Appendices to Proof of Evidence Landscape and Visual Issues & The Setting of Heritage Assets Prepared by: Michelle Bolger CMLI, Dip.LA, BA, PGCE, BA On behalf of: Norfolk County Council In respect of: Appeal by Earsham Gravels Ltd Concerning: Haddiscoe Quarry PINS Refs: APP/X2600/A/13/2197841 LPA Ref: C/7/2011/7020 April 2014 CONTENTS MB Appendix 1 Figures MB Figure 01 Local Landscape Character Areas MB Figure 02 Topography and ES Viewpoint Locations MB Figure 03 Proposed Land Raising Contours and Existing Contours MB Figure 04 Aerial View MB Appendix 2 National Character Area (NCA) 83 - South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands MB Appendix 3 Extracts from South Norfolk District Landscape Character Assessment MB Appendix 4 English Heritage Listing for Church of St Mary, Haddiscoe MB APPENDIX 1 Figures MB Figure 01 Local Landscape Character Areas MB Figure 02 Topography and Viewpoint Location MB Figure 03 Proposed Land Raising Contours & Existing Contours MB Figure 04 Aerial View N Legend Planning Application Area The Broads Authority Boundary Temporary grassed soil storage mounds 4 Working phases ES Viewpoint locations PHASE 6 The Broads Authority Landscape Character Areas 16. Yare/Waveney Valley - Norton PHASE 5 Marshes to Haddiscoe dismantled railway 2 1 PHASE 4 South Norfolk District Landscape Character Areas PHASE 7 PHASE 2 11 3 C2 Thurlton Tributary Farmland with 7 Parkland 9 PHASE 1 PHASE 8 PHASE 9 PHASE 1 PHASE 10 8 12 13 5 0 250m 500m 14 15 10 project OX5057 Haddiscoe Quarry drawing title Local Landscape Character Areas drawing number MB Figure 01 revision drawing status client 01 FINAL Norfolk date scale County Council SEPT 13 see bar scale drawn Checked AK MB I St John’s Square, London, EC1M 4DH © Crown copyright, All rights reserved. 2013 Licence number 100047514 P 0207 253 2929 F 0207 253 3900 E [email protected] N Legend Planning Application Area The Broads Authority Boundary ES Viewpoint Locations Core Strategy and Minerals and Waste Development Management Policies Development Plan Document, 2010-2026 Core River Valley Development Management Policy DM2 Topography 4 30 - 35m 25 - 30m 20 - 25m 15 - 20m 2 1 10 - 15m 11 7 3 5 - 10m 9 0 - 5m 8 13 12 5 0250m 1.0km 14 15 10 project OX5057 Haddiscoe Quarry drawing title Topography and ES Viewpoint Location drawing number MB Figure 02 revision drawing status client 01 FINAL Norfolk date scale County Council SEPT 13 see bar scale drawn Checked AK MB I St John’s Square, London, EC1M 4DH © Crown copyright, All rights reserved. 2013 Licence number 100047514 P 0207 253 2929 F 0207 253 3900 E [email protected] N Legend Legend derived from ES Figure 6.0 (34) Plant site boundary Re contouringg in this Extent of temporary land raising area to be broubroughtought to End of bund to 17.0m top of roadsideide bank be feafeatheredthered inintoto land raising Screen bund TTopop of bund 2m above level of adadjoiningjoining carriageway Plant site area E 16m Haul road 50m 16m Proposed temporary land raising contours 16.0m Existing contours from survey information in 17m the electronic copy of Fig 6.0 (34) Existing contours derived from LiDAR 10 02m2 ( From Fig 4.2 (1) Rev E ) 15m15 m Section lines + 3.25m D End of bundbubundn to be feafeatheredththeth red inintototo landland raisinraisingg Visibility splay line (215m x 4.5m) 16m 15.0m 6 StockStototockc Piles Slope 5m A .O.D (1:1) 14m1 + 3.5m 14.0m Approximate location of conveyor RMC P lantantannnt t Existing Planting 13.0m PlantPlaP nt SiteSite 7m7m A .O.D.O.D 13m13 + 3.5m m New hedgerow (3m high) 12.0m 12m1 Maximum height of proposed land + 3.5m 11m ConcreteConcrete 16m16m raising above existing batchingbatching plantplaantn 11.0m BatchingBatchingng plant/plap nt/ D 15m1 Indicative Location of Solar Panels office/storeofficooffiffi e/storoorre Containers/storage/Contait ners/s/s/storage/ temporaryttemporppoo ary generatorgeenerator 14m14m 10.0m E FFueluelu WeighbridgeWeighbrb idge tantankanank 025m 100m 9.0m OfficeOffice 13m1 project PLEASE NOTE: CarC papparkarkr OX5057 The purpose of this figure is to show the relationship between the Haddiscoe Quarry existing landform and the proposed land raising. Existing contours 12mm drawing title have been derived from Figure 6.0 (34) Comparison of Existing and Restoration landforms - Plant Site (which were interpolated from Proposed Land Raising Contours and Existing Contours 11mm LiDAR data) and from survey information contained within the drawing number electronic copy of Figure 4.2 (1) Rev E . Proposed Land Raising MB Figure 03 Contours- Plant Site. This information was not shown on the printed copy. revision drawing status client 01 FINAL Norfolk There are slight differences between the existing contours as shown date scale County Council on Figure 6.0 (34) and Figure 4.2 (1) Rev E. (In the latest set of drawings Dec 2013 this information is also shown on Figure III (2) A SEPT 13 see bar scale Plant Site Layout). However we do not consider there would be any drawn Checked difficulties in achieving the landform, proposed. It is the appearance of the landform, not its achievability, that we consider would give rise AK MB I St John’s Square, London, EC1M 4DH to harm. P 0207 253 2929 F 0207 253 3900 E [email protected] N Legend Planning Application Area St Mary’s Church Landspring Beck 0 250m 500m project OX5057 Haddiscoe Quarry drawing title Aerial View drawing number MB Figure 04 revision drawing status client FINAL Norfolk date scale County Council SEPT 13 see bar scale drawn Checked AK MB I St John’s Square, London, EC1M 4DH Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, Swisstopo and the GIS User Community P 0207 253 2929 F 0207 253 3900 E [email protected] MB APPENDIX 2 National Character Area (NCA) 83 – South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands National Character 83: South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands Area profile: Supporting documents Key facts Landscape Analysis Introduction & Summary Description Opportunities and data change www.naturalengland.org.uk 1 National Character 83: South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands Area profile: Supporting documents Key facts Landscape Analysis Introduction & Summary Description Opportunities and data change Introduction National Character Areas map As part of Natural England’s responsibilities as set out in the Natural Environment White Paper1, Biodiversity 20202 and the European Landscape Convention3, we are revising profiles for England’s 159 National Character Areas (NCAs). These are areas that share similar landscape characteristics, and which follow natural lines in the landscape rather than administrative boundaries, making them a good decision-making framework for the natural environment. NCA profiles are guidance documents which can help communities to inform their decision-making about the places that they live in and care for. The information they contain will support the planning of conservation initiatives at a landscape scale, inform the delivery of Nature Improvement Areas and encourage broader partnership working through Local Nature Partnerships. The profiles will also help to inform choices about how land is managed and can change. Each profile includes a description of the natural and cultural features that shape our landscapes, how the landscape has changed over time, the current key drivers for ongoing change, and a broad analysis of each area’s characteristics and ecosystem services. Statements of Environmental Opportunity (SEOs) are suggested, which draw on this integrated information. The SEOs offer guidance on the critical issues, which could help to achieve sustainable growth and a more secure environmental future. 1 The Natural Choice: Securing the Value of Nature, Defra NCA profiles are working documents which draw on current evidence and (2011; URL: www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm80/8082/8082.pdf) 2 knowledge. We will aim to refresh and update them periodically as new Biodiversity 2020: A Strategy for England’s Wildlife and Ecosystem Services, Defra information becomes available to us. (2011; URL: www.defra.gov.uk/publications/files/pb13583-biodiversity-strategy-2020-111111.pdf) 3 European Landscape Convention, Council of Europe We would like to hear how useful the NCA profiles are to you. You can contact the (2000; URL: http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/176.htm) NCA team by emailing [email protected] MB Appendix 2 Page 1 2 National Character 83: South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands Area profile: Supporting documents Key facts Landscape Analysis Introduction & Summary Description Opportunities and data change Summary The South Norfolk and High Suffolk Claylands National Character Area (NCA) Large areas of woodland are scarce, with most confined to a narrow band on occupies a large area of central East Anglia stretching from just below Norwich the edges of the plateau. Views are frequently open, only sometimes confined in the north down to the River Gipping in the south. The area is bounded to by hedges, hedgerow trees and scattered smaller woodlands that are still the north by Mid Norfolk and The Broads NCAs and to the east by the sandy notable elements of the landscape. Occasionally there can even be a feeling heathland of the Suffolk Coast and Heaths NCA. To the west the landscape of exposure, although within the valleys it is possible to find quite confined merges into the drier and more open character of The Brecks NCA and to landscapes with intimate views. the south it meets the South Suffolk and North Essex Clayland NCA with 78 NCA 83 boundary Central North Norfolk its noticeably more undulating topography. ‘High’ Suffolk originally derives Other NCA boundary 79 80 Area outside NCA 83 84 The Broads its name from the contrast between this formerly well-treed area and the National Park Mid Norfolk Area of Outstanding openness of the adjacent areas to the east and west.