Site: PR48 Land South of Solid State Logic Headquarters Site Size (Ha): 2.47
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Site: PR48 Land South of Solid State Logic Headquarters Site size (ha): 2.47 Cherwell Green Belt Study 138 April 2017 Site: PR48 Land South of Solid State Logic Headquarters Site size (ha): 2.47 Site description Fields defined by the A44 to the east and the edge of Begbroke to the north, used as recreational space by Solid State Logic, whose headquarters building forms the settlement edge. Hedgerows form the site boundaries to the south and west. Relationship between site, settlement and countryside The parcel has a strong association with the adjacent office development, and neighbouring Begbroke Manor, but both are separated from the inset urban edge by the A44. The office building detracts from countryside character, but settlement to the west of the main road, the historic core of the village, is mostly rural in character, form and density. The hedgerows do not create strong separation between the site and the wider countryside. Parcels The site is assessed as one parcel. Cherwell Green Belt Study 139 April 2017 Site: PR48 Land South of Solid State Logic Headquarters Site size (ha): 2.47 Parcel: PR48 Parcel area (ha): 2.47 Looking north-east from western edge of parcel. Cherwell Green Belt Study 140 April 2017 Site: PR48 Land South of Solid State Logic Headquarters Site size (ha): 2.47 Parcel: PR48 Parcel area (ha): 2.47 Contribution to Green Belt purposes Purpose Comments Purpose 1: Checking Development here would relate to the expansion of Begbroke, not Oxford. Therefore the sprawl of Oxford parcel plays no role with respect to this purpose. Purpose 2: The parcel accounts for part of the gap between Begbroke and Yarnton. Its release would Preventing merger of reduce the distance between the settlements, as perceived from the A44, but intervening settlements fields and hedges would still preserve separation. Purpose 3: The western part of Begbroke is washed-over by Green Belt, reflecting its open character, Safeguarding and is therefore considered to constitute part of the countryside rather than the urban area. countryside Built development adjacent to this parcel does have some urbanising influence, but in the context of a settlement area which relates more strongly to the countryside than the urban area, from which it is separated by a strong boundary (the A44), any development here would constitute significant encroachment. Purpose 4: There is no intervisibility between Begbroke and Oxford. However, being adjacent to a main Preserving Oxford's route into the City the parcel can be considered to contribute to Oxford’s wider rural setting. setting and special character Purpose 5: Assisting All parcels are considered to make an equal contribution to this purpose. urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land Potential alternative Green Belt boundary The hedgerows around the parcel would constitute a weaker boundary than the A44. Harm to Green Belt resulting from release Scenario Comments Rating Release of PR48 The A44 constitutes a strong boundary Moderate high between inset settlement and the older part of Begbroke, so although development in this parcel would relate strongly to the adjacent built development it would nonetheless constitute significant encroachment on the countryside. Cherwell Green Belt Study 141 April 2017 Site: PR48 Land South of Solid State Logic Headquarters Site size (ha): 2.47 Harm to Green Belt resulting from partial release of site Harm to Green Belt resulting from release of whole site Cherwell Green Belt Study 142 April 2017 Site: PR49 Land at Stratfield Farm, Oxford Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 10.46 Cherwell Green Belt Study 143 April 2017 Site: PR49 Land at Stratfield Farm, Oxford Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 10.46 Site description Strongly-hedged fields adjacent to the urban edge at Kidlington, between the Oxford Canal and the A4260. The buildings of Strafield Farm lie towards the centre of the site. Relationship between site, settlement and countryside The site abuts the urban edge, and is similarly contained to the west by the Oxford Canal. There is no distinction in landform between the urban area and the site. Recreational uses – the Stratfield Brake open access land managed by the Woodland Trust and the Stratfield Brake Sports Ground, a large pitch complex - strengthen the distinction between the site and land to the south. Parcels The site is assessed as one parcel of land. Cherwell Green Belt Study 144 April 2017 Site: PR49 Land at Stratfield Farm, Oxford Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 10.46 Parcel: PR49 Parcel area (ha): 10.46 Looking north-west along southern edge of Kidlington, from roundabout. Cherwell Green Belt Study 145 April 2017 Site: PR49 Land at Stratfield Farm, Oxford Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 10.46 Parcel: PR49 Parcel area (ha): 10.46 Contribution to Green Belt purposes Purpose Comments Purpose 1: Checking Development here would relate to the expansion of Kidlington, not Oxford. Therefore the sprawl of Oxford parcel plays no role with respect to this purpose. Purpose 2: The parcel forms a relatively small part of the gap between Kidlington and Oxford. The gap Preventing merger of is small, so all land within it makes some contribution to this Green Belt purpose, but the settlements parcel’s release would not extend the urban edge beyond the roundabout which marks the south-eastern corner of the settlement. Purpose 3: The parcel contains no urbanising development, but it lacks strong separation from the Safeguarding urban edge and does not have a strong relationship with the wider countryside, with countryside recreational land uses to the south, the canal to the west and Kidlington Roundabout to the east separating it from farmland. Purpose 4: The parcel’s relationship with the Oxford Canal, an important historical route into the City, Preserving Oxford's gives it some contribution to Oxford’s historic setting, but proximity to the edge of setting and special Kidlington, which abuts the canal along all of the western side of the settlement, means that character this is a minor role. Purpose 5: Assisting All parcels are considered to make an equal contribution to this purpose. urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land Potential alternative Green Belt boundary The hedgerow along the southern edge of the site would form a consistent, straight boundary that would be no weaker than the existing settlement edge. Hedgerows separating the three smaller fields at the centre of the parcel could form a boundary to smaller release of land that would have little impact on the settlement gap or Oxford’s historic setting. Harm to Green Belt resulting from release Scenario Comments Rating Release of PR49 Release of PR49 would represent a limited Moderate encroachment on countryside and on the gap between Kidlington and Oxford, rather than any step-change in settlement form or extent. Release of the three smaller, central fields Release of the central fields would, by virtue of Low moderate only (see ratings map at end of site their size and reduced perception of any assessment) development from the road and the canal, have a commensurately lower impact on Green Belt. Cherwell Green Belt Study 146 April 2017 Site: PR49 Land at Stratfield Farm, Oxford Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 10.46 Harm to Green Belt resulting from partial release of site Harm to Green Belt resulting from release of whole site Cherwell Green Belt Study 147 April 2017 Site: PR50 Land North of Oxford Site size (ha): 150.77 Cherwell Green Belt Study 148 April 2017 Site: PR50 Land North of Oxford Site size (ha): 150.77 Site description This site is subdivided by the A4165 into two distinct areas: • North Oxford Golf Club, to the west of the A4165, and bounded to the west by the railway line; • Farmland centred on St Frideswide Farm, in the area between the A4165, Cutteslowe to the south and the A34 to the north, bounded to the east by a watercourse and associated hedgerows. The urban edge abuts the site along Linkside Avenue and Jordan Hill Road to the south of the golf course and, to the east of the A4165, alongside Cutteslowe Park other than along a c.250m stretch where the district boundary stops short of the urban edge. The north-western edge of the site abuts the Water Eaton Park and Ride and Oxford Parkway railway station, which are within the Green Belt. Relationship between site, settlement and countryside The site as a whole constitutes the larger part of the Green Belt between the nearest edges of Oxford and Kidlington – the so-called ‘Kidlington Gap’. The Green Belt in this area is dominated by, and fragmented by, transport infrastructure: major connecting roads combine with built development at Water Eaton to reduce the perceived gap between Oxford and Kidlington, but roads also serve to contain the western part of the site (the golf course), reducing the extent to which it relates to the wider countyside. These containing influences do not apply to the farmland east of the A4165: this section of the site is, topographically, visually and in land-use, part of the Cherwell valley, a landscape which remains open all the way into the heart of Oxford. The site does not extend as far as the River Cherwell but nonetheless relates strongly to it. Some distinction can be made between the land lying between Oxford and the Water Eaton Park and Ride, and land to the east of Oxford Parkway station and the Park and Ride, in which development associated with Oxford Parkway would potentially have less of an impact on the Kidlington Gap. Parcels Three separate parcels are identified within this site, one to the west of the A4165 and two to the east.