necessary, the Borough Council will require developers to assist in the provision

of land and premises for appropriate community provision.

POLICY L16 :

Community Facilities Required by Public Authorities

The Borough Council will grant planning permission for development required by

public authorities including Staffordshire County Council in response to the overall

development proposals in the Local Plan. Where the need for such requirements

arises directly as a result of a development proposal, the Borough Council will seek to

enter into a planning obligation by agreement with the applicant, to ensure provision

either of the necessary facilities or of a substantial financial contribution towards their

provision. The extent of what is required in each case will be related in scale and kind

to the development proposed.

APPENDIX D

Uttoxeter Map and text from Historic Environment Character Assessment: East

Staffordshire August 2013

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7.1.2 Uttoxeter (Appendix 3)

The project area for Uttoxeter consists of a 500m buffer beyond the limits of the existing urban area. Seven HECZs were identified within the project area; the townscape of Uttoxeter has been considered separately as part of the Extensive Urban Survey (EUS).

© Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey 100019422

Map 10: HECZs and HLC types around

Uttoxeter

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Uttoxeter EUS

This project identified thirteen HUCAs (cf. 1.3.1 and map 11) as part of the Uttoxeter EUS project49. The medieval historic core of Uttoxeter is well-preserved, in the form of building plots, street pattern and market place, within HUCA 2. Early historic settlement, possibly evidence of post medieval and later squatter settlement, is still legible within the plan-form of HUCAs 8 and 10. Individual historic buildings survive among later developments across the remainder of the townscape.

7.1.2.1 Key Characteristics of the HECZs (map 10)

• Well-preserved post medieval field systems (enclosed by mature hedgerows) which evidence a change in agricultural regimes from open field (cf. 5.3.1) in the medieval period to predominantly pasture from at least the 17th century dominate the historic character of UTHECZ 1, UTHECZ 4 and UTHECZ 6. Ridge and furrow earthworks are associated with this field pattern within all of these HECZs, but can also be found within UTHECZ 7.

49

Shaw & Taylor 2011 available to view on www.staffordshire.gov.uk/extensive-urban-survey

© Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey 100019422

Map 11: Uttoxeter EUS project

area: HUCAs and HCTs

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• Well preserved water meadow earthworks, features and structures dominate the valley bottom landscape of UTHECZ 2 (cf. 5.4).

• A dispersed settlement pattern comprising farmsteads and domestic dwellings is evident within UTHECZ 4 and UTHECZ 6.

• Within the river valley there is the potential for below ground archaeological remains to survive sealed beneath the alluvium (UTHECZ 1, UTHECZ 2 and UTHECZ 3). Archaeological sites are known to exist within UTHECZ 4 and UTHECZ 5 where below ground deposits may survive.

7.1.2.2 Summary of HECZs

The detailed analysis (Appendix 3) reveals that the zones exhibiting the greatest sensitivity in terms of the historic environment lie to the north, east and south. Well preserved post medieval field systems and ridge and furrow earthworks dominate UTHECZ 1, UTHECZ 4, but also to the west (UTHECZ 6). Whilst modern parkland dominates UTHECZ 7 post medieval hedges and ridge and furrow earthworks survive to contribute to the historic landscape character. Dispersed settlement in the form of the hamlet of Woodgate, historic farmsteads and isolated houses are a feature of both UTHECZ 4 and UTHECZ 6. To the east the valley bottom landscape of UTHECZ 2 is dominated by well-preserved water meadows which are clearly associated with the important cattle and dairy farming which existed within the Dove Valley from the 17th century onwards. The predominance of this agricultural regime is closely associated with the fortunes of the market town of Uttoxeter. Whilst few historic landscape character sensitivities have been identified for UTHECZ 3 and UTHEC 5 there remains in both areas the potential for below ground deposits to survive. In UTHECZ 5 this relates particularly to the site of a moat. The potential for below ground archaeological remains to survive has been identified for the majority of the zones.

APPENDIX E

Strategic Green Gaps Topic Paper SGG4 Bramshall Map

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Appendix 5

APPENDIX F Table 3 Landscape Effects Table

Table 3: Landscape Effects

BASELINE EFFECTS Character Area Sensitivity of Landscape Receptor Magnitude of Landscape Effect Significance

(Sensitivity x Magnitude)

Effect (change resulting)

Susceptibility Low Medium High

Value Low Medium High

Sensitivity Low Medium High

Size/Scale None Minor Moderate Major

Duration Term 0-5 Short 5-10 Medium 10-25 Long

Magnitude Low Medium High

Negligible Minor Moderate Major

Beneficial Neutral Adverse

1 Settled Plateau Farmland Slopes

Medium Medium Medium Moderate Long Medium Moderate Adverse

2 Bramshall Road Residential

Medium Low Low/Medium Moderate Long Medium Minor Adverse

APPENDIX G Table 4 Visual Effects Table

Table4: Visual Effects BASELINE EFFECTS Location

/Receptor SENSITIVITY MAGNITUDE SIGNIFICANCE

(sensitivity x magnitude) Negligible, Minor, Moderate, Major

EFFECTS (change resulting) Beneficial Neutral Adverse

Includes the user type scale Low Medium High

Susceptibility Low Medium High

Value Low Medium High

Sensitivity Low Medium High

Transient View? Yes No

Distance from site to receptor (approx. metres)

Degree of Intrusion None Low Medium High

Proportion of development in view None Minimal Partial Full

Magnitude of change No change Low Medium High

Year 0 (At C

ompletion)

Year 5

Year 15

1 Bramshall Road Medium Medium Medium

/High Yes 1m Medium Partial Medium Moderate Minor Minor Adverse

2 Bramshall Road Park

Medium High High Yes 10m Low/ Medium Partial Low/

Medium Moderate Minor Minor Adverse

3 PROW Uttoxeter Town 20

High Medium High Yes 800m Low Minimal Low Moderate Minor Minor Adverse

4 PROW Uttoxeter Rural 5


5 PROW Uttoxeter Town 13


Note:

Assessment based on winter conditions (‘maximum effect’)

Year 0 – at completion with mitigation

APPENDIX H

Bramshall Road Park photographs A to D


Viewpoint AView from Bramshall Road Park Car Park looking towards the eastern boundary of the application site. Demonstrates the maturity and varied range of tree and shrub species.

Viewpoint BView from footpath on the eastern side of Bramshall Road Park towards the eastern boundary of the application site. Demonstrates the maturity and varied range of tree and shrub species. The green field visible through the hedge at the lower level is the land proposed as a linear park and landscape buffer/extension to Bramshall Road Park. The proposed housing is beyond this hedge.

Viewpoint A LocationPhoto taken: 05/11/14

Viewpoint B Location Photo taken: 05/11/14

Roycroft Farm, UttoxeterAppendix H: Bramshall Road Park Photographs


Viewpoint CView from footpath on the eastern side of Bramshall Road Park. Beyond the park boundary the southern part of the site will be retained as open space. Glimpsed views through this more open section of the boundary will be maintained to the countryside beyond.

Viewpoint DView from footpath in Bramshall Road Park north of bridge over Picknell Brook. The site is a glimpsed view through the park trees and hedgerow. This lower level of the site will be maintained as open space.

Viewpoint C LocationPhoto taken: 05/11/14

Viewpoint D LocationPhoto taken: 05/11/14 Roycroft Farm, Uttoxeter

Appendix H: Bramshall Road Park Photographs

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APPENDICES TO PROOF OF EVIDENCE PREPARED BY BARRY R … · BA., Dip. LA., CMLI . on behalf of . GLEESON DEVELOPMENTS LTD . dealing with . LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL ISSUES . at . ROYCROFT