Stebbing Neighbourhood Development Plan

Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity Appraisal for

Stebbing Parish Council

Appendix D Figures

Planning | March 2017

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Stebbing parish boundary Wethersfield CP Thaxted CP Other parish boundaries Great Bardfield CP

Little Bardfield CP

Great Bardfield CP Lindsell CP

Shalford CP

Bardfield Saling CP Stebbing CP

Great Easton CP

Great Saling CP

Panfield CP

Rayne CP Great Dunmow CP E16885 Stebbing Neighbourhood Development Plan

Stebbing Parish location plan

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March 2017 Little Dunmow CP

Felsted CP

Fitch Green CP

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Stebbing parish boundary

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70m E16885 Stebbing Neighbourhood 60m Development Plan 50m 50m Topography

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Scheduled Monuments

Listed Buildings

Ancient Woodland (Ancient and Semi-Natural Woodland / Ancient Replanted Woodland)

Registered Parks and Gardens

Common Land

Uttlesford Local Plan (adopted Jan 2005)

Development Limits (Policy S3)

Conservation Areas (Policy ENV1)

Ancient Monument (shown where not designated as a Scheduled Monument) (Policy ENV4)

Ancient Woodland (Policy ENV7)

Important Woodland (Policy ENV8)

Protected Lane (Policy ENV9)

Special Verge (Policy ENV8)

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Landscape-related designations

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National Entire map extents fall within NCA 86: South Suffolk and North Claylands, as published by Natural , 20th January 2014.

County Essex Landscape Character Types and Areas B Glacial Till Plateau B1 - Central Essex Clayland

C River Valley C5- Chelmer Valley

Source: Chris Blandford Associates (2003) ‘Essex Landscape Character Assessment’, Essex County Council & Southend on Sea Borough Council.

District Uttlesford District Landscape Character Types and Areas A River Valley Landscapes A6 - Upper Chelmer River Valley

A12 - Pods Brook River Valley B Farmland Plateau Landscapes B11 - Lindsell and Bardfield Farmland Plateau B13 - Rayne Farmland Plateau

B16 - Felstead Farmland Plateau

Urban Areas (Not assessed) Source: Chris Blandford Associates (August 2006) ‘Braintree, Brentwood, , Maldon and Uttlesford Landscape Character Assessments’ E16885 Stebbing Neighbourhood Development Plan Landscape Character Assessments - National, County and District levels

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Key views

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Visual context - key views

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Andrewsfield - West of Braintree Option 2: Land in Braintree DC and Uttlesford DC (‘North Essex Garden Communities Concept Options & Evaluation’[June 2016]) Land necessary to maintain the open setting of Stebbing Green and Boxted Wood Open valley side protecting the setting of the Warehouse Road hamlet

Land contributing to the setting of Boxted Wood and/or Stebbing Green where planting may be appropriate

S E P A R A T E16885 Stebbing Neighbourhood I O Development Plan N Analysis of separation between Stebbing and the Andrewsfield Garden Settlement

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1 Landscape parcel

3 4 Land not assessed (within Development Limits [Policy S3 of Uttlesford Local Plan, Jan 2005]) 2

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5 9

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41 17 39 38 14 20 19 40 15 37 18

36 16 22 21 34 35 32 E16885 Stebbing Neighbourhood 31 23 Development Plan 33 28 27 30 Landscape parcels

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1 Landscape parcel

3 4 Land not assessed (within Development Limits [Policy S3 of Uttlesford Local Plan, Jan 2005]) 2

Landscape Capacity: 7 1 Low Landscape Capacity 6 Medium-Low Landscape Capacity

5 9 Medium Landscape Capacity

Medium-High Landscape Capacity 8 High Landscape Capacity

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36 16 22 21 34 35 32 E16885 Stebbing Neighbourhood 31 23 Development Plan 33 28 27 Findings of the Landscape Sensitivity 30 and Capacity Appraisal

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A Representative viewpoint location

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6 (church grounds)

5(from junction) E16885 Stebbing Neighbourhood 4 Development Plan 21 3 1 Viewpoint location plan

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Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey map with the permission of the controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Licence number: AL 100002205. © CROWN COPYRIGHT. View point 1: View north-westwards along Stebbing Green View point 2: View south-eastwards along Stebbing Green

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Photographs of key views

Figure 09.1

March 2017 Boxted Wood

View point 3: View north-eastwards from Stebbing Green to Boxted Wood

Yew Tree Farm Mouslin Wood Whitehouse Spring Badcocks Farm Gatehouse Farm Andrews Field Airstrip

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Photographs of key views

Figure 09.2

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View point 4: View north-eastwards from Warehouse Road . Fir Wood High Street

View point 5: View north-westwards from Church of St Mary the Virgin.

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Photographs of key views

Figure 09.3

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View point 6: View north-westwards from junction of High Street and Watch House Road, Church End The Downs

View point 7: View south-west from High Street over The Downs

Entrance Drive to Stebbing Park Hicks’ Plantation

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Photographs of key views

Figure 09.4

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View point 8: View west from High Street into Stebbing Park Hicks’ Plantation The Fir Wood

View point 9: View west from High Street over The Downs

Leaselands Spring

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Photographs of key views

Figure 09.5

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View point 10: View south-west from Brick Kiln Lane, Bran End Bigod’s Wood Hill Farm Dow Wood Stebbing Brook valley

View point 11: View south-west from lane east of Hill Farm

Lubberhedges Lane

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Photographs of key views

Figure 09.6

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View point 12: View south-east from Lubberhedges Lane, west of Page’s Farm Stebbing Brook valley

View point 13: View west from Lubberhedges Lane, west of Page’s Farm

B1057

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Photographs of key views

Figure 09.7

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View point 14: View south-east from B1057, west of Pratt’s Farm Lubberhedges Wood Lubberhedges Lane

View point 15: View north from Lubberhedges Lane, east of Tolladay’s Farm towards Lubberhedges Wood

Lubberhedges Lane

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Photographs of key views

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View point 16: View east from Lubberhedges Lane Lubberhedges Lane New Acres George ‘s Farm Tollesbury Farm

View point 17: View south from Lubberhedges Lane in vicinity of New Acres

Lucas Farm Houses on Whitehouse Road

View point 18: View south-west from Newpasture Lane, on western edge of Andrews Field airstrip E16885 Stebbing Neighbourhood Development Plan

Photographs of key views

Figure 09.9

March 2017 House at junction at Gatehouse Farm Clay Lane and Whitehouse Road Lucas Farm

View point 19: View west from bridleway adjacent to Bacons Farm

Green Farm House

View point 20: View north-east from Hall Road E16885 Stebbing Neighbourhood Development Plan

Photographs of key views

Figure 09.10

March 2017 Stebbing Brook valley

View point 21: View south-west in vicinity of Collops Cottages

Rockwoods Houses on Warehouse Road

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Photographs of key views

Figure 09.11

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Viewpoint 22: View north-east from Stane Street towards Warehouse Road