Ashurst & Colbury Village Design Statement CODE AND INDEX OF MAP Adopted June 2013 CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE 1 Appendix 1 17 Approved by Ashurst & Colbury Parish Introduction to the Some of the views of residents Council on 20th November 2012 Village Design Statement Appendix 2 18 Adopted by the New Forest National CHAPTER TWO 4 List of consultation events Park Authority on A Brief History 27th June 2013 of the Parish Appendix 3 20 Listed buildings Parish Councillors: CHAPTER THREE 6 Sally Arnold [Chairman] Important Historic Appendix 4 21 David Bryant Buildings Relevant planning policies Max Coaker Peter Frost CHAPTER FOUR 7 Caroline Hubbard Community Facilities Ken Kershaw and the Local Economy Peter Sopowski [Vice Chairman] Ann Sturgess CHAPTER FIVE 9 Landscape Parish Clerk: Len Griggs CHAPTER SIX 11 The Built Environment District Councillors: Les Puttock CHAPTER SEVEN 14 Derek Tipp Highways, Transport and Infrastructure County Councillor: Keith Mans Member of Parliament: Doctor Julian Lewis CHAPTER ONE Introduction to the Village Design Statement A Village Design Statement cannot The Ashurst and Colbury Village Design document and make suggestions. A pro- prevent change, but it can be used to Statement was initiated at a public forma for responses was also included in manage it. It provides guidelines about the meeting, with a steering group undertaking the December 2011 issue of the Parish design of any future development which to produce various sections of the Newsletter for written feed-back. will assist residents, the Parish Council, Statement using their knowledge and the planning authority and potential expertise of the village. The VDS has been developed in liaison developers. with the New Forest National Park Information was gathered from Authority and officer comments have been By identifying what makes Ashurst and advertisements and articles written in the incorporated in this version. Following Colbury special and distinctive it is monthly Parish Newsletter delivered free formal public consultation the Park suggested that changes to individual to every house in the village, a manned Authority adopted the VDS as a buildings, groups of buildings or the stall at the Village Fete, an Agenda item at Supplementary Planning Document in village as a whole, should be based on an Parish Council Meetings and a talk given June 2013. understanding of the past and present to the Parish Plan group (now the Ashurst character of the village. This would enable and Colbury Community Group).. It was new development to make a positive advertised on the Council notice boards contribution to the local distinctiveness of and letters were delivered to local business the parish. people and individual residents. The village fete generated over a hundred A Village Design Statement can be responses. adopted by the local planning authority as a Supplementary Planning Document, Further consultation has taken place making the design guidelines it contains a through the draft statement being placed on material consideration when determining the Ashurst and Colbury Parish Council planning applications in the parish. website and a public meeting to view the 1 2 Ashurst and Colbury parish boundary 3 Aerial photo of the parish 4 CHAPTER TWO A Brief History of the Parish Originally the three settlements of from wherever you are, even in the built up In 1535 John Mill, a merchant from Colbury, Foxhills and Ashurst made up the environment. Southampton, gained the lease of the Parish. Ashurst and Colbury became the Manor of Colbury. He was a direct parish name in the 1920’s – previously Ashurst ancestor of the current owner of the Barker known as Lyndhurst Road - and the parish The name Ashurst appears in 1314 in court Mill Estate [Amanda Barker Mill]. council was formed in 1985. It is bounded records, and this indicates the timber trade to the west by Netley Marsh, to the north was already established here. Ashurst The parish of Colbury was created in 1894. by Totton and Eling, and to the south by itself is an ancient name meaning ‘ash Denny Lodge. wooded hill’. Foxhills Foxhills, which was originally one of the th There has been a considerable increase in At the beginning of the 19 century three villages, has a number of Edwardian the population of Ashurst and Colbury Ashurst was a community of working properties and bungalows. A proportion of over the last 100 years due mainly to its farms and a few houses with the large the land and properties are owned or proximity to the New Forest and good rail estate of Barker Mill at Colbury and managed by the Barker Mill Estate. It is and bus routes. The mid-2010 population Winchester College at Testwood. The also home to the Allotment Gardens for estimates gives a total of 2,092 residents. railway opened in 1847 and this was Ashurst and Colbury Parish. These Ashurst and Colbury is identified as one of followed shortly afterwards by “The New Allotment Gardens were established and the four defined villages within the New Forest Hotel.” completed by the Parish Council, with Forest National Park. appreciation to the Barker Mill Trust. Colbury The parish lies on a mixture of sands, clays Reference can be traced back to the 1230’s Some important dates and gravels on the edge of Bartley Water when monks at Beaulieu Abbey received a valley which flows into Eling Creek. gift of land described as “some tenements” 1836 the Poor Law Amendment Act of Today a large percentage of the village is at Colbury. The Abbey built up the Manor 1834 empowered parishes to be grouped woodland and mature trees are evident of Colbury and this was confirmed by into Unions and build workhouses for the Edward II. able-bodied poor. The building later 5 became Ashurst Hospital and was designed 1999 Consultation commenced for a to house 200 people. New Forest National Park, 1847 The Southampton and Dorchester 2005 Welcome Pack for new residents Railway Company began operating and a commenced by the Parish Council station next to the Lyndhurst Road was 2005 Area formerly designated as a built. National Park, with the National Park 1868 Colbury School on the corner of Authority gaining full statutory powers the Pound Lane was built. following year. 1870 Through the generosity of Frederick 2006 The Parish Council won the best Ibbotson Colbury Church was planned, Village in District award and were runners- paid for and built. up in the Building Community Life section 1884 Mrs. Vaudrey Barker-Mill inherited of the Hampshire Village of the Year Langley Manor Estates and Colbury organized by HALC. Manor. 2008 Launch of the Ashurst and Colbury 1907 David Lloyd George made a speech Parish Plan. at Lyndhurst Road Station. He addressed a 2012 Celebration of the Queens Diamond gathering of Liberal Party supporters as his Jubilee at Colbury Memorial Hall. position of President of the Board of Trade. 1914/18 Indian Troops camp at Ashurst. 1940 British Army from Dunkirk sent their wounded soldiers to Ashurst Hospital. 1967 Foxhills Junior School opened. 1969 The old School at Colbury closed after 101 years of service and reopened in the grounds of Foxhills Junior School. 1985 Ashurst and Colbury Parish Council formed. 1997 Lyndhurst Road Station changed to Ashurst New Forest. 6 CHAPTER THREE Important Historic Buildings Christ Church, Colbury since then it has been a place of worship Mrs. Barker-Mill and other local men for the Roman Catholic Community. St. killed in World War 1. Joseph’s run a very successful Poitiers Project which assists the needy not only in this Parish but in the nearby towns. Hospital Chapel The Bishop of Winchester, Samuel Wilberforce, consecrated the Church and The hall acts as a focal point within the Churchyard on March 8th 1870. The community and provides the venue for an Church rooms were built in the orchard of extensive range of community activities. It the old vicarage in 1970. is supported by fundraising efforts from The former workhouse chapel was erected the community and local parishes and has St. Josephs during the 1850’s as a simple red-brick recently invested in the enlargement of the building of nave and chancel which could kitchen facilities. hold up to 50 people. It was the gift of Mrs. Annie Sturges Bourne, who lived at Listed buildings Testwood House. It is now part of the There are five Grade II listed buildings Ashurst Hospital complex. within the parish, recognised to be of national importance and therefore given Colbury Memorial Hall statutory protection. They are described in Originally a private home called ‘The Appendix 3. Heritage sites which are not Dene’, the Montfort Fathers took Built in 1930, the Colbury Memorial Hall is dedicated to the memory of the son of designated are detailed in the Historic possession of the building in 1942 and Environment Record for Hampshire. 7 CHAPTER FOUR Community Facilities and the Local Economy Groups and clubs In addition to providing a good education, Shops These range from badminton to bridge, and the school has breakfast clubs and after- There are a good variety of shops along from the Camera Club to amateur school activities. They have a secure Lyndhurst Road, including: dramatics. A total of 18 different clubs are outdoor playing area in lovely rural Post office, newsagents, veterinary based at the Colbury Memorial Hall and surroundings. During the year they hold surgery, two convenience stores, car more at the Church Rooms. They include many functions to raise funds for the repairs and car sales, car wash, Chinese Langley Manor Cricket Club, which caters schools. The School has an open plan take-a-way, Fish & Chip shop, Indian for all levels of cricket players, the Ashurst design, with a light airy spacious restaurant and take away, car audio shop, and Colbury Community Group, which environment to facilitate learning.