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PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Ruislip Village Ruislip Village Conservation Area Appraisal July 2010 London Borough of Hillingdon Ruislip Village Conservation Area Appraisal PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Ruislip Village ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With thanks to Mrs EM Bowlt for her invaluable help with regards to the history of Ruislip and also for her assistance in the editing of this document. London Borough of Hillingdon Ruislip Village Conservation Area Appraisal PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Ruislip Village CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Introduction Planning Policy Context and to consult with the wider community as part of this process. 1.1 The Ruislip Village Conservation 1.3 This appraisal has been developed Area was designated in 1969. It was within the context of the 1.6 As of 1st April 2006 the Government one of the first such areas to be conservation policies contained set a Best Value Performance agreed within the London Borough within London Borough of Hillingdon Indicator (BVPI 219b) requiring local of Hillingdon. It contained Manor Unitary Development Plan Saved planning authorities to complete Farm, the administrative centre of Policies document, the emerging conservation area appraisals and the Manor of Ruislip, St Martin’s Local Development Framework, The reviews. Church, the ecclesiastical centre of London Plan, the guidance the Parish of Ruislip and the ancient contained within Planning Policy 1.7 Planning Policy Statement 5 advises buildings at the northern end of Statement 5 (PPS 5) and the that conservation areas are historic Ruislip High Street and the southern relevant Planning Acts. assets and that they have meaning end of Bury Street. for society over and above 1.4 Section 69 of the Planning (Listed functional quality. Heritage 1.2 On 14th January 2009, the Buildings and Conservation Areas) significance is considered to justify conservation area, which originally Act 1990 requires local authorities to the protection of assets within the included only the medieval village designate conservation areas. planning process. In the case of centre, was extended to include all These are defined as “areas of conservation areas, PPS5 advises of the High Street and the later special architectural or historic this can be achieved by supporting residential suburbs to the west. interest the character or appearance their management and controlling These had been built on the Park of which it is desirable to preserve or change in ways that sustain and House Estate, Withy Crofts and the enhance”. Local authorities are also where appropriate enhances, their meadowland belonging to the King’s required to keep this process under heritage significance. PPS5 also College Estate. The conservation review. advises that better decisions will be area also includes the old hamlets of made if applicants and local Great King’s End and Little King’s 1.5 Section 71 of the Act requires local authorities understand the End to the west of the original authorities to formulate and publish significance of an area. A village centre. proposals for conservation areas conservation area appraisal is an 3 London Borough of Hillingdon Ruislip Village Conservation Area Appraisal PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Ruislip Village assessment of the character of a 1.10 The aim of a conservation area It will support the effective conservation area and is also appraisal is to assess these determination of planning and other considered as an assessment of its elements, to define the special applications, and form robust significance. architectural and/or historic supporting evidence at planning character of the area and to appeals. It will also provide local 1.8 English Heritage has provided highlight areas requiring owners and residents with clear guidance on the appraisal and enhancement. advice on those forms of management of conservation areas. development considered appropriate These documents have informed the 1.11 Conservation area character and so likely to be supported by the drafting of this appraisal. appraisals are important planning Council. The appraisal will be a policy tools. They inform the material consideration in Conservation Area Designation and development control decision determining planning applications the need for an Appraisal making process and provide a within the conservation area. framework for enhancement 1.9 Conservation area designation proposals. All of these contribute focuses on the overall quality and towards the successful management interest of an area and depends on of conservation areas and work best much more than the quality of when there is a clear understanding individual buildings. Features such of the area’s “significance”. as building layout, open spaces, boundaries, thoroughfares, the mix 1.12 The purpose of the Ruislip Village of uses, the use of materials and Conservation Area Appraisal is, street furniture, all contribute to the therefore, to improve our character of the area. It is also understanding of the built heritage of common for a conservation area to the area. The document will enable include a number of designated the Council to develop its historic buildings. conservation policies and maximise opportunities for improving the environment within the area. 4 London Borough of Hillingdon Ruislip Village Conservation Area Appraisal PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Ruislip Village CHAPTER 2: SUMMARY OF SPECIAL INTEREST Location and Setting General Character 1920s and 30s and have a spacious and leafy character. They include 2.1 The Ruislip Village Conservation 2.3 The medieval village forms the core good quality houses of varied size Area has a green and open setting. of the conservation area. This and design, many set on tree lined To the north lies Park Wood, which includes (Ruislip) Manor Farm, St. roads. is part of the Ruislip Woods National Martin’s Church and the buildings Nature Reserve and Ruislip Lido, immediately surrounding them. This History created as a reservoir in 1811 and area contains a number of early now a recreational area. The River timber framed listed buildings and 2.6 The original village and surrounding Pinn and its water meadows fall Locally Listed buildings. Many un- hamlets remained largely unaltered within the northernmost part of the listed buildings within the area also until the arrival of the railway in the conservation area, and provide an make a positive contribution to its early 20th century. The areas to the attractive green corridor along this appearance. west and south west of the village boundary. The area is surrounded centre then grew and were by Green Belt to the north, east and 2.4 The High Street lies to the developed very much in the “Garden west. immediate west and southwest of Suburb” tradition. These are high the Church and forms the quality residential areas, which 2.2 To the south-west, south and east, commercial centre of the area. In include a number of large detached the conservation area is surrounded appearance it is very much a busy dwellings set in mature gardens. by residential development, mainly and traditional high street. It mainly ranging in date from the1930’s to comprises parades of early 20th 2.7 Today, Ruislip has a distinct identity, the 1970’s. These areas comprise century shops of a variety of styles which reflects its historical mostly detached and semi-detached characteristic of the period, with development, but which also retains houses and more recent small interesting architectural detailing a strong village character. blocks of flats. and decoration. Recent Changes 2.5 Beyond the High Street and the early village core, are residential 2.8 Some of the residential streets areas. These mainly date from the within the conservation area have 5 London Borough of Hillingdon Ruislip Village Conservation Area Appraisal PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Ruislip Village recently been the subject of housing estate to the south of Wood Other Designations within the development proposals for blocks of Lane. This is mid 1960s in date and Conservation Area flats. Such developments have is of a different character to the been focussed for the most part on Edwardian, and interwar housing 2.13 The area is rich in historic buildings Kingsend and Wood Lane. Where areas, which have been included and features. Within the built, these have significantly altered within the conservation area. conservation area there are 23 the character and appearance of statutorily Listed Buildings, 26 these areas, with the loss of 2.11 From Wood Lane, the western Locally Listed buildings and 1 established development patterns boundary continues along historic Scheduled Ancient Monument. Their and a general erosion of the quality Sharps Lane, and includes all the locations are illustrated on the of the streetscape. properties to the east and those of a following map and Appendix 1 similar date and quality on the contains further details of these Boundary western side of the road. features. 2.9 The conservation area is bounded 2.12 Continuing north, the boundary runs by Pinn Way to the north. It includes along the public footpath opposite the Manor Farm site, and the the junction of Sharps Lane, Hill residential properties on the western Lane and Manor Road. It then side of St. Martin’s Approach. To the follows the boundary of Barringers east, the boundary continues around Court and the Youth Centre playing St. Martin’s Church and Church field, continues to the north to Field Gardens, and then