Harrogate SHELAA Alternative Sites Landscape and Visual Advice
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Harrogate SHELAA Alternative Sites Landscape and Visual Advice Draft Report Prepared by LUC September 2018 Project Title: Harrogate SHELAA Alternative Sites Landscape and Visual Advice Client: Pannal and Burn Bridge Parish Council Version Date Version Details Prepared by Checked by Approved by V1 05.10.18 Draft Jacqueline Jacqueline Melissa Whitworth- Whitworth- Kurihara Allan Allan Chris Cox V2 09.10.18 Final Jacqueline Jacqueline Melissa Whitworth- Whitworth- Kurihara Allan Allan Chris Cox V3 24.10.18 Final Jacqueline Jacqueline Melissa Whitworth- Whitworth- Kurihara Allan Allan Chris Cox Harrogate SHELAA Alternative Sites Landscape and Visual Advice Final Report Prepared by LUC October 2018 Planning & EIA Offices also in: Land Use Consultants Ltd Registered in England Design LUC MANCHESTER Bristol Registered number: 2549296 Landscape Planning 2 Mount Street Edinburgh Registered Office: Landscape Management Manchester Glasgow 43 Chalton Street Ecology M2 5WQ Lancaster London NW1 1JD FS 566056 EMS 566057 LUC uses 100% recycled paper GIS & Visualisation +44 (0)161 3026640 London [email protected] Contents Executive Summary Background and approach Findings 1 Introduction 1 Project Brief 1 Structure of Report 1 2 Context 2 Location 2 Landscape Designations 3 Existing Character Assessments 4 Natural Factors 4 Historical evolution of settlement 4 3 Landscape and Visual review 6 4 Summary 90 Landscape sensitivities 90 Visual analysis 91 Tables Table 3.1 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site B12 (Boroughbridge) 7 Table 3.2 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site B21 (Boroughbridge) 8 Table 3.3 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site BK2 (Beckwith) 9 Table 3.4 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site CA4 (Cattal) 10 Table 3.5 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site CA5 (Cattal) 11 Table 3.6 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site DF7 (RAF Dishforth) 12 Table 3.7 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site FX1 (Flaxby) 13 Table 3.8 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site FX2 (Flaxby) 14 Table 3.9 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site FX3 (Flaxby) 15 Table 3.10 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site GH8 (Great Hammerton) 17 Table 3.11 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site GH11 (Great Hammerton) 18 Table 3.12 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site GH12 (Great Hammerton) 20 Table 3.13 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H1 (Harrogate) 22 Table 3.14 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H8 (Harrogate) 23 Table 3.15 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H9 (Harrogate) 24 Table 3.16 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H10 (Harrogate) 25 Table 3.17 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H11 (Harrogate) 26 Table 3.18 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H24 (Harrogate) 27 Table 3.19 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H31 (Harrogate) 28 Table 3.20 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H32 (Harrogate) 29 Table 3.21 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H34 (Harrogate) 30 Table 3.22 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H39 (Harrogate) 31 Table 3.23 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H49 (Harrogate) 32 Table 3.24 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H51 (Harrogate) 33 Table 3.25 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H52 (Harrogate) 34 Table 3.26 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H58 (Harrogate) 36 Table 3.27 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H66 (Harrogate) 38 Table 3.28 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H70 (Harrogate) 40 Table 3.29 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H73 (Harrogate) 41 Table 3.30 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H86 (Harrogate) 42 Table 3.31 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site HB1 (Huby) 43 Table 3.32 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site HP7 (Hopperton) 44 Table 3.33 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site K20 (Knaresborough) 45 Table 3.34 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site K25 (Knaresborough) 46 Table 3.35 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site K27 (Knaresborough) 47 Table 3.36 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site K28 (Knaresborough) 48 Table 3.37 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site KB4 (Kirby Hill) 50 Table 3.38 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site KB5 (Kirby Hill) 51 Table 3.39 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site KH6 (Kirk Hammerton) 53 Table 3.40 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site KH7 (Kirk Hammerton) 54 Table 3.41 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site KL5 (Killinghall) 55 Table 3.42 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site KL15 (Killinghall) 56 Table 3.43 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site LM4 (Long Marston) 57 Table 3.44 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site OC2 (Rudding Farm) 58 Table 3.45 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site OC4 (North of Racecourse Approach) 59 Table 3.46 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site OC5 (Deighton Grange Farm) 60 Table 3.47 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site OC6 (Former Middleton Hospital) 61 Table 3.48 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site OC8 62 Table 3.49 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site OC11 (Near South Stainley) 63 Table 3.50 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site PN2 (Pannal) 64 Table 3.51 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site PN13 (Pannal) 65 Table 3.52 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site PN14 (Pannal) 67 Table 3.53 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site R4 (Ripon) 69 Table 3.55 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site R13 (Ripon) 70 Table 3.56 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site R17 (Ripon) 71 Table 3.57 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site R19 (Ripon) 72 Table 3.58 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site R24 (Ripon) 73 Table 3.59 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site R25 (Ripon) 74 Table 3.60 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site SH3 (Sharow) 75 Table 3.61 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site TW8 (Tockwith) 76 Table 3.62 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site TW11 (Tockwith) 77 Table 3.63 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site WB1 (Wetherby) 78 Table 3.64 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site WB3 (Wetherby) 79 Table 3.65 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H60 (Claro Road depot, Harrogate) 80 Table 3.66 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H67 (Oak View Farm, Harrogate) 81 Table 3.67 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site K14 (Trelleborg Factory, Halfpenny Lane) 83 Table 3.68 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site K30 (York Place Car Park, Knaresborough) 84 Table 3.69 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site K33 (Thistle Hill, Knaresborough) 85 Table 3.70 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site K34 (Land to the east of St James Business Park, Knaresborough) 86 Table 3.71 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site K35 (Land adjacent to roundabout at B6164 and A658, Knaresborough) 87 Table 3.72 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H16 (Hookstone Road, Harrogate) 88 Table 3.73 Landscape and Visual appraisal of Site H28 (A661 Wetherby Road) 89 Executive Summary Background and approach LUC have been appointed by Pannal and Burn Bridge Parish Council to provide landscape and visual analysis on specific housing and employment sites (73 in total) identified within the Harrogate District Council SHELAA. This incorporates the main towns of Harrogate, Ripon, Knaresborough, Boroughbridge, Pateley Bridge and Masham. The Parish Council are also being supported and advised by Arrowsmith Associates in their objection to the emerging Harrogate District Local Plan. This assessment is set in the context of national and local planning policy and describes the potential landscape and visual effects for all housing sites over 10ha and a select list of employment sites. Sites with planning permissions in place have been excluded from this study. This assessment, which included a desktop and fieldwork review, is helpful in understanding the landscape and visual sensitivities of each allocation site. Findings Landscape Designations LUC’s analysis indicated that existing developed sites are less sensitive to re-development in landscape and visual terms unless the re-development has the potential to harm the local distinctiveness of the settlement area. Sites located within close proximity to the Nidderdale AONB require further consideration to determine if development in these locations is appropriate and if it detracts from the significance of the landscape setting given this is afforded the highest value of landscape protection. LUC’s analysis indicated that 16 allocation sites are located partly or wholly within an SLA boundary, a designation for highlighting distinctive and high quality landscapes. Development in these locations is not precluded but must ensure significant features are not lost and that development proposals are linked to existing settlements. Eight of these sites are located within a single SLA (C9d. Crimple Valley) with four of these sites located on adjacent land parcels to the east of Pannal. Development across all of these sites would significantly alter the landscape quality and local distinctiveness of the SLA in this area and encourage coalescence of Pannal with the southern extent of Harrogate. 13 allocation sites are located partly or wholly within the Green Belt Boundary. Environmental LUC’s analysis indicates that two of the allocation sites contain a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC). No other allocation sites are located on the footprint of an environmental designation however the importance of existing established vegetation within the site allocations should be recognised. Cultural Listed Buildings located throughout the district which are highly likely to be influenced by allocation sites which are within close proximity of their setting. A number of site allocations are also within close proximity to Conservation areas. Visual It is important that proposed development is not isolated from existing settlement patterns. Highly sensitive receptors tend to include residential occupiers with unobstructed views from the front of properties, park/recreation users, PRoW users and visitors to churches and cemeteries.