Heritage Statement" - Ribble Valley · proposal: erection of two detached dwellings with detached garages (outline planning application) 1. introduction

HERITAGE STATEMENT

SITE: LAND REAR OF 46 HIGHER ROAD, LONGRIDGE

PROPOSAL: ERECTION OF TWO DETACHED DWELLINGS WITH DETACHED

GARAGES (OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION)

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 This Heritage Statement has been prepared in support of an outline planning

application by Mr and Mrs Miller to Ribble Valley Borough Council, to erect two

dwellings. This Statement should be read in conjunction with the separate Planning,

Design and Access Statement.

1.2 This Statement:

• reviews relevant national and local heritage related policy;

• identifies the heritage assets and heritage context of the site by reference to

a range of sources;

• analyses the significance of the identified heritage assets; and

• assesses the impact of the development proposal on the heritage assets.

2. SITE AND SURROUNDINGS

2.1 46 Higher Road is situated on the western edge of Longridge, some 300 metres

from the town’s commercial centre. It has a large garden area that widens out to

the rear of 46. The site of 46 and its garden extends to some 0.28ha. The site lies

within an established residential area, with houses to either side and on the

opposite side of Higher Road from the existing dwelling at 46. Gardens to other

houses on Higher Road and Dilworth Lane bound the rest of the site. The existing

property dates from the mid 2000s is of a two-storey chalet bungalow style, with

basement undercroft, faced in red brick with stone detailing and a slate roof. There

is a driveway to the west of the house, between it and 44 Higher Road (the end

terraced property in Club Row).

2.2 Longridge is marked by a variety of building styles and ages, with much post-war

suburban development having taken place around the 19th century core. In the

vicinity of the site is a similarly wide range of building dates and styles, including

terraced, semi-detached, and detached properties of single, two and three storeys

and with building materials ranging from stone facings, to render and brick facings,

although the roofs are generally of a slate grey colour. Adjacent to the site’s

western corner and stretching along the Higher Road frontage for a distance of

some 120 metres from the application site is Club Row. As more fully detailed later

this is a listed building and contained within the designated Longridge

Conservation Area.

3. THE PROPOSAL

3.1 The proposal is in outline with all matters reserved for subsequent approval, other

than access. However, the details shown on the application plans provide the

design parameters for the finished scheme, as described below. Alongside other

planning considerations the proposal has been designed to respect the local

heritage assets, notably the setting of the nearby listed building and the character /

appearance of the conservation area.

3.2 The proposal is to develop part of the garden area to 46 Higher Road with two

detached dwellings, detached garages and associated garden areas. The

proposed part 2 / part 3-storey, 4-bedroom dwellings would each have a footprint of

approximately 70m2 and a floorspace of approximately 180 m2. The dwellings would

be sited to the rear of 46 Higher Road, at the eastern end of where the plot

broadens out. The proposed dwellings would have an eaves height of 4.7m and

roof height of 7.2m (measured from the front of the properties). The proposed

dwellings would utilise existing ground levels, with an ‘undercroft’ (under

approximately half of the footprint of each dwelling) accommodating the reducing

levels across the site. The detached garages would have an eaves height of

approximately 2.5m and roof height of 4.3m. The existing hedgerows to the site

boundaries would be retained. The position of the existing access for 46 Higher

Road would be utilised, with a new accessway running into the site to provide a

shared vehicular access to the parking / garaging and turning area for the existing

and proposed dwellings. The new dwellings and garages would be designed to

reflect the general appearance of other residential properties in the neighbourhood,

with pitched roofs and constructed of red facing bricks with stone detailing and a

blue slate roof. The split level arrangement, with a lower ‘undercroft’ floor to the rear

of the properties, takes account of the reducing ground levels across the site. This

is reflective of the treatment of other houses in the area, including the adjoining

Club Row terrace at 44 Higher Road.

4. HERITAGE LEGISLATION, POLICY AND GUIDANCE

4.1 Relevant national heritage related legislation, policy and guidance is summarised

below.

Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990

4.2 Section 66(1) states that:

‘in considering whether to grant planning permission for development which

affects a listed building or its setting, the local planning authority ……………..

shall have special regard to the desirability of preserving the building or its

setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it

possesses.’

4.3 Section 72 places a general duty on a local planning authority to:

‘with respect to any buildings or other lands in a conservation

area ……………. special attention shall be paid to the desirability of

preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of that area.’

Planning Policy Statement 5: Planning for the Historic Environment

4.4 The PPS sets out the Government’s overarching aim to ensure that the historic

environment and its heritage assets should be conserved.

4.5 Policy HE6.1 states that:

‘local planning authorities should require an applicant to provide a description

of the significance of the heritage assets affected and the contribution of their

setting to that significance. The level of detail should be proportionate to the

importance of the heritage asset and no more than is sufficient to understand

the potential impact of the proposal on the significance of the heritage asset.

As a minimum the relevant historic environment record should have been

consulted and the heritage assets themselves should have been assessed

using appropriate expertise where necessary given the application’s impact.’


‘this information together with an assessment of the impact of the proposal

should be set out in the application as part of the explanation of the design

concept.’


‘in decision-making local planning authorities should seek to identify and

assess the particular significance of any element of the historic environment

that may be affected by the relevant proposal’.


‘in considering the impact of a proposal on any heritage asset, local planning

authorities should take into account the particular nature of the significance

of the heritage asset.’

4.9 Policy HE8.1 confirms that:

‘the effect of an application on the significance of such a heritage asset or its

setting is a material consideration in determining the application.’

4.10 Policy HE9 states that:

‘there should be a presumption in favour of the conservation of designated

heritage assets and the more significant the designated heritage asset, the

greater the presumption in favour of its conservation should be. Once lost,

heritage assets cannot be replaced and their loss has a cultural,

environmental, economic and social impact. Significance can be harmed or

lost through alteration or destruction of the heritage asset or development

within its setting. Loss affecting any designated heritage asset should require

clear and convincing justification.’


‘when considering applications for development that affect the setting of a

heritage asset, local planning authorities should treat favourably applications

that preserve those elements of the setting that make a positive contribution

to or better reveal the significance of the asset. When considering

applications that do not do this, local planning authorities should weigh any

such harm against the wider benefits of the application. The greater the

negative impact on the significance of the heritage asset, the greater the

benefits that will be needed to justify approval’.

4.12 Annex 2 defines setting as:

‘the surroundings in which a heritage asset is experienced. Its extent is not

fixed and may change as the asset and its surroundings evolve. Elements of

a setting may make a positive or negative contribution to the significance of

an asset, may affect the ability to appreciate that significance or may be

neutral.’

Planning Policy Statement 5: Planning for the Historic Environment: Historic

Environment Planning Practice Guide

4.13 Paragraph 2 states that the practice guidance may be:

‘material to individual planning and heritage consent decisions’.

4.14 Paragraphs 113 – 124 refer to the setting of designated heritage assets.

4.15 Paragraph 113 states that:

‘setting is the surroundings in which an asset is experienced. All heritage

assets have a setting, irrespective of the form in which they survive and

whether they are designated or not. Elements of a setting may make a

positive or negative contribution to the significance of an asset, may affect

the ability to appreciate that significance, or may be neutral.’


‘the extent and importance of setting is often expressed by reference to

visual considerations. Although views of or from an asset will play an

important part, the way in which we experience an asset in its setting is also

influenced by other environmental factors such as noise, dust and vibration;

by spatial associations; and by our understanding of the historic relationship

between places. For example, buildings that are in close proximity but not

visible from each other may have a historic or aesthetic connection that

amplifies the experience of the significance of each. They would be

considered to be within one another’s setting.


‘setting will, therefore, generally be more extensive than curtilage, and its

perceived extent may change as an asset and its surroundings evolve or as

understanding of the asset improves.’

English Heritage’s Conservation Principles, Policy and Guidance (2008) 4.18 The document sets out a method for thinking systematically and consistently about

the heritage values that can be ascribed to a place. It acknowledges that people

value historic places in many different ways. It then shows how they can be

grouped into four categories:

1. Evidential value: the potential of a place to yield evidence about past

human activity.

2. Historical value: the ways in which past people, events and aspects

of life can be connected through a place to the present - it tends to be

illustrative or associative.

3. Aesthetic value: the ways in which people draw sensory and

intellectual stimulation from a place.

4. Communal value: the meanings of a place for the people who relate

to it, or for whom it figures in their collective experience or memory.

The Setting of Heritage Assets: English Heritage Guidance (Consultation Draft –

July 2010)

4.19 The draft guidance is intended to assist the implementation of the policies and

guidance on setting in PPS5 and the associated Practice Guidance.


‘the contribution of setting to the significance of a heritage asset is often

expressed by reference to visual considerations, including views - a view

being a purely visual impression of a place, obtained from, or by moving

through, a particular viewing point or viewing place. The setting of any

heritage asset is likely to include a variety of views of, across, or including

that asset, and views of the surroundings from

or through the asset.’


‘some views may contribute more to understanding of the heritage values of

an asset than others. This may be because the relationships between the

asset and other historic places or natural features are particularly relevant;

because of the historical associations of a particular view or viewing point; or

because the composition within the view was a fundamental aspect of the

design of the asset.’


‘The protection of the setting of heritage assets need not inhibit change.

Change can enhance or reduce the significance and appreciation of an

asset, or leave it unchanged. This section sets out the process by which the

implications for the significance of heritage assets of change affecting their

settings can be evaluated, and the factors that need to be taken into account.

It also briefly considers approaches to avoiding, reducing and mitigating

detrimental impacts. As most places can be within the setting of a heritage

asset and are subject to change over time, decision-making will normally be

required only where changes, including processes of cumulative change, will

materially detract from or enhance the significance of heritage assets.’

4.23 At paragraph 47 onwards a number of factors to be considered in the assessment

process. These factors include:

• The number and significance of the heritage assets affected;

• Proximity;

• Prominence;

• Scale;

• The sensitivity of the heritage assets to changes in setting;

• Location; and

• Screening.

4.24 Relevant local heritage related policy and guidance is summarised below.

Ribble Valley Local Plan.

4.25 Policy ENV17: Conservation Areas – states that planning applications within or

affecting conservation areas will be required to be accompanied by sufficient

information to assess the impact of a proposal on a conservation area.

4.26 Policy ENV19: Listed Buildings – states that proposals within the setting of listed

buildings which cause visual harm to the setting of the listed building will be resisted.

Assessment criteria are listed.

Longridge Conservation Area Appraisal

4.27 The application site falls outside of the designated conservation area. However, the

boundary adjoins the site – see Longridge Conservation Area Map (Appendix A).

The designated area includes the terrace of properties 6 – 44 Higher Road, the two

properties opposite the site (35 and 37 Higher Road) and the front gardens to 5 –

33 Higher Road. The appraisal justifies the conservation area’s designation on a

number of grounds, including it being a good example of a Lancashire industrial

town with long terraces of mill workers’ housing dating from the mid to late 19th

century. There is no specific reference within the appraisal to the significance of the

part of the conservation area that stretches along Higher Road. The accompanying

Townscape Appraisal Map identifies 6 – 44 Higher Road to be a listed building and

35 and 37 Higher Road to be buildings of townscape merit.

Longridge Conservation Area Management Guidance

4.28 With regards to new development, this cross refers to Local Plan and national policy

and emphasises that proposals should respond to their context, and the importance

of reinforcing local identity through the use of traditional materials.

5. OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION / SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Lancashire Historic Town Survey Programme Longridge Historic Town Assessment

Report (June 2006)

5.1 The document draws on numerous published sources providing a definitive and

composite portrayal of the town’s historical development. It describes Longridge as

an industrial town that experienced significant growth during the second half of the

19th century. However, and in relation to the listed terrace 6 – 44 Higher Road (Club

Row), it states that:

‘Up until the eighteenth century, the economy was primarily an agrarian one

with some trade in besoms (brooms) and lime (Smith 1888, 60). The

formation of one of the country’s earliest building societies in 1793 (LRO

DHH 994, LR0 DHH 995), however, implies that some sort of expansion was

already beginning in the upper town in the late eighteenth century. The

Society built the houses on Club Row, each of which had cellars for hand

loom weaving (Till 1993, 64). The articles of the Society stated that the

subscribers did not have to live in the houses, but could tenant them out to

incomers (LRO DDH 994), and therefore suggests the beginnings of a

planned cottage industry in Longridge.’

5.2 The document identifies a number of urban character areas. These character areas

include the Handloom Weavers’ Settlement (Areas 18-19) - King Street and Club

Row (Area 18), which are described as follows:

‘An area of purpose-built handloom weavers’ cottages, built between 1793

and 1804 by terminating building societies. Club Row was constructed first

by the country’s earliest building society, each cottage having a cellar for

handloom weaving. A second building society was formed in 1798, which

constructed a row of houses on King Street. These were purpose-built for

handloom weavers, having through cellars with windows at both ends so that

they could accommodate two looms. Behind these were outside toilets and

stone sheds for nail working. The cottages on King Street Terrace and

Dilworth Lane survive, but some of the Club Row cottages were demolished

to make way for the Health Centre.’

5.3 The document follows on to mention:

‘Only six structures are listed in Longridge, including three nineteenth century

structures. There are a number of eighteenth and early-nineteenth century

buildings, such as some of the former hand loom weavers’ cottages, the

original Wesleyan Methodist chapel and the Church of St Lawrence, which

are not listed. Longridge is notable for the number and quality of its surviving

hand loom weavers’ cottages, but only one row has been protected through

listing.’

5.4 The document goes on to state that:

‘Although the row of hand loom weavers’ cottages at 6 to 44 Higher Road are

listed grade II, in general lower status houses, especially the surviving

weaving cottages, are underrepresented in the listings for Longridge. Most

notably, the planned hand loom settlement at Newtown is not listed.’

5.5 In relation to Conservation Area designation the document notes:

‘There is one conservation area within the defined urban area for Longridge.

This covers the present-day town centre, based on Berry Lane, but also

including the Market Place, King Street and Derby Road. The Market Place

and King Street part of the conservation area includes the late eighteenth

and early nineteenth century hand loom weavers’ cottages and the post

medieval ribbon development. The remainder of the conservation area,

covering Berry Lane and Derby Road, comprises the late nineteenth century

expansion of the town, including the commercial and civic centre, as well

many of the mill workers’ terraced houses. The conservation area is limited

in its coverage, as it does not include the areas of early nineteenth century

settlement along Fell Brow and Newtown.’

5.6 The document includes an extract from on the Ordnance Survey 1847 map for the

area, upon which Club Row is shown, see Appendix B. This shows Club Row as a

ribbon of development projecting the linear form of King Street.

Lancashire Historic Environment Record

5.7 In view of the site’s proximity to the Longridge Conservation Area, the relevant

Historic Environment Record (HER) held by Lancashire County Council has been

consulted. The County has confirmed that the proposals do not affect any known

site of archaeological interest, and the site is not considered to be one with any

archaeological potential. Submission of a planning application to develop the site

would therefore not meet with any further comment from Lancashire County

Archaeological Service. Nos. 6-44 Higher Road are recorded on the County HER

(PRN 17960), but the records do not contain any more information than that in the

listed building description.

Ordnance Survey Mapping

5.8 In addition to the 1847 OS map referred to above, subsequent editions have also

been examined. It is evident from these maps, as indicated at 2.2, that Club Row

and its immediate surroundings remained essentially unchanged from its early

nineteenth century origins into the twentieth century. Much surrounding

development has since taken place, largely during the post second world war period.

This is shown on the current edition of the OS map submitted with the planning

application. Site investigations confirm that this phase of development primarily took

place during the 1960s. This followed the ribbons of the pre-existing road layout

with much intervening development.

Statutory Listing

5.9 Club Row (6 – 44 Higher Road) is listed as a building of special architectural or

historic interest. The full listing description (extracted from Listed Buildings Online)

is:

‘Row of houses, begun in 1793. Squared coursed sandstone with slate roof

and brick stacks, except that on the gable (left-hand) wall of No. 44. 2

storeys with cellars entered at lower ground level to the rear. Windows have

plain reveals and projecting stone sills, with modern windows. Each house is

of one bay, with the doors of adjacent houses paired, with a third door,

leading through a tunnel to the yard, between them. The doorways have

plain stone surrounds. Some of the houses now have an extra window on the

1st floor over the door. Nos. 6, 8 and 44 have stone gutter brackets. A keyed

joint between No. 24 and 26 indicates a break in construction. Built by the

Longridge Building Society, one of the earliest terminating (sic – temperance)

building societies in the country, and used as an example by Price, Seymour

J., Building Societies, their Origin and History, Cambridge, 1958, pp 32-44.’

5.10 The gable to the eastern most property within the terrace (44) and the side

boundary to its rear garden abut the application site boundary. The terrace fronts

Higher Road for a length of almost 120 metres to the south west of the nearest

point of the application site.

Building Societies: Their Origin and History – S J Price

5.11 Refers to the formation of a ‘building club’ in 1793. Later that year land was

purchased at what is now known as Higher Road. The land, which measured 120

by 30 yards, was used for the purpose of erecting what is now Club Row.

6. ASSESSMENT

Introduction

6.1 In deciding whether a heritage asset is affected by a proposed development any

potential heritage assets need to be identified. In some cases this is quite obvious

because the building or structure has statutory protection such as a listed building.

In other cases the heritage asset may have been identified by the council through

the plan making process, eg a building of townscape merit and / or within a

conservation area. The PPS5 practice guide defines the difference between a

heritage asset and other components of the environment is that a ‘heritage asset

holds meaning for society over and above its functional utility.’ It is this heritage

significance that justifies a degree of protection in planning decisions. The purpose

of this Heritage Statement is to identify the heritage asset. Following identification of

the heritage asset it is necessary to assess the significance of the heritage asset.

Finally, it is necessary to assess the impact of the development on the heritage

asset. Each of these aspects of the assessment process is set out in the following

sections.

Identification of the Heritage Asset

7.2 As detailed at section 5.7 the heritage environment record held by Lancashire

County Council has been consulted. The only heritage interest identified is the

listing of the adjoining terrace 6 – 44 Higher Road (Club Row). In addition, the

Council’s records / publications show the site adjoins the Longridge Conservation

Area. Apart from the designation of that area, two houses (35 and 37 Higher Road)

have been identified by the Council as ‘buildings of townscape merit’.

7.3 The Council’s conservation area appraisal justifies the area’s designation on a

number of grounds, including it being a good example of a Lancashire industrial

town with long terraces of mill workers’ housing dating from the mid to late 19th

century.

7.4 Discussions with the Council’s officers have identified Club Row as being the key

heritage asset in this instance, which confirms our assessment of the situation. Club

Row is, self evidently, a heritage asset in its own right and the conservation area

within which it stands would appear to extend along Higher Road by sole virtue of

the presence of the terrace.

7.5 There is no documentary evidence of there being any heritage assets in the way of

archaeological or other remains within the application site.

Significance of the Heritage Asset

7.6 There is no specific reference within the Council’s conservation area appraisal as to

the significance of the part of the conservation area that stretches along Higher

Road. It is reasonable to assume that the boundaries of the conservation area in

this locality have been drawn in recognition of the historic and collective

architectural value of the traditional buildings on Higher Road (ie the listed building

at 6 – 44 Higher Road and the stone cottages at 35 and 37 Higher Road) and the

common historical and visual characteristics to other nineteenth century

development Longridge. The boundaries have been quite deliberately drawn to

exclude the land and buildings around these heritage assets, ie the areas of

modern housing and associated garden areas including the application site. In our

assessment that is entirely correct. It is clear from the history records referred to

that Club Row had no physical or functional association with or reliance upon

adjoining land beyond its immediate curtilage, other than the use of Higher Road for

access. The curtilage to Club Row is now as it was formed when the terrace was

built some 200 years ago.

7.7 The listed building is clearly of real significance, by reason of its designation. Its

value lies not only in its architectural value, being representative of traditional

industrial workers’ housing, but also in its historical significance. The terrace being

one of the oldest surviving examples in the world of properties built by a building

society. More specifically, the significance may be assessed in relation to:

• Evidential value – the survival of Club Row provides the opportunity to

research at first hand evidence about past human activity. The continued

conservation of Club Row would allow for future generations to understand

and interpret, at first hand, that evidence of past human activity. Clearly, this

gives Club Row significance as a heritage asset, although not one that is any

way unique in terms of its physical form or layout;

• Historical value – the continued presence of Club Row provides a clear link

between the past and the present, helping to illustrate past social

organisation and working patterns and providing both an association

between the past and present and an account of changes over time. The

particular social origins (the first building society) of Club Row elevate the

significance of the asset over and above the physical presence of the

building;

• Aesthetic value – there is no evidence of attribution of the design of the

building to a known architect. Indeed, that would not be expected of a

building of the nature of Club Row. Its key significance in design or

architectural terms is the linkage with its historical origins / purpose as a row

of domestic houses with associated cellar or undercroft space for hand loom

weaving. It does, though, display the typical attributes of workers’ housing of

the early industrial period in upland Lancashire, ie stone construction with

stone heads to windows and doors and cills to windows, a vertical emphasis

to windows and doors contrasting with the horizontal emphasis of the terrace

as a whole, a Welsh slate roof, and chimneys;

• Communal value - the communal value or significance of Club Row is as an

element of historic landscape, which along with other such elements within

Longridge give the town its distinct identity rooted to its historical origins, and

as the first example of the product of a specific social institution – ie the

building society.

7.8 Having regard to the various documents reviewed as part of this Statement, Club

Row’s particular heritage significance lies in its social origins and its continued

representation of social history.

Impact of the Development Proposal on the Heritage Asset

7.9 Special attention should, of course, be given to the desirability of preserving or

enhancing the character or appearance of the conservation area. Likewise, to

protecting the integrity and setting of the listed building. The application site lies

outside of the conservation area’s boundaries and beyond the curtilage of the listed

building. Access to the proposed development would be alongside the eastern

gable to Club Row, between it and 46 Higher Road. That, very simply, is the access

arrangement already in place for 46 Higher Road. The nearest point of any part of

the proposed built development to Club Row would be 55 metres. As such there is

no physical impact on those heritage assets. The Council’s appraisal notes that the

conservation area is largely surrounded by 20th century development. That would

continue to be the case with the proposed development.

7.10 Club Row is a visually prominent feature on Higher Road, principally as a result of

its distinctive linear form, age and materials. The proposed development would

result in no intrusion into or interruption of those long or close distance views of

Club Row along Higher Road.

7.11 There is no evidence to suggest any historical, physical or functional relationship

between Club Row and any surrounding land, beyond the self-evident access to

and from the properties along Higher Road. Club Row was built as a projection

beyond the then (very restricted) built up area of Longridge, which essentially

comprised fingers or ribbons of development extending along roads. There is no

evidence to suggest that the location and layout of the Club Row terrace had any

historic purpose or was the result of anything other than a simple expedient of land

ownership or availability. Rather, it simply repeated the nature of development

along main routes that had taken place in Longridge. Club Row has since been

surrounded by 20th century development and the proposed development would

make no material change in that regard.

7.12 Given the position of the buildings at 44 and 46 Higher Road, and the relatively

narrow gap between the two, the visual interrelationship between the conservation

area, the buildings of townscape merit, the listed building and the proposed

development is effectively non-existent from any public vantage point. Even

standing at the entrance to the site it would not be possible to obtain a view of the

proposed built development.

7.13 The visual interrelationship between the listed building / conservation area and the

proposed development from locations within garden areas, be they within or outside

of the conservation area / the curtilage to the listed building, would be precluded by

intervening boundaries marked by trees and hedges. The two buildings of

townscape merit are on the opposite side of Higher Road.

7.14 Ground levels reduce considerably to the rear of 44 and 46 Higher Road, resulting

in the proposed development being at a much lower level and visually distinct from

properties on Higher Road, in general, and Club Row, in particular.

7.15 Having regard to the above assessment, the application site is not of value to the

setting of the heritage asset. The heritage assets would not be read in association

with the proposed development, nor would the development be in any manner

conspicuous within or visually intrusive to the setting of Club Row or the Longridge

Conservation Area. In short, neither the significance nor the setting of the heritage

assets would be harmed or impacted upon by the proposed development.

8. CONCLUSION

8.1 An extensive review of relevant policy guidance and historical documentation and

mapping has been carried out. This has contributed to both the form of the

assessment and its findings. There is no evidence of any heritage asset within the

planning application site. The key heritage asset identified is the nearby listed Club

Row. Its significance lies in its social origins and continued representation of social

history. No historical, functional or physical association between the application site

and Club Row is evident. Access to the proposed development would be alongside

the eastern gable to Club Row, between it and 46 Higher Road. That, very simply,

is the access arrangement already in place for 46 Higher Road. The nearest point

of the proposed built development to Club Row would be some 55 metres. As such,

there would be no physical impact on the heritage asset. The lack of any visual

interrelationship that exists / would exist between Club Row, the application site

and the proposed built development, leads to the conclusion that neither the

significance nor the setting of the heritage assets would be harmed or impacted

upon by the proposed development. As such, the development is compliant with

relevant national and local policy directed at conserving the heritage assets.

9. APPENDICES

A. Longridge conservation area boundary, as published by Ribble Valley Borough

Council;

B. Extract from Ordnance Survey Map 1847, as published in the Lancashire Historic

Town Survey Programme Longridge Historic Town Assessment Report (June

2006);

C. Photos of Club Row taken from (circa 1970)

http://townarchive.longridgestation.co.uk/search/?q=Club+Row

Mike Gee BA(Hons) MRTPI

Janet Dixon Town Planners Ltd.

10A Whalley Road, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 1AW

01200 425051

June 2011

APPENDIX A

Longridge Conservation Area Map, as published by Ribble Valley Borough Council.

APPENDIX B

Extract from Ordnance Survey Map 1847, as published in the Lancashire Historic Town

Survey Programme Longridge Historic Town Assessment Report (June 2006)

APPENDIX C

Photos of Club Row taken from (circa 1970)

http://townarchive.longridgestation.co.uk/search/?q=Club+Row

REFERENCES

1. Longridge Conservation Area Appraisal;

2. Longridge Conservation Area Management Guidance;

3. Lancashire Historic Town Survey Programme Longridge Historic Town Assessment

Report (June 2006);

4. Lancashire Historic Environment Record;

5. Ordnance Survey Maps – various dates;

6. Building Societies: Their Origin and History – S J Price (published 1958);

7. Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990;

8. PPS5: Planning for the Historic Environment;

9. PPS5: Planning for the Historic Environment: Historic Environment Planning

Practice Guide;

10. The Setting of Heritage Assets: English Heritage Guidance (Consultation Draft –

July 2010);

11. Statutory List of Listed Buildings (Listed Buildings Online);

12. Ribble Valley Local Plan;

13. Longridge town archive - website.

Documents

Heritage Statement" - Ribble Valley · proposal: erection of two detached dwellings with detached garages (outline planning application) 1. introduction