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Land at Wiswell Lane Whalley Clitheroe Land at Wiswell Lane Whalley Clitheroe Landscape and Visual Appraisal 23 April 2019 DRaW (UK) Ltd Morwick Hall, Mortec Park, York Road, Leeds, LS15 4TA. Tel: 0113 8232871 Web: www.draw-ltd.com Email : [email protected] DOCUMENT CONTROL DRaW (UK) Ltd Morwick Hall, Mortec Park, York Road, Leeds, LS15 4TA. Web: www.draw-ltd.com Tel: 0113 8232871 Email : [email protected] Author Nigel Rockliff Reviewed Chris Davenport Report Number Revison Date Issued Recipient 56-02-R1 - 30/01/19 VH Land Partnerships Ltd 56-02-R1 A 18/02/19 VH Land Partnerships Ltd 56-02-R1 B 23/04/19 VH Land Partnerships Ltd Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 6 Appraisal Methodology ............................................................................................................ 6 Study Area .............................................................................................................................. 7 Desk-Based Study ................................................................................................................... 7 Field Study .............................................................................................................................. 7 The Site Location .................................................................................................................... 7 2 The Proposed Development ........................................................................ 9 3 Landscape Planning Context .................................................................... 10 National Planning Policy Framework, 2018 ..................................................................................................... 10 Ribble Valley Core Strategy 2008 – 2028 (Adopted 2014) ............................................................................. 11 Planning Designations ........................................................................................................... 12 Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ................................................................................................................ 13 Green Belt ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 Scheduled Monuments .................................................................................................................................... 14 Conservation Areas ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Listed Buildings ................................................................................................................................................ 14 Tree Preservation Orders ................................................................................................................................ 14 Public Rights-of-Way and Recreational Routes .............................................................................................. 14 Agricultural Land Classification ....................................................................................................................... 14 Flood Risk ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 4 Landscape Appraisal ................................................................................. 16 Landscape Character ............................................................................................................ 16 National Character Areas ................................................................................................................................ 16 The Landscape Strategy for Lancashire.......................................................................................................... 17 Undulating Lowland Farmland LCT5 ............................................................................................................... 18 LCA 5c Lower Ribble ....................................................................................................................................... 19 The Application Site and its Immediate Surroundings ............................................................ 20 Landscape Sensitivity ............................................................................................................ 23 5 Predicted Landscape Effects ..................................................................... 23 6 Visual Appraisal ........................................................................................ 25 Zone of Theoretical Visibility .................................................................................................. 25 Viewpoint Appraisal ............................................................................................................... 25 Residential Amenity ............................................................................................................... 34 7 Predicted Visual Effects ............................................................................ 37 8 Mitigation ................................................................................................... 38 9 Summary ................................................................................................... 39 10 Overall Conclusions ............................................................................... 40 Viewpoints Viewpoint 1: Wiswell Lane, opposite the entrance to The Mullions, looking northeast towards the site ........................................................................................................................................................ 26 Viewpoint 2: A59 looking east towards site and the A671 Junction .................................................. 27 Viewpoint 3: A671 looking south towards the site and the Wiswell Lane junction. ............................ 28 Viewpoint 4: Bennetts Close looking north across Wiswell Lane west towards the site .................... 29 Viewpoint 5: Footpath 3-47-FP9 (Lancashire Witches Walk) south of Wiswell looking northwest across the site .................................................................................................................................. 30 Viewpoint 6: Wheatsheaf Close East off Clitheroe Road, Barrow looking southeast towards the site ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 Viewpoint 7: Footpath 3-6-FP33 Moor Lane, looking northwest across Whalley .............................. 32 Viewpoint 8: Footpath 3-6-FP32 Whalley Nab, looking northwest across Whalley ........................... 33 Figures Figure 1: Site Location ....................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2: Site Context ........................................................................................................................ 8 Figure 3: Indicative Site Layout (STEN Architects April 2019) ............................................................ 9 Figure 4: Extract from the Agricultural Land Classification Map ........................................................ 15 Figure 5: Flood Risk from Surface Water ......................................................................................... 15 Figure 6: Extent of National Character Area 33 Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill .............................. 16 Figure 7: Lancashire Landscape Strategy, Landscape Character Types & Landscape Character Areas ............................................................................................................................................... 18 Figure 8: Extract from the 1929 OS 6 Inch map and corresponding aerial view of the site 2015. ..... 21 Figure 9: The site, looking towards the northern boundary and the A59 ........................................... 21 Figure 10: Woodland at the Southern Edge of the Site, adjacent to Wiswell Lane............................ 22 Figure 11: Domestic Garden (The Mullions) adjacent to the western site boundary. ........................ 22 Figure 12: Residential Properties with Potential Views of the Development ..................................... 34 Figure 13: The Mullions, adjacent to the Site ................................................................................... 35 Figure 14: Bungalow off Wiswell Shay (East of the A671) ................................................................ 35 Figure 15: Bennetts Close (Group of 5 Houses South of the Site) .................................................... 36 Figure 16: Bramley Meade West of the Site ..................................................................................... 36 Tables Table 1: Relevant Designations, Protected Heritage Assets and Constraints ................................... 13 Table 2: Potential Effects of the Landscape ..................................................................................... 23 Table 3: Predicted Visual Effects ..................................................................................................... 37 Drawings Drawing 01: Landscape Planning Constraints Drawing 02: Topography Drawing 03: Zone of Theoretical Visibility and Viewpoint Locations Land at Wiswell Lane, Whalley, Clitheroe Landscape
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