LDO Response 2013 PaullPC

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Paull Parish Council response to the notification of Local Development Order

Statement of Intent:

Paull Parish Council are keen to work in partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire planning department and the

developers of the LDO site, to create an Enterprise Industrial Park which has minimal construction/operational

impact on the village of Paull, delivers the original expectations of the project, provides employment for local

people and creates a number of tangible area enhancements and amenities.

Key Objectives:

Minimise the visual and potential nuisance impacts of the Industrial Park development/operation;

Support local employment opportunities associated with the development/operation of the site;

Create improved flood mitigation for the village and the industrial park;

Minimise, mitigate or compensate the effects of the development on local habitats and ecosystems;

Create possible leisure and recreation opportunities for local residents.

Background:

Although the proposed development lies just outside the conservation area of Paull village, The Parish council

are keen to uphold the values of the conservation zone and minimise negative or detracting impacts upon the

village. To quote the aims in the East Riding of Yorkshire document What are Conservation Areas?

(http://www2.eastriding.gov.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=98171&type=full&servicetype=Attachment .)

Although often based on a concentration of older, historic buildings, it is principally the relationship that

buildings have with each other and the open spaces between them, public and private, along with private

gardens, historic street patterns, trees and field systems that should be protected and enhanced. It is often

features that make the greatest contribution to the character of any Conservation Area. The purpose of

designation is not to stop change but to ensure it happens in a controlled and sensitive manner

East Riding of Yorkshire Council further recognises the unique character of Paull and its associated countryside

in its review (http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/corp-docs/forwardplanning/docs/lca/final/type21.pdf ) where it states its

long term strategy is to:

Conserve the unique character of this landscape that has historic importance due to the extensive area

of reclaimed land and associated pattern and development;

Maintain the valued open characteristics of this bleak and featureless landscape;

Ensure new tree planting should respect openness and views and should be concentrated around

existing settlement. The open character of the landscape also means that it is exposed. Species planted

will need to tolerate exposure to salt laden winds. Hedgerow species in the area are predominantly

Hawthorn with some blackthorn. Trees in the area include beech and ash;

Understand that changing land management regimes and farm diversification should respect the open,

large scale well maintained characteristics of the area;

Avoid development that would result in cumulative impact resulting in visible increase in settlement

density in the area;

Avoid the amalgamation of fields. Field patterns are important in highlighting the successive phases of

land reclamation and in distinguishing reclaimed land from its neighbor;

Recognise that vertical structures should be avoided in this landscape to limit impact on the

characteristic openness. Small scale development may be accommodated without detriment to

openness if it is appropriately located within or adjacent to existing built form and is of comparable

scale.
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Clearly, most of these strategic intents are compromised by the proposed development and as a consequence

of the existing scheme it is likely that the character of the village of Paull and much its surrounding countryside

will be lost forever.

Perspective:

Paull is a small historic village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, UK. The village is situated on the north bank of the

Humber Estuary, on England's north-east coast, and owes its very existence to the presence of the river. Thevillage has around 300 houses and a population of approximately 600, with a further 200 living in outlying

areas of the parish. The exact date the settlement was founded is unknown, but the village is listed in the

Domesday Book, drawn up under the orders of William the Conqueror in 1086. Until relatively recently Paull

was a centre for fishing and particularly shrimping; nowadays the many fishermen who still use Paull are there

in a purely recreational capacity

Development as illustrated in Volume 3 of Integrated Environmental

Assessment (Drawing 47062982/ES/2.2)

The proposed development area

was designated as a Local

Enterprise Zone a number of years

ago and has recently been ear-

marked as a site for major

industrial development as part ofthe Green Port of Hull scheme,

supporting the construction of

wind energy equipment.

The land is flat, open and used

solely for agriculture. It provides an

essential buffer zone between the

village of Paull and the major

hazard industries on the Saltend

Chemicals Park - where flammable,

corrosive and toxic chemicals are

produced, used and stored. Mostof the chemical plants on the

Chemicals Park are designated as

top tier COMAH sites.

The proposed development of the

LDO site extends to within a few

metres of the village and will

include major fabrication and

engineering activities which could

have significant impacts on the

village and its residents - during

both construction and operational

phases of the project.

Key Features of the proposed mitigations:

Creating a 5m high earth bank to provide acoustic and visual screening (made from spoil from lagoon

formation detailed below). Planting of these banks with native hedging and shrubs will further aid

screening and add habitat. Location of the earth bank on the industrial park side of the main Paull drainage

ditch will provide an additional level of security for the site;

Creating 2 Flood lagoons, linked via overflow gullies to the main Paull drain (which drains all surface water

from the village). The lagoons are envisaged to be shelved to afford variable water depth, provide some

constant water holding and supply significant flood capture capacity. The lagoons would be fenced for

safety with steps/piers for leisure/sport access;


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Creating swathes of dense tree/hedge and shrub planting on a 2m high, 10m wide earth bank to further

screen visual impacts of industrial development and provide additional habitat;

Creating other new and diverse compensatory habitats for those destroyed or rendered unusable during

the development;

Creating an attractive community space which can be used by local people and potentially further

developed for recreation, leisure and sport (e.g. scuba diving, fishing, canoeing, dog walking, bird watching

etc).

Additional proposals to minimise impacts from the development:

As far as possible, the brown-field sites situated within the designated enterprise zones of the Hedon

Road corridor should be fully utilised before the Paull site is populated - to maximise the opportunity

to create a meaningful separation zone between the proposed industrial estate and the village;

All buildings or structures extending to a height of >12 metres tall should be located as close to the

Saltend chemicals park as possible so as to blend into the existing superstructure of that factory;

When/if utilities and services are provided to the site, consideration should be given as to how these

may be extended to benefit the village/community e.g underground or dual route/feeder electricity

supply, superfast broadband etc;

The landscaping of the separation zone should be completed before the construction of the industrial

area commences and tree/hedge/shrub planting should be prioritised to be in the first planting season; Piling operations should utilise drill/cast-in-situ techniques, rather than hammered piles, where

possible (mitigating noise impact on residents and the adjacent SPA/SSSI/Ramsar mudflat sites).

Within the scheme illustrated below, all building foot-prints are provided as per the original scheme albeit

slightly re-arranged - whilst allocating an area of open space between the development (and the Saltend

Chemicals Park) and the village of Paull.

Access points to the site have been relocated (but remain within 20m of the original scheme positions) -

without compromising vehicle manoeuvring visibility or other aspects of road safety.

The mainly cosmetic landscaping creates two major flood lagoons which will help protect the village from

surface water flooding, as experienced during 2007, by overflowing the main village drain (which empties intothe Hedon Haven via a flapped outfall) during periods of exceptional flow - and will help protect the industrial

development from river flooding via over-topping of the existing river defence. (The site of the separation

zone is the area historically most likely to suffer flooding from tidal overtopping of the existing river defences).

Islands are recommended for the centre of the larger lagoon to provide undisturbed sanctuaries for nesting

waterfowl etc.

The spoil from the excavation of the lagoons, plus any surface scraping of the industrial site, will be used to

create a major earth bank approximately 5 m high, which will reduce the visual impact of the scheme, reduce

nuisance noise from the site when in operation and further protect the industrial site from flooding if the river

bank over-tops at its most vulnerable points.

Dense planting along the perimeter of the site over a 2 metre high, 10 metre wide earth bank (soil is againsourced from lagoon excavations and surface scraping) will further minimise visual impact and create useful

local habitats/nesting sites.

As the landscaped area would be an attractive enhancement to the village, and is likely to attract visitors,

either for recreation or sports associated with the flood lagoons and adjacent landscaped areas, a small car-

park is suggested with a screened foot-path access onto the site. It is recognised increased visitor numbers will

also benefit local businesses/public houses. The landscaped area would also provide opportunity for natural

learning facilities for Paull School and other local primary schools eg pond-dipping, nature walks/surveys etc.

Annotated drawing illustrating proposed mitigation/enhancement measures


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Indicative profile East/West across landscaped area

Indicative profile North/South across landscaped area

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