Land Between Providence and Mill Cottages Andrew Martin Associates Cambridge Road Quendon
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Land Between Providence and Mill Cottages Andrew Martin Associates Cambridge Road Quendon Land between Providence and Mill Cottages, Cambridge Road, Quendeon 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Over the coming years up to 2021 Uttlesford District Council will be required to make available land to provide for a significant increase in new housing. Regional planning guidance for the East of England in the form of RSS 14 suggests the requirement of Uttlesford Council will be a total of 8,000 new dwellings for the period 2001-2021. 1.2 The Council is working to produce a vision of how the District could be in the future. The Core Strategy will provide the strategic context for the District. It should confirm in numbers the overall housing requirement for the District and will identify broad areas of future growth. 1.3 This booklet sets out a summary of proposals for land between Providence and Mill Cottages, Cambridge Road, Quendon and is aimed at informing the Council’s preparation of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document options for growth. It is considered that it is appropriate for the Core Strategy to promote the distribution of all the development for the Development Plan period in villages around the District. 1.4 The site represents an opportunity for residential development aimed at helping to meet rural housing needs in the Plan period. The development Proposals are an opportunity to provide a supply of smaller houses, which would be more affordable for young families in Quendon and is therefore welcomed locally. The proposal will provide for the needs of young people in the village who are constantly being priced out of their local villages through a lack of house building in rural areas. 1.5 It is hereby respectfully requested that the Core Strategy evaluate the impacts of releasing land within Quendon for limited residential development within the Plan period. Furthermore, land between Providence and Mill Cottages, Cambridge Road, Quendon should be identified as land available for planned and sustainable limited development due to the reasons summarised within this presentation booklet. 2.0 Local Plan 2.1 The Uttlesford Local Plan adopted 2005 identifies the site as falling outside the development limits of Quendon and Rickling Green, and is designated within a Conservation Area. Land Between Providence and Mill Cottages Andrew Martin Associates Cambridge Road Quendon 2.2 Accordingly, at present the principle of development opportunities for this site are limited to infill development as set out within the adopted Local Plan. Further development of the site will be permitted if it preserves or enhances the character and appearance of the essential features of a Conservation Area 3.0 Site Context 3.1 This site is located on the eastern side of Cambridge Road, towards the northern end of the village. It is a wedge-shaped piece of open land, with a road frontage of approximately 25 metres (including the shared access with the cottage to the south), tapering to the rear of the site, and a depth of about 50 metres. The land is appreciably higher than the road, having a bank to the road frontage and hedge on top. The site then continues to rise to the east. 3.2 The site is located on the B1383, which is one of the main transport corridors to the larger urban areas of the District, with Newport and Safron Walden being the closest. Accordingly, the site benefits from being on a bus route to Bishop’s Stortford, Newport, Saffron Walden, Stansted, and Wendons Ambo and the facilities these larger settlements provides. Further, the site has easy access to the M11 main corridor from London to Cambridge. 3.3 The site is within 2.168miles of Newport railway station. The station is 64 km (40 miles) north of London Liverpool Street on the West Anglia Main Line towards Cambridge. There is an hourly service each day and in each direction from Newport to London Liverpool Street southbound and Cambridge northbound. 3.4 Local facilities in Quendon and Rickling Green include: • Bowls Club, Cricketers Arms Pub, Cricket Club, • Football Club, Parklands 4.0 Development Opportunities 4.1 With consideration to the character of Quendon, the range of facilities and transport services that are available in the locality, it is considered that the site should be identified as suitable for limited residential development. 4.2 With reference to accompanying drawings the merits of the site are as follows: • Development capable of accommodation 1-3 dwellings; • Development, which can maximise the openness of the plot; • Minimise the built footprint; Land Between Providence and Mill Cottages Andrew Martin Associates Cambridge Road Quendon • Retain important elements of landscaping buffer zone and proposes enhancements; • Retain and enhance glimpses of the Church and its tower; • Reflect the character of surrounding development by retaining open frontage, which does not erode the spaciousness and rural appearance of Quendon; and • Achieves well-designed vernacular architecture. 4.3 The key features of proposed development of land at Quendon are: • provision of housing to meet rural local needs; • a residential scheme providing a range of new accommodation to assist in meeting housing requirements in the area, as required by emerging RSS14; • use of a site that is extremely well located to existing urban areas; • maximises use of a site which is well screened and, due to topography, inconspicuous from the immediate and adjacent areas; and • proposes well designed vernacular architecture. 5.0 Conclusion 5.1 This booklet has been prepared to inform the Council’s preparation of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document options for growth. It is considered that it is appropriate for the Core Strategy to promote the distribution of all the development for the Development Plan period in villages around the District. The site represents an opportunity for residential development aimed at helping to meet rural housing needs in the plan period. 5.2 It is hereby respectfully requested that the Core Strategy evaluate the impacts of releasing land within Quendon for limited residential development within the Development Plan period. Furthermore, land between Providence and Mill Cottages, Cambridge Road, Quendon should be identified as land available for planned and sustainable limited development due to the reasons summarised within this booklet. .