Droitwich Spa Conservation Area

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The Droitwich Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan was adopted by Wychavon District Council as a document for planning purposes on 3rd September 2013 Minute 42 of the Executive Board meeting of 3rd September 2013 refers.

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Part 2. Management Plan Part 1. Appraisal

1 Introduction 1 Introduction What is this Management Plan for? What is this appraisal for? Planning Policy Framework 2 Management Proposals

2 Summary of Special Interest Statement of Community Involvement

3 Assessing Special Interest Location and Setting Historical Development and Archaeology Plan Form Spaces Key Views and Vistas

4 Character Analysis Character Areas Dodderhill Vines Park High Street, Friar Street, St Andrew’s Street and Queen Street Victoria Square and St Andrew’s Road Lido Park and St Peter’s Fields Lyttelton Road

Buildings Shop Fronts and Signage Materials Local Details Boundaries Natural Environment Enhancement Opportunities

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Planning Policy Framework 1.4 Part 1. This appraisal should be read in conjunction Droitwich Conservation with the national, regional and the local planning policy framework, particularly: Area Appraisal • National Planning Policy Framework which set out Government policy and 1 Introduction guidance on the protection of What is this Appraisal for? conservation areas and other elements of the historic environment; 1.1

A conservation area is an area of special • Policies CTC19 and CTC20 of the architectural or historic interest, usually the adopted Worcestershire County historic part of a town or village, where we Structure Plan 1996-2011, which seek to wish to preserve or enhance its character or protect and enhance conservation areas; appearance. Part of Droitwich is a and conservation area.

• Policy ENV12 of the Wychavon District 1.2 Under Section 72 of the Planning (Listed Local Plan (June 2006) which is intended to ensure that development Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 we must pay special attention to the preserves or enhances the character or appearance of conservation areas. desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of the conservation 1.5 area. This appraisal identifies the special interest and character of the Droitwich Broadly, these policies seek to ensure that the conservation area is preserved by: Conservation Area, and provides guidance on how the preservation or enhancement of Refusing permission for: its character or appearance can be achieved. The first part of the appraisal • the demolition of any building or identifies its special interest and character. The second part sets out management structure if its loss would damage its character or appearance proposals for addressing the issues identified in the appraisal. • the extension or alteration of a building where the change would damage its 1.3 character or appearance The Droitwich Conservation Area was • development which would be harmful to designated in November 1974 and extended its setting or character or appearance in 1980. The boundary was reviewed during • development which would adversely the preparation of this appraisal. The affect or result in the loss of historic current conservation area boundary is plots, layouts and street pattern, shown in the appraisal. important views, open spaces, tree cover or boundary features within the conservation area • signage which would be harmful to the character or appearance of the conservation area, and requiring new development to:

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• respect its context in design, including century tourist spa resort. Each of these scale, form, proportion and detailing phases of development has left its mark, • use materials in accordance with those with a legacy of historic buildings and traditionally used in that particular part of structures overlaying an historic settlement the conservation area, and maintain a form, with much evidence of its early origin similar mix and changing role in history and a very high significance of archaeological interest and • be located on their sites in a similar way potential. to the general pattern of building in that part of the conservation area 2.3 • boundary walls, railings and hedges Droitwich today is a small regional town. It should be incorporated in the is a place of contrasts, with an obvious development in a similar way to those divide between the old town and newer already in existence in that part of the planned areas linked to its development as conservation area, and these should use a spa resort. Its old streets are a lively mix similar materials and detailing, or of timber frame, brick and rendered species, and buildings dating from the 13th to the 21st • signs to respect the character of the centuries. The medieval town is still readily buildings and quality of the historic apparent in its layout, with a back lane and environment in their siting, size, well defined rectangular plots divided and materials and design. defined by brick walls behind tight lines of buildings fronting narrow streets. The later 1.6 planned areas are readily identifiable in In accordance with the new planning system large detached Victorian and early 20th introduced in 2004 we are preparing a century buildings set in generous plots in South Worcestershire Development Policy. tree lined avenues, reflecting the wealth of This will contain conservation area policies new visitors and residents. that will supersede the Structure and Local Plan from 2013. 2.4 The integrity of the historic town has been 1.7 badly affected by 20th century development This appraisal supplements Structure Plan but nevertheless retains elements of its and Local Plan policies CTC19, CTC20 and historic plan, many of its historic buildings ENV12. and a strong local identity.

2.5 Summary of Special Interest The conservation area is focussed on the 2.1 surviving historic areas of the town centre Droitwich has considerable architectural, and nearby residential areas. historic and archaeological interest with more than two thousand years of settlement The special interest of Droitwich that history. Droitwich is known for its salt. The justifies its designation as a Droitwich salt industry is exceptional in conservation area includes: preserving evidence for salt production from the Iron Age until the 19th century. Its long history, still evident in the layout of its streets, in its buildings and other 2.2 structures and in visible archaeological Droitwich has been a small Roman town, an remains important Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and post- Medieval commercial centre, a busy The strong survival of the medieval Georgian and a Victorian industrial town and street pattern, urban form and buildings, latterly a popular Victorian and early 20th 4

Droitwich Spa including burgage plots and rear Landscape Setting ancillary buildings 3.2 The historic core of the town lies on rising The distinct identity of the Spa town ground to the south of the river, with a development phase fragment of old settlement, and St Augustine's Church at Dodderhill standing Its significant archaeological interest and high on a spur, to the north. potential 3.3 The number and quality of historic The fringes of much of the historic town buildings have been enveloped by 19th and 20th century suburban expansion. The exception The high level of survival of historic is the remnant fields to the south of Lido fabric and architectural detailing Park (St Peters Fields), where a sense of its former rural setting is preserved. The contribution of trees, gardens and open spaces Historical Development &

The conservation area boundary is drawn to Archaeology reflect this special interest.

The Origins & Development of Droitwich 3 Assessing Special 3.4 Droitwich has considerable architectural and Interest historic interest, with over two thousand years of settlement history dating back to Location & Setting the Iron Age period and earlier.

Location 3.1 3.5 Droitwich sits astride the River Salwarpe Mesolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and roughly mid-way between Worcester and Roman finds around the town suggest a Bromsgrove on the A38 road linking the two. long history of settlement in the area. Archaeological investigations have revealed a large scale and well-organised Iron Age salt production centre in the vicinity of Friar Street and there are extensive buried remains of a salt making industry along the River Salwarpe covering a period of over 2000 years. Salt was a rare and important commodity in history, and it is likely that the presence of brine springs in the area attracted early settlement and was the reason for development of the town. The Droitwich brine springs are particularly pure and highly concentrated, providing ideal conditions for the development of a salt

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3.6 although salt production continued on a Archaeological evidence indicates that substantial scale into the Saxon period. urban occupation had commenced by the end of the 1st century AD, probably developed from the nucleus of an Iron Age 3.10 th industrial centre. By the 7 century Droitwich was the property of the Saxon King of Mercia, and

there is Anglo-Saxon charter evidence from 3.7 the late 7th century to suggest a commercial There is much evidence for Roman centre, possibly associated with the royal occupation of Droitwich. Shortly after palace at Wychbold to the north-east. invasion in AD43 the Romans built a Droitwich at this time was known as Wic, a temporary marching fort at Crutch Lane at name usually indicating a coastal/river Dodderhill to guard the crossing of their trading or industrial centre. Trade in such a military road over the River Salwarpe. A rare commodity as salt would have been second more permanent fort was built important and a source of considerable around AD 61 where St Augustine's Church wealth. The Mercian King controlled the now stands at Dodderhill. This was industry and owned the largest single group strategically placed on high ground of salt-making buildings. Salt rights or salt- overlooking the junction of roads between making buildings were granted to individuals the fort at Metchley to the north and camps and institutions. Many of the more powerful at Greensforge to the west, and the river institutions of the day were favoured in this crossing and salt-making areas in the valley way, including the early Abbeys at Pershore below. Archaeological evidence indicates a and Worcester. small Roman town at Hanbury Street to the south of the river and up to three small Roman farmsteads existed along Crutch 3.11 Lane. By the late Saxon period a large number of manors in Worcestershire,

Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, 3.8 Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire and By the middle of the 2nd century there was a Warwickshire had acquired salt rights in Roman villa complex near Dodderhill, Droitwich and salt was being made on a overlooking the salt making areas and the very large scale. It was traded over long town. Finds at the site include jewellery, distances using a complicated network of seal stones and elaborately decorated every routes (saltways) radiating from the town. day objects. The range and quality of finds The importance of Droitwich at this period is is exceptional compared with other Roman evident from its tax yield, which, in 1066, sites in the region, suggesting the residence placed it second only to London. The of a wealthy imperial administrator or an influence of the Droitwich salt industry at the entrepreneur. Archaeological evidence time was such that the area comprised of shows a cessation of Iron Age methods of modern Worcestershire, Gloucestershire salt production around the same time and and Warwickshire was known by the may indicate a change to direct Roman Saxons as the Kingdom of the Hwiccas control over the salt industry, with the villa (Kingdom of the Saltmen). possibly the industry's administrative centre. 3.12 3.9 Little is known about the layout of Saxon The Roman town is thought to have ceased Droitwich. There may have been three functioning by the end of the 4th century, individual settlements focussed on each of three main brine wells along the river, at 6 7

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Upwich, Middlewich and Netherwich, rather houses have been uncovered in areas off than one larger settlement. Archaeological Friar Street, High Street, Hanbury Street evidence indicates that there was settlement and Vines Lane. in the area of the present town and on either side of the river, and that Friar Street may already have been laid out by the 11th 3.15 th th century. During the 16 and 17 centuries advances in brine extraction and salt making technology, and the breaking of the town 3.13 monopoly on salt production, allowed a Domesday Book of 1086 indicates the size proliferation of wells, some of which were and importance of Droitwich by the early deep enough to reach the underground medieval period. Five brine wells, about brine stream itself. Annual salt production 250 salt-making buildings, 125 burgesses increased to up to 3000 tons with a larger and 35 houses are recorded. The industry market than ever before. Droitwich salt was was producing on a large scale. Droitwich being sent as far as Ireland for the salting of is called a "burgus" for the first time in 1155- herrings and to the West Country where it 6 and by this time must have been a single replaced French sea salt. Despite the settlement. In 1215 King John granted his profits being made from salt, the salt interests to the town in return for an antiquarian, Leland, commented in the mid- annual payment worth more than double the 16th century that these went to the gentry, payments of Hereford and Worcester, while the townspeople (the workers) were ranking it on a level with important medieval poor and the town itself unpleasant and commercial centres of the period, indicating dirty. it to be of great economic importance.

3.14 Most streets of the present town centre are recorded by the 14th century. High Street, Friar Street, St Andrew's Street, Winnett's Lane, Tower Hill, Rickett's Lane and Queen Street were in existence, and there were burgage plots fronting High Street, Friar Street and St Andrew's Street, forming a T- shaped plan to the west of the main north- south road crossing the River Salwarpe. Friar Street developed into a wealthy residential area with a cobbled road, notable for the size of its medieval townhouses. One, Priory House, survives. The location 3.16 of a central medieval market place, outside th St Andrew's Church, is still recognisable in By the end of the 18 century steam the widened junction and alignment of engines were pumping brine and salt buildings. Its small size may reflect the low making was a year-round activity. Annual importance to the town of trade other than production rose to 15,000 tons. The salt. The earliest surviving buildings in Droitwich Canal, completed in 1771, joined Droitwich date from this period. Nos. 31-35 Droitwich to the River Severn and enabled High Street contains remnants of a medieval the import of coal for powering the steam building, and St Augustine's Church and St engines and wider and more rapid Andrew's date from the 12th and 13th distribution of salt, with export as far as centuries. Remains of other medieval America. The canal head was lined with 9 10

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Droitwich Spa wharves and bordered with saltworks. An Having rid the town of much of its polluting extension to the canal to link it with the industry he set about his task of giving it a Worcester and Birmingham Canal in 1852, new identity. Corbett's additions to the old and the construction of a rail link in the town included a large new square (Victoria same year, enabled still wider distribution. Square), Brine Baths Park (Lido Park), St Large salt factories were constructed Andrews Brine Baths, the Worcestershire alongside so that salt could be loaded Brine Baths Hotel, St Andrew's Road and directly on to boats, and dense tenements the avenues of street trees in St Andrew's were built nearby to house an influx of Road and St Andrew's Street that are still workers. Whole families were involved in there today. He also re-developed the production and output was maintained day Royal Brine Baths and Hotel and bestowed and night throughout the year, with the town with St John's Hospital, its railway production reaching a peak of 120,000 tons station and a concert and public meeting in 1872. Census records reflect the influx of hall. workers. The 1801 census records a total of 1,845 residents; there were 4,201 recorded in 1901. 3.20 Corbett's strategy was a success. Spa bathing caught on and Droitwich enjoyed a 3.17 new popularity in the late 19th and early 20th The town's buildings still reflect something centuries as a tourist spa resort. A genteel of the wealth generated in the 18th and 19th atmosphere of hotel guests and centuries. The appearance of the old holidaymakers co-existed with the harsh medieval town was transformed, as many of environment endured by the salt labourers. the timber framed buildings were re-built The contrast between the two identities of with new Georgian and Victorian buildings, Droitwich is still evident today in its layout or improved by the addition of brick or and buildings. stucco frontages. The canal is still present and there are standing remains of salt production from the 19th century in Gurney's 3.21 Lane and Tower Hill. Salt production in the town finally came to an end in 1922. By then the pumping of brine was causing serious subsidence, 3.18 particularly evident today in the High Street. th century John Corbett, the leading In the 19 Droitwich salt maker, had a vision for the town. Corbett was determined to change its 3.22 th st image from that of a dirty industrial town to a The later 20 and 21 centuries have tourist spa resort. Droitwich had taken the brought significant change to Droitwich. first step to becoming a spa town soon after The remnants of the old salt factories and the therapeutic properties of brine had been workers' housing alongside the river and discovered during a cholera epidemic in the canal were cleared in the 1930's and the 1830's. The first brine baths, the Royal area laid out instead as a park. (Vines Brine Baths, were opened in 1836 in Queen Park). The development of the Saltway Street, and a brine baths hospital had been relief road, St Andrews Shopping Centre, built in Friar Street. and road widening at the junction of Hanbury Street with Queen Street, in the

1960's, resulted in the loss of some of the 3.19 old street layout and removal of many old Corbett amalgamated Droitwich salt buildings. There are replacement buildings production under his own control and re- in the core of the historic town in High located much of it to nearby Stoke Prior. Street, Friar Street and St Andrews Street. 11

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The Worcestershire Hotel and Royal Hotel and Saxon stone-lined channels and lead and Brine Baths, and large gardens behind pans, are just some of the surviving buried Tower Hill and St Andrews Street, have features. been re-developed for housing, and buildings and yards behind the High Street 3.27 have been cleared for car parking and new A considerable number of Roman finds, retail development. deposits and remains have been discovered throughout the town. Excavations have

revealed two Roman villas and associated 3.23 features at Bays Meadow, a Roman fort at Despite these more recent changes Dodderhill, a Roman cemetery at Vines Droitwich has retained much of its Lane, evidence of Roman domestic architectural and historic interest. Many of occupation at Hanbury Street, a salt industry its historic buildings are still present. It along the Salwarpe valley, and a network of retains the principal streets of its Medieval Roman Roads and tracks. Part of a rampart plan form, evident archaeology of its salt of the Bays Meadow villa complex survives making days and many of the features of its as an earthwork. re-development as a spa town, so that its early origins and development through 3.28 history are still readily apparent. The sites of the forts, villa complex and salt producing area are Scheduled Ancient Archaeology Monuments. 3.24 The earliest evidence of human activity 3.29 recovered in Droitwich are flint tools found Anglo-Saxon pottery recovered from the salt to the north of the River Salwarpe at Bays making area, and excavations and chance Meadow near Dodderhill Church, believed finds have produced evidence of Anglo- to date to the Mesolithic period (12,000 to Saxon occupation to the east of Dodderhill 4,000 BC). Church and over a wide area to the south of the river, including the area of the present 3.25 town. Iron Age roundhouses have been found under the Roman villa building at Bays 3.30 Meadow, possibly the site of temporary Remains of medieval houses and other houses related to seasonal salt production. features of occupation have been Excavation at 45 Friar Street has revealed a uncovered in areas of Friar Street, the High continuous sequence of occupation dating Street, Hanbury Street, Vines Lane and from the Iron Age to the present. Dodderhill, as well as evidence of industry and salt making. 3.26 Excavations at the Old Bowling Green and 3.31 Upwich brine well sites have revealed Evidence of post-medieval occupation has evidence of organised exploitation of the been observed in Friar Street, Hanbury brine springs and methods used for the Street, Rickets Lane and Gurneys Lane, and other sites have produced evidence of extraction and production of salt from the th Romans to the 18th century. Early wells, 18 century canal wharfs and buildings and timber-lined brine tanks, hearths for boiling residues from post-medieval salt production. brine and briquetage (rough clay vessels designed to dry and transport salt), Roman 3.32 timberwork, including parts of a crane, This is only a brief summary of the known organic deposits such as rope and barrels, archaeology of Droitwich. A fuller account 12

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Droitwich Spa and analysis is given in the Archaeological a significant element of the character and Assessment of Droitwich by The Central special interest of the conservation area. Marches Historic Towns Survey. 3.36 The area of planned expansion of the town Plan Form related to its era as a spa resort is laid out to 3.33 the south and east of the historic core, and Droitwich has an east-west main street is clearly identifiable in the wide town linear axis lined in part with narrow burgage square, straight tree lined avenues, plots and a parallel back lane. A market generous plots and the open space of Lido place half-way along its length is met by a Park. Buildings lining the north side of the north-south road to form a "T"- shaped plan square are sited immediately back of at its historic core. This core framework of pavement, continuing the relationship of narrow roads, back lane, plots and market building to road of the historic core. place is likely to be Saxon/Medieval in Elsewhere they are largely set back behind origin. The former Roman road leading to green frontages. In residential areas the the river crossing takes a roughly north- development pattern is notable for its south line to the east of the main street consistent pattern of detached buildings set along the route of the present Worcester in generous plots behind a common building Road/Queen Street and defines the eastern line, with gardens to front, side and rear. extent of this early town. Modern development has broken this pattern in parts, to the detriment of the 3.34 quality of the conservation area. Many of the plots in the historic core are well defined and characteristically rectilinear with narrow frontages. Frontage buildings Spaces are set on a consistent building line, sited 3.37 immediately behind the pavements to form There are open spaces in the Droitwich tightly packed lines of buildings flanking Conservation Area that are important to its both sides and following the lines of the character and special interest. roads. The majority of buildings face the road with their ridges carried in alignment. Many have rear ranges or ancillary buildings stretching from the main building into the rears of the linear plots, with their roofs set at right angles to the frontage building and often defining a side boundary. These rear ranges and ancillary buildings are frequently simple and subservient in form and design to the principal frontage building.

3.35 This tight urban grain, presence of a back lane and distinctive relationship of building to plot and building to road, are characteristic features of a medieval town 3.38 plan and distinctive features of the heart of Lido Park and St Peter’s Fields is a the Droitwich Conservation Area. Modern substantial swathe of open space adjoining development has obscured some of the the historic core of the town. Lido Park is medieval plan in part. Where it survives it is the former Brine Baths Park endowed by Corbett for use by spa visitors and many of the main features of the original layout are 14

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3.39 Lido Park was extended in the 1920's by the addition of St Peter's Fields. These fields are the remnants of the countryside setting adjoining Droitwich prior to expansion in the late 19th and 20th centuries. They extend the swathe of open space provided by the park and continue to provide a rural setting to St Peter's Manor House and church. Undisturbed areas contain ridge and furrow 3.41 (remnants of the medieval open field The sequence of generous house plots in farming system), possibly associated with Lyttelton Road and Corbett Avenue former settlement at St Peters. illustrates the relative wealth of these newly th th planned areas in the 19 and 20 centuries and is a key feature of the character and appearance of this area.

3.42 While the full extent of some private gardens and yards may not be entirely publicly visible the lack of interruption by buildings, or presence of planting, contributes to an impression of space around buildings, appreciated from glimpses over boundaries, between buildings and from the rear. These spaces are no less important to the character of the conservation area than those that are more 3.40 obvious in the streetscene. The spaces around St Andrews Church and the Raven Hotel are important in maintaining the settings of these key historic buildings in the conservation area. The smaller spaces in the yards behind frontage buildings in the historic core are equally important. Those in the High Street in particular are obvious from several public vantage points and are clear evidence of the town's medieval plan and provide a setting to its historic buildings.

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Key Views & Vistas Character Areas 3.43 4.3 There are frequent views into the rears of There are distinct character areas within plots lining the High Street, notably from the the conservation area: car parks on its north side and from Tower Hill, Worcester Road and Vines Park, from • Dodderhill where the historic urban form of the early • Vines Park town is apparent. • High Street, Friar Street, St Andrew's Street & Queen Street 3.44 • Victoria Square & St Andrew's Road The gentle curve of the High Street gives • Lido Park & St Peter's Fields unfolding views that reveal the town's linear • Lyttelton Road form and historic development. From here the buildings in their street setting can be Dodderhill appreciated. 4.4 Separated from The Vines by the River 3.45 Salwarpe, the canal, and by the railway link The preservation of these key views is Dodderhill rises over Vines Park as a visible important to the character and appearance presence in the landscape on the periphery of the conservation area. of the Droitwich Conservation Area. It is connected to Vines Park via a footpath which crosses the railway and footbridge 4 Character Analysis across the Salwarpe, a second easier access is over Chapel Bridge.

General 4.1 Droitwich is a small regional town with a strong local identity. There is much evidence in its form and fabric of its early origin and changing role in history. It is a conservation area of contrasts. There is a sharp divide between the old town, with its commercial core of local businesses in small historic buildings lining narrow streets, and the green and spacious layout of the commercial, residential and park areas of the newer planned spa resort. Buildings are constructed in a variety of materials and architectural styles spanning several 4.5 different periods. The most dominant feature is the medieval church of St Augustine which towers over Droitwich from Dodderhill. It is on the site of 4.2 st Modern development, traffic and car parking a 1 century Roman Fort which was the pressures have left their mark on the quality earliest known administrative centre for of the townscape. Nevertheless it still Droitwich salt production. In about 680 the retains a strong sense of history and identity minster church of St Augustine was built on with each of its later development phases the site of the Roman Fort to serve the very through history still readily identifiable. large parish of Dodderhill. Later, new parishes were formed out of Dodderhill with

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Droitwich Spa their own churches and smaller land units or Vines Park manors. The medieval church was built on 4.8 the site of the minster in the mid 12th This is part of the former brine extraction century. It has had many alterations and and salt making areas, encompassing one additions; during the Civil War Royalists of the three former main wells and caused so much damage trying to get production areas (Upwich), and includes the Parliamentarians out that the nave canal and former areas of 19th century collapsed. factories and workers' housing. Only the canal, the location of the Upwich brine well 4.6 and a handful of houses survive as above- Today the church is a dominant feature of ground clues to the history of this part of this area as in centuries before. The Droitwich, although there is extensive churchyard is flanked by rather overgrown archaeology below ground and the whole land; a haven for birds. To the east and area is designated as a Scheduled Ancient bordering Bromsgrove Road a mixture Monument. of cottages and houses, 17th to early 20th century mostly sit tight against each other 4.9 and back of pavement or sit within small Much of the area is now a park used for gardens. recreation. Preservation of the surviving features relating to the salt industry is 4.7 important to the special interest and Dodderhill makes a unique and positive character of the conservation area. contribution to the conservation area because of its early salt related history, 4.10 surviving church buildings and open spaces Vines Park was landscaped in the early 20th set within the earlier Roman Fort. century on land between the River Salwarpe Preservation of Dodderhill Roman Fort site and Droitwich canal known as The and the medieval church of St Augustine is Vineground. This is also the site where salt important to the special interest and was produced from brine wells from at least character of the Droitwich Conservation the Iron Age. Salt making was almost Area. continuous throughout the following centuries increasing during the 18th century and a canal was built along the course of the Salwarpe River. Wharves, locks and buildings associated with salt production were clustered along the banks of the Salwarpe. This continued to be the case throughout the 19th century.

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4.11 In the early 20th century at the Netherwich end of The Vines OS maps show that there were allotment gardens. Vines Park appears for the first time on the 1938-40 OS map. It is shown as a gently curving landscape of deciduous and coniferous specimen trees between the canal and the Salwarpe River starting at Netherwich and continuing along the canal to the lock at Hill End where the Salwarpe and the canal are joined. A circuit walk ran around the whole of the park with occasional pathways from the canal to bridges over the Salwarpe High Street, Friar Street, St Andrew's toward St Augustines Church. Street and Queen Street 4.15 4.12 This is the town's Saxon and Medieval core The landscape changed significantly when and its old commercial heart, where narrow the canal through Vines Park was filled in streets are lined with shops, food outlets, with waste from construction of the M5 banks, inns and public houses. sometime after 1965. The route of the canal was landscaped over becoming part of the park and later a bowling green was laid occupying part of the line of the old canal bed. The canal was restored in 1985 which involved cutting a new channel for the canal and the construction of a new basin. Much of the west end of the gardens was lost by the construction of the basin.

4.13 The industrial and brine wells area now occupied by Vines Park is of outstanding historic significance due to the concentration of works associated with the industrial processes of salt production from pre 4.16 historic times. Although there is still some Individual buildings sit tight against each evidence of the original landscaping of other and against the back of pavements. Vines Park, it is fragmentary. A good deal The continuous building line is broken only of the original landscaped area has suffered by an occasional gap between buildings. considerable change. Buildings are a mix of one, two and three storeys, of various scales, increasing more 4.14 frequently to three storey on approach to the Vines Park makes a positive contribution to market place. Most buildings appear from their front elevations to date from the 18th the Conservation area because of its th historic connection with salt production from and 19 centuries. Many have replaced or pre historic times and because it provides a re-modelled earlier buildings, with earlier green edge to the Conservation Area. buildings apparent inside or in rear elevations. A variety of building heights and scales gives a variety of ridge, eaves and 19

Droitwich Spa window levels, resulting in a lively roofscape 4.19 and streetscene. Many of the buildings are listed and retain original architectural features. Located in the main commercial area some have been subject to pressure for new or updated shopfronts and signage, which frequently detracts from their quality and that of the wider streetscene.

4.20 The High Street has become a secondary shopping area to St Andrews Shopping Centre and suffers from poor signage and under-investment in building repair and maintenance, and the recent economic downturn has left several shops vacant.

4.17 4.21 Although the majority of buildings date from In the latter part of the 20th century and a later period, the earlier medieval plan is more recently this area has seen still very much evident in the High Street demolitions for car parking and re- and in parts of Friar Street, St Andrews development, as well as new development Street and Queen Street. This is identifiable in former gardens. Not all of this new in the tight grain of small narrow linear plots, development has respected its context in the presence of a back lane and tightly siting, scale and design. These newer packed buildings sited immediately back of developments, and the gaps that have been pavement. Many plots, particularly on the created, have undermined the visual and south side of the High Street, are still historic integrity of these core areas. defined by brick walls. These key features Preservation of the remaining historic of the medieval settlement form, together buildings and plan form in this area is critical with the predominance of historic buildings, to the preservation of the special interest, are essential elements of the historic character and appearance of this part of the character and special interest of the area. conservation area.

4.18 Occasional plots still retain smaller ancillary buildings at the rear.

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Victoria Square & St Andrew's Road 4.22 This is the area of Corbett's late 19th century planned extension to the old town, where he laid out a new town square and built St. Andrew's Brine Baths, the Worcestershire Brine Baths Hotel and a public hall, together with the Raven Hotel and its gardens.

4.23 On the north side of the square individual buildings are sited tight against the pavement in the manner of development in the historic core, but are larger in size and scale, and in the architectural style of public Lido Park & St Peter's Fields buildings of their period, befitting their status 4.25 as banks and post office. In contrast, The former Brine Baths Park was endowed development on the south side of the by Corbett for use by spa visitors, it was square and in St Andrew's Road is set back later extended into St Peter's Fields. This is behind gardens in more spacious plots in a substantial swathe of open space abutting tree-lined roads. The presence of the larger the town centre where the formality of buildings, a more spacious layout, gardens, specimen tree planting, paths, band stand street trees and tree planting in the square, and planting beds in the park gives way to give this area a gentle, polite and spacious the wider spaces and more natural character typical of the Victorian/Edwardian environment of St Peter's Fields. Buildings and early 20th century eras. The remains of relating to recreational uses in this area are the large gardens at the rear of the Raven small scale and the natural environment is Hotel make a significant contribution to the dominant, enhanced by the presence of more spacious quality of this area. extensive tree planting and natural water features and habitat. 4.24 Corbett's Public Hall, some of St Andrew's Brine Baths and the Worcestershire Brine Baths Hotel have been re-developed in recent years, Victoria Square has been pedestrianised with paving and there is new development at the rear of the Raven Hotel. These new developments haven't always respected the character of the area in siting, scale, design or materials, although other historic buildings, gardens and street trees are still present, and there is still a strong sense of the genteel Victorian/Edwardian character of Corbett's development. The retention of the remaining 19th/early 20th century buildings, gardens and trees, 4.26 including street trees, is essential to Lido Park provides a green leafy oasis in the heart of Droitwich, originally designed and safeguarding the character and appearance th of this area. landscaped in the 19 century for the use of the patrons of the Royal Brine Baths. It was significantly extended on two occasions in the 20th century to improve facilities, provide 21

Droitwich Spa a considerable amount of extra recreation Extensions to the park are visible in the space and The Lido was built. In the mid football pitches and tennis courts and St 20th century, at the request of the residents Peter's Fields with its relocated bridge from of Droitwich, the park was purchased by the Impney Park. These areas have been Borough Council for the enjoyment and use partially landscaped and extensively planted of all residents and visitors. As Droitwich with trees. Remnant ridge and furrow, and moved away from salt production in the 19th the presence of St Peter's Church, Manor century and began to be recognised as a House and barns, are clues that a separate spa, the former Royal Brine Baths (situated settlement and farming community may between The Heriots and the Coventry once have existed in this area. These fields Charity Alms Houses) offered treatments as are all that remain of the former agricultural a cure for rheumatism. Out of this a need setting of the town prior to its suburban arose for a quiet and attractive healthy area expansion. These areas provide a very for patients to exercise. Salt works made significant green space which has since Droitwich a grimey unpleasant industrial become surrounded by later residential place and the Victorian answer to this was development. Some later inappropriate the urban park. development has been removed during Local Authority work to restore and update 4.27 The Lido. Lido Park, then called Brine Baths Park, was landscaped sometime between 1883 4.29 and 1901 on the site of an orchard adjacent Today sporting and recreation facilities to The Heriots. It was bounded by continue to be improved by the Local Worcester Road, The Heriots pool and St Authority and although some parts of the Peter’s Fields, consisting of about 8 acres it earlier design have been lost the park is an was laid out as pleasure grounds and important and attractive feature of the gardens. The original design is still clearly Droitwich Conservation Area. visible today. Entrance to the park was by susbscription and ticket via the entrance lodge. Lyttelton Road 4.30 The earlier landscape park survives today This is a planned residential area adjacent in: to the town centre, begun at the time of • Entrance Lodges and defined Corbett's transformation of Droitwich to a boundaries fashionable spa resort. Individual detached • A mixture of specimen trees houses date largely from the late 19th and th • A circuit walk early to mid-20 centuries and line both • A circular garden sides of tree-lined road in substantial plots. • Flower beds Buildings are set back behind front gardens • A bandstand on a largely common building line. Low density development with a generous 4.28 spacing of large houses, common building Although some of the park's original layout line, substantial gardens, numerous trees has been altered by the addition of car and avenues of street trees, give this area a parking, the lido buildings and pool, the park spacious, gentle and leafy suburban character. Many of the 19th and early-mid still displays the main features of its layout th and it retains a strong Victorian urban park 20 century buildings are in similar character. architectural style to Corbett's planned extensions to the town, so that this area has a strong character and a clear historic and architectural link with the town.

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4.31 More recent re-development of some sites has failed to respect the distinctive 4.34 settlement pattern of the area, in particular th th Early houses are 14 to 17 centuries. the generous building to garden ratios of its The earlier houses in the High Street and plots, and has undermined its character and Friar Street are two storey town houses with historic identity to its detriment. This area is rear bays or substantial linear rear ranges. under continued pressure for infill housing St. Peter's Manor and the historic core of and re-development and is vulnerable to the Raven Hotel are old manor houses and change. are substantial buildings with two storeys

and attics, prominent gables and substantial Buildings wall chimneys, reflecting their former status. 4.32

There is a range of building periods and architectural styles in the conservation area. Many of the buildings are listed for their special architectural or historic interest and are clearly of early origin. There are other historic buildings which, while not listed, are of architectural and historic interest to Droitwich. Many of the buildings in the town centre have visible earlier origins, with timber framing apparent in rear or side walls. Houses in Lyttelton Road & Corbett Avenue remain much as first built.

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4.33 Houses date through the centuries from the th 4.35 14 century to modern, each reflecting in Later houses dating from the 18th, 19th and their size and architectural style their status early 20th centuries are typical in plan and and period of construction. style of their periods.

4.36 Those from the 18th and 19th centuries reflect the influence of Classical architecture in their design. These are large to more modest buildings, two to two storey with attic, or three storey, with a rectangular plan 23

Droitwich Spa and frequently with a rear wing. Roofs are styles of their period such as banks, post steeply pitched with brick modillion eaves a office, library, Police Station and Town Hall, common feature. Fenestration is a careful and smaller single storey gable fronted arrangement of sash windows around a buildings. roughly centrally placed panelled door with moulded cases and hoods. Chimneys are ridge and end wall mounted. Barge and fascia boards are the exception.

4.40 There are few surviving historic buildings associated with salt production or ancillary 4.37 buildings such as workshops, storage Early 20th century houses reflect the Arts buildings, stables or coach houses. These and Crafts movement in their design. have been largely demolished as a result of Substantial buildings are two storey with re-development and clearance of rear plot large hipped or plain gabled roofs, large areas for car parking. Those that remain prominent chimneys, partially enclosed are largely 19th century brick buildings which porches, forward projecting gables and they are typical in form and design of their bays. period and purpose, with simple functional plans and minimal openings in plain walls. The presence of these remaining buildings Modern Houses is a clue to the history and development of 4.38 the town and an essential element of the Modern houses are a mix of bungalows and special interest, character and appearance houses. They have a form and design that of the conservation area. is often at variance with the established characteristics of older buildings in the town, 4.41 with deeper plans, shallower roof pitches, Inns/public houses date mainly from the 18th box dormers, repetitive designs, large or 19th centuries, sometimes incorporating windows with a horizontal emphasis, doors earlier timber framed remains. They are set within enclosed porches, insignificant or typical in their design of their respective no chimneys, attached and integral garages. architectural periods, with a form, scale, fenestration and features reflecting houses of their period. Other Building Types 4.39 There are commercial buildings in the High Street and Victoria Square dating from the 19th and early 20th Centuries. These are a mix of large formal buildings in architectural 24

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4.42 Two churches in the conservation area, the Church of St. Andrew and Church of St Peter, have undergone phases of construction from the Norman to the 15th centuries. Both have Jacobean fronts.

4.44 Buildings and structures that are listed by association with those buildings included in the list are shown on the appraisal map where they have been able to be identified. The information shown on the map is not definitive. The Council’s Heritage Team should be contacted for advice on whether a building or structure is listed by association ("curtilage listed") before any works are carried out to potentially listed buildings or structures.

Unlisted Buildings 4.45 There are many other buildings, which, while not "listed", have qualities of age, style and materials that are locally important and which make a positive contribution to the character and appearance of the conservation area

Listed Building 4.43 Many of the buildings in the Droitwich Conservation Area are "listed" for their architectural or historic Interest. Other buildings and structures attached to, or pre- dating 1st July 1948 and forming part of the curtilage of, these identified buildings are also listed by association. While the aim of the listed building legislation is to preserve these buildings for their own sake, any changes affecting them will also be considered in terms of the effect on the conservation area.

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4.46 4.48 That many of these properties retain much Shop fronts from the 19th century are a mix of their original character and appearance is of individual shop windows, some bowed, to the credit of those owners who have most with glass divided by glazing bars carefully preserved them. There is, and/or mullions, and separate entrance however, no guarantee as to their future and door, and later 19th larger shop fronts these properties are vulnerable to future framed with stallrisers, pilasters, fascia and change. The Management Proposals at deep moulded cornice with large divided Part 2 includes a proposal for consideration plate glass display windows, or smaller of Article 4 Directions to provide long-term panes divided with mullions and transomes, protection against unsympathetic with a side or central door. The retention of alterations. The effect of the Direction the form and fabric of historic shopfronts is would be that certain alterations which important to the character and appearance formerly did not require planning permission of the conservation area. would need permission in future, but only where the change affects those parts of a 4.49 property fronting a highway, waterway or Many buildings have modern shopfronts public open space. with deep fascias, large undivided display windows and often no cornice or pilasters. These detract from the character and Shop Fronts and Signage appearance of the conservation area, particularly where they are inserted into

historic buildings. Some echo the design Shop Fronts principles of 19th or early 20th century 4.47 windows, but are less finely executed in Shopfronts or shop windows are detail. incorporated into the ground floor of many of the buildings in High Street, St Andrews

Street, Queen Street and in some in Friar

Street. Most date from the 19th and 20th Shop signage centuries. 4.50

Shop signage is a mix of fascia and hanging signs. Many of the 19th century shop windows and shop fronts have small fascias and signage on these is generally modest. Some of the 19th and earlier 20th century shopfronts have their original fascia signs or lettering applied direct to the fascia in the traditional manner. Some of the 20th century shopfronts have deep fascias with oversized lettering, to the detriment of the character/appearance of the conservation area.

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4.52 Hanging signs are most commonly fixed at fascia level or at first floor level on larger buildings. Signs are largely modest in size, design and colours. Some brackets date from the 19th century or earlier and are ornate in design. The retention of this historic fabric and modesty in signage is important to the character and appearance of the conservation area.

Materials 4.53 Much of the character of Droitwich comes from the variety of building materials used. The earliest buildings typically use materials that were available locally, while the 4.51 materials used in later buildings reflects the Many of Droitwich's shopfronts have increasing availability of materials from separate modern signage boards attached further afield and changing architectural over the top of the fascia, sometimes larger fashions. than the fascia and extending above the shopfront or below into the window. Walls Occasionally separate signage boards are 4.54 fixed on the building above the shopfront or There are several surviving examples of over or to the side of doors, or buildings are timber frame. The most common materials signed with banners. Many of the large used, however, are later materials of brick fascia signs carry an excess of information and stucco. or have oversized lettering. These signage details are frequently inconsistent with the 4.55 quality of the shop front and their host Brick is used throughout the conservation building and detract from the character and area where buildings have been built or re- th appearance of the conservation area. Poor fronted from the mid- 18 century onwards. signage often disguises good quality Much of it in High Street, Friar Street and St shopfronts. Andrews Street is painted. Brick is also the material of ancillary buildings and boundary walls.

4.56 Stucco is another common material used in High Street and Friar Street. Scribed stucco frontages would have added prestige to buildings and was a fashionable facing treatment in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The roughcast rendering of some of the houses in Lyttelton Road is a distinctive characteristic of that part of the conservation area.

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4.57 Some of the more recent buildings are constructed with a variety of materials, including buff and grey brick, tile hung elevations and painted horizontal boarding. The use of these materials is at variance with the characteristic more mellow red brick, timber framing, stuccoes and renders of the conservation area.

Roofs. 4.58 Most buildings are roofed in plain clay tile, of the red/brown hue characteristic of the area, and there is a good survival of old hand made tiles. There are a few examples of natural Welsh slate on 19th century buildings and early 20th century buildings and occasional buildings that have been-re- roofed. Westmorland Slate occurs in early 20th century buildings in Lyttelton Road reflecting the architectural period and style of these buildings. Slate on buildings is not typical of the conservation area, but is often correct for their period of building. 4.61 Some of Droitwich's historic windows have 4.59 been lost to modern replacements. Some of Many of the more recent buildings, or these are in painted timber to reflect the buildings re-roofed in recent years, are character of the conservation area, but roofed with plain concrete tiles. The use of frequently to different designs and with this material is at variance with the use of details that are not always appropriate to the traditional materials in the conservation conservation area or the quality of building, area. such as thicker glazing bars, double glazed units, trickle vents or "storm" casements.

Windows. 4.60 4.62 Casement windows are wrought iron and There are also several examples of painted timber, with plain glazing and replacement windows and doors in uPVC occasional stained glass. Sash windows and stained timber. The design of are painted timber. The materials used are replacement windows often incorporates characteristic of their respective periods, top-hung hinged opening lights in lieu of function and status of buildings. The side hung casements or sliding sash. retention of these traditional materials is important to the character and appearance of the conservation area. 4.63 The materials, finishes and much of the detailing of these replacement windows, are inconsistent with traditional window design, 28

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Doors 4.64 Are painted timber.

4.65 There is a good survival of cast iron gutters and downpipes. The retention of this historic fabric and detailing is important to the character and appearance of the conservation area.

4.66 Plastic and aluminium frequently occurs in some modern shopfronts and signage. The use of these materials is inconsistent with Local Details the character of the conservation area. 4.69 There are local building details and other 4.67 features in the Droitwich Spa Conservation Natural stone kerbs, in granite and local lias. Area which contribute to its character and special interest and which are important to 4.68 retain. These include Many road and pavement surfaces in the commercial centre have been re-surfaced in • closed eaves concrete paviours, which are inappropriate • mortar fillet verges to the character of the conservation area • dentilled eaves detailing in brick and the setting of its historic buildings. buildings • local stone kerbs • tree lined roads

Boundaries 4.70 Boundaries are a significant feature throughout the conservation area. Where they still survive rear and side plot boundaries in the historic core at High Street, Friar Street, Queen Street and St Andrews Street are defined by high brick walls, in the same local rich red/orange brick used in buildings. These boundaries define the remains of historic plot divisions and contribute to the tight urban grain of the conservation area. They are an integral element of its special interest, character and appearance. The consistent use of brick adds to the unity of the area derived from the common use of materials. 29

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4.71 Elsewhere hedged boundaries are characteristic of side and rear boundaries with hedges or low brick walls for front boundaries.

4.72 In all cases front boundaries are low, permitting views of buildings and gardens.

Natural Environment 4.73 4.75 The natural environment makes a significant Other prominent green spaces include the contribution to the character and gardens at the rear of The Raven Hotel and appearance of the Droitwich Spa around The Herriots near Lido Park. These Conservation Area. areas provide fitting settings to listed buildings and are the remains of once larger gardens to these buildings. Although only parts remain they still provide a setting to the buildings and are evidence of their former role and status.

4.74 Lido Park and St Peter's Fields form a swathe of green space stretching to the historic core of the town. These are visually important as the settings of historic buildings and historically important as the remains of 4.76 Corbett's Brine Bath's Park and remnant of Just as important are the many private the countryside setting adjoining Droitwich gardens in Lyttelton Road. These make an prior to expansion in the late 19th and 20th important contribution to the character of centuries. Vines Park forms another linear those areas. While their full extent may not stretch of green alongside the canal where be entirely publicly visible, the lack of part of the town's history is evident. interruption by buildings and presence of planting contributes to an impression of openness appreciated from glimpses over boundaries and between buildings.

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4.78 In other parts, in particular around Friar Street, Queen Street and Worcester Road, there are mature trees that are remnants of historic planting from gardens that have since been re-developed, and new planting. The retention of these trees is important, for their contribution to the quality of the streetscene, as evidence of the areas prior to re-development and just as importantly for the role they play in screening or softening the impact of new development.

4.79 4.77 All trees over a certain size are protected in Trees are a significant feature throughout the conservation area. Written notification much of the conservation area, particularly must be given to the Council before carrying those in Lido Park, St Peter's Fields, around out any works to these trees. Some trees The Herriots and the street trees in Lyttelton are individually protected by Tree Road, St Andrews Road and St Andrews Preservation Orders and consent is needed Street. Many of those in Lido Park, St from us before any works to them are Andrews Road and St Andrews Street are carried out. th th historic planting from the 19 /early 20 Our Landscape Team can advise on which centuries in these areas laid out by Corbett trees are protected, the type of works which and are part of his original design of these would need to be notified or need consent, areas. The street trees in Lyttelton Road the procedures and the likelihood of getting are smaller and more recent plantings but consent for the works. The contribution of nevertheless continue the street planting the tree to the character and appearance of characteristic of the nearby Corbett the conservation area will be a factor in the developments and make an important consideration of a notification or application. contribution to the character of these areas. Other individual trees that make a significant contribution to the quality of the street scene are the Oak and Cedar Enhancement Opportunities in Victoria Square. 4.80 Droitwich has retained much of its historic form and fabric. There are, however, features that compromise or detract from its character and appearance. These include:

• New Development. Several sites in the conservation area have been the subject of new or re-development in more recent years. Notwithstanding the harm of the loss of historic buildings, many of the modern buildings erected exhibit design and building to plot characteristics that are quite different to the established characteristics of the area. The purpose of highlighting these

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buildings is not necessarily to aim at the conservation area and will not be their re-development, although regarded by the Council as a guide or discussions to this end would be precedent for future signage welcomed, but to guard against them proposals becoming too dominant through future additions or alterations. These • Replacement doors and windows. buildings will not be regarded by the Some properties have had Council as a guide or precedent for replacement windows and/or doors, future development proposals including uPVC, stained timber and double glazed units. Window and • Loss of gardens and historic plot door replacements with new ones of divisions. The loss of these, mainly a different design, detail, materials or to modern development and car finish, erodes local building detail, parking, has undermined the integrity which is an essential part of the of the historic plan of the town and distinctive character and appearance harmed the setting of many of its of the conservation area historic buildings. The Council will not regard these losses as a guide or • Surface materials. Concrete block precedent for further loss paving for the surfacing of footways, drives and public roads is • Gap sites. Several parts of the inappropriate in material and design conservation area, particularly for the conservation area and around Friar Street, High Street and detracts from the setting of its historic Queen Street, have seen buildings buildings and quality of the historic demolished, primarily for car parking, environment leaving gap sites in street frontages, eroding the historic plan and opening • Public realm design in the old up views into service yards and market and Victoria Square. The storage areas at the rear of buildings amount of street furniture in these and of areas of parked cars. These spaces detracts from their visual sites undermine the quality of the quality and the setting of adjacent streetscene and historic integrity of historic buildings. Litter bins, the conservation area planters, signage and bollards proliferate • Modern shopfronts, particularly in traditional buildings, frequently cause harm to the area and their host buildings, by their size, design, use of • Fences. Occasional properties have materials and associated signage. modern timber panelled or boarded Some have been inserted into fences which jar with the prevailing historic buildings without much character and appearance of the regard to the quality of the building. conservation area. These will not be regarded by the Council as a guide or precedent for • Replacement roof coverings in future shop front development concrete tiles, which are poor substitutes for natural materials. • Shop signage. Over-large fascia signs, excessive or inappropriately sited signage, use of plastics and We would welcome the opportunity of lighting detracts from the quality of discussing the scope for improving these shopfronts, their host buildings and features. 32

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shopfronts, poor signage and economic downturn are all factors Neutral Areas affecting the vitality of the historic 4.81 commercial core of the conservation There are some parts of the conservation area and its appearance, and area which, in their present form, neither ultimately the success of its longer enhance or detract from its character or term conservation. appearance, usually because of planting which softens their appearance and helps to • Loss of architectural features, integrate them into the historic environment. such as doors and windows and other local building details. The 4.82 retention of historic and appropriate We will be careful, however, to guard details is important to the character against these areas becoming too dominant and appearance of the conservation through future additions or alterations. area, and these remain vulnerable to change.

Threats • Trees. Some of the important trees in 4.83 the conservation area are vulnerable Droitwich has been much affected by 20th to loss through age, proximity to century development and is sensitive to buildings or their location within the further change. In particular: highway.

• Development. All of the • Underinvestment in building conservation area coincides with a maintenance and repair. Many defined Local Plan development buildings in the historic core, boundary (Plan policy GD1), which particularly in High Street, show signs may bring pressure for further infill of lack of routine maintenance and development or re-development. The repair, to the detriment of their Local Plan and emerging South appearance and longer-term Worcestershire Development Plan conservation also identifies sites for housing development in the conservation area, where design will be an important consideration in the determination of subsequent planning applications. Large gardens have been subjected to speculative 5 Issues development proposals which can 5.1 dilute the historic plan and settlement The appraisal has highlighted the following pattern and result in loss of important problems and pressures in the Droitwich open space. However, private Spa Conservation Area. gardens are no longer classified as 'brownfield' so Wychavon is in a stronger position to refuse proposals • New Development where they are considered inappropriate. • Visual intrusion of some sites

• High Street Vitality. Flooding, retail • High Street Vitality competition, lack of investment in the maintenance of some buildings, poor • Streetscape quality 33

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• Shop fronts and signage English Heritage List of Scheduled Monuments • Loss of architectural features on historic buildings Department of Culture, Media & Sport, List of Buildings of Architectural or Historic • Introduction of modern paving Interest for Droitwich materials and timber panelled fences "Savouring the Past. The Droitwich Salt • Threat to trees Industry". J D Hurst, 1992

• Building maintenance and repair "Droitwich. A Pictorial History". L Blewitt & B Field, 1994 5.2 The Management Proposals at Section 2 Dodderhill Parish Plan 2008 consider how these might be addressed to ensure the continuing preservation and "John Corbett: Pillar of Salt 1817-1901". enhancement of the character and Barbara Middlemass & Joe Hunt, 1985 appearance of the conservation area.

Further Information For further guidance and information please Note contact: Although it is intended that this appraisal should highlight significant features of the The Heritage Section conservation area which are important to its Planning Services character or appearance, omission of a Wychavon District Council particular feature should not be taken as an Civic Centre indication that it is without merit and Queen Elizabeth Drive unimportant in conservation and planning Pershore terms. Worcs. WR10 1PT

Tel. 01386 565565 Sources e.mail: [email protected] Victoria County History: Worcestershire web: www.wychavon.gov.uk Volumes Worcestershire Landscape Character Assessment, Worcestershire County The following websites contain information Council, 1999 relating to conservation areas:

Archaeological Assessment of Droitwich, Wychavon District Council at The Central Marches Historic Towns Survey www.wychavon.gov.uk 1996 Post Office Directory of Worcestershire English Heritage at 1876 www.english-heritage.org.uk

Noake's Guide to Worcestershire. 1868

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Droitwich Spa

Part 2. 2. Visual intrusion of some sites Some recent developments have not always Management Proposals reflected the value of the historic plan of the conservation area or the scale and architectural quality of its buildings, and 1 What are these detract from the character, appearance and significance of the conservation area. Management Proposals for? Action We will 1.1 Seek improvements to these sites where These management proposals are a mid- to • opportunity arises through discussion long-term strategy for preserving and with site owners enhancing the Droitwich Spa Conservation

Area, addressing the issues arising from the appraisal. 3. High Street vitality

1.2 Flooding, retail competition, lack of investment in the maintenance of some These proposals are prepared in buildings, poor shopfronts and signage and accordance with our duty under Section 71 economic downturn are all factors affecting of the Planning (Listed Buildings and the attractiveness and vitality of the historic Conservation Areas) Act 1990 to formulate commercial core of the conservation area and publish proposals for the preservation and its appearance, and ultimately the and enhancement of our conservation success of its longer term conservation. areas.

2 Management Proposals Action We will • seek improvements to buildings where 1. New Development opportunities arise through development Primarily through its identification as a focus proposals for development in the South • address signage problems through Worcestershire Joint Core Strategy, the enforcement and encourage better conservation area is vulnerable to change understanding of signage legislation through new development, in particular threatening gardens, open spaces, historic 4. Streetscape quality plot divisions and existing buildings that Concrete block paving for the surfacing of make a positive contribution to the footways, drives and public roads is character, appearance or significance of the inappropriate in material and design for the conservation area conservation area and detracts from the setting of its historic buildings and quality of Action the historic environment, in particular in We will High Street where the surfacing has worn • Assess new development proposals poorly. In addition, the amount of street against the Droitwich Spa Conservation furniture, such as litter bins, planters, Area Character Appraisal, National signage and bollards, in the old market and Planning Policy Framework and Local Victoria Square detracts from their visual Plan Policies on conservation areas quality and the setting of adjacent historic buildings. 35

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Action Action We will We will • consider the need for Article 4 Directions • Seek improvements to these sites where to bring such works under planning opportunity arises through discussion control, to ensure that the special with site owners qualities of unlisted buildings of local • Provide heritage advice when significance are protected. streetscape works are proposed • address unauthorised alterations to buildings through enforcement action 5. Shopfronts and signage where appropriate, in accordance with Shopfronts and signage that fail to respect our Enforcement Policy the qualities of their host building in their design and use of materials detract from the architectural quality of the building and 7. Introduction of modern paving adversely affect the character and materials and timber panel fences appearance of the conservation area. There are several instances where historic surfacing materials have been replaced with Action modern materials and boundary walls We will replaced with panel fences, or panel fences • seek improvements to or replacement of erected in new development. These shopfronts and signage where materials and features undermine the opportunities arise through development quality of the historic environment. proposals Action • assess new proposals against our Local We will Plan Policies on shopfronts and signs, • seek improvements to sites where listed buildings, conservation areas, and opportunities arise through development our Shopfront Design Guide proposals

• address unauthorised alterations to • consider the need for Article 4 Directions shopfronts and signage through to bring such works under planning enforcement action and Discontinuance control, to ensure that the special Notices where appropriate in accordance character of the area is protected. with our Enforcement Policy • address unauthorised alterations to • consider the use of a Direction restricting buildings through enforcement action Deemed Advertisement Consent to bring where appropriate, in accordance with under planning control advertisements our Enforcement Policy which could normally displayed without consent • assess new proposals against our Local Plan Policies on design and on 6. Loss of architectural features on preserving and enhancing the historic buildings conservation area, preserving the setting Several of the buildings in the conservation of listed buildings and our forthcoming area have been adversely affected by the supplementary planning guidance on use of inappropriate modern materials and design replacement of original architectural features with poor quality substitutes, such as uPVC or stained hardwood windows and 8. Trees doors. Some of the important trees in the

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Droitwich Spa through age, proximity to buildings or their 3 Article 4 Direction location within the highway.

What is an Article 4 Direction? Action 3.1 We will continue to seek notification for all An Article 4 Direction is an Order that the tree works in the Conservation and District Council can make to provide long- encourage replanting. term protection against unsympathetic

alterations to unlisted dwellinghouses in

conservation areas by restricting certain 9. Building maintenance & repair "permitted development" rights. This means Inadequate maintenance and repair of that alterations that formerly did not require buildings is undermining the quality of the planning permission would need permission environment and likely leading to in the future. This would only apply to deterioration and ultimate loss of historic elevations or parts of a property which front building fabric. There are also frequent public roads, rights of way or public open examples of maintenance and repair where spaces. It would not normally affect the rear historic materials have been replaced with of a property or the rear garden, and does artificial substitutes, and of poor quality re- not affect interior alterations. pointing. The loss of historic fabric and substitution with modern is equally Why consider them for Droitwich? damaging to the quality of the historic 3.2 environment. The conservation area at Droitwich has

been designated in recognition of its special Action architectural and historic interest and a We will desire to preserve its character and

appearance. • encourage owners through discussion

and advice of the benefits of timely maintenance and repair 3.3 Although many alterations to all types of • consider the need for Article 4 Directions buildings can be controlled in a conservation to bring under planning control works area by planning permission, changes can which constitute development still take place to unlisted dwellings and their sites that can damage the character and • advise owners/occupiers of buildings of appearance of the conservation area, but the need for prior consent for works, which are "permitted development", i.e. they where relevant, through our advice do not require planning permission. leaflets 3.4 • seek retention of historic fabric where There are many buildings in the Droitwich opportunities arise through development Spa Conservation Area which, although not proposals listed, have qualities of age, style and materials which are locally distinct and • address unauthorised alterations to which make a positive contribution to the buildings through enforcement action character and appearance of the where appropriate, in accordance with Conservation Area. That many of these our Enforcement Policy properties retain much of their original character and appearance is to the credit of those owners who have carefully preserved them. There is, however, no guarantee as

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Droitwich Spa to their future and these properties are plan is drafted in accordance with the vulnerable to future change. requirements on Wychavon District Council imposed by the Planning (Listed Buildings 3.5 and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, to: The Management Proposals for the Droitwich Spa Conservation Area include • keep its conservation areas under Article 4 Directions. This does not mean review; that the works included would not be allowed. It means that planning permission • prepare policies and proposals for the would be required to carry out these preservation and enhancement of the particular changes in future. We would character or appearance of its check to see if what was proposed would conservation areas; and harm the character or appearance of the Conservation Area. If not, permission would • pay special attention to the desirability of usually be granted. There would be no preserving or enhancing the character or planning fee for any planning application appearance of the conservation area in required as a result of a Direction. exercising its planning functions.

3.6 1.3 Those properties potentially affected would The preparation and publication of be separately consulted and all views conservation area character appraisals and expressed would be taken into account in management proposals is a key step in the making the decision on whether to proceed Council fulfilling these duties. with the direction.

Statement of Community Community Involvement 1.4

Involvement

Introduction Community involvement has taken the form 1.1 of: This statement is a summary of community • a briefing session with the Droitwich Spa involvement and public consultation Town Council, undertaken by Wychavon District Council in • an exhibition at Droitwich Library respect of the Droitwich Spa Conservation

Area Appraisal and Management Plan and Consultation proposed changes to the Droitwich Spa 1.5 Conservation Area boundary. The consultation period began on 5th Feb th 2013 and ended on 5 March 2013

Background Consultation was by: 1.2 • An exhibition held at Droitwich Library on A report to the Council’s Development 5th February 2013 Control (Policy) Committee on 6th December 2012 explains the reasons for preparing a • Publication of the draft appraisal, character appraisal and management plan management proposals & proposed for the Droitwich Spa Conservation Area. conservation area boundary changes on Specifically, the character appraisal and the Wychavon District Council website,

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accompanied by an electronic feedback • A public meeting held at Droitwich form Library on 5th February 2013 • Placing of the same documents for • "News Focus" on Wychavon Council public inspection during the consultation website during the consultation period period at: • Notice placed with the documents at the - Planning Reception, Wychavon Civic Centre, Droitwich public library, District Council, Civic Centre, and on the Council's website Pershore • Information forwarded to consultees - Droitwich public library

• Letters to Droitwich Spa Town Council, Droitwich History & Archaeology Society, Droitwich Civic Society, Droitwich High Street Regeneration Group, Droitwich Spa Area Partnership, Droitwich Canals Trust, Worcestershire Archaeological Unit, English Heritage, Worcestershire County Council, Worcestershire County Highways.

Consultees 1.6 The following were consulted on the draft appraisal and management plan:

• Droitwich Spa Town Council • Droitwich Civic Society • Droitwich History & Archaeological Society • Droitwich High Street Regenration Group • Droitwich Spa Area Partnership • Droitwich Canals Trust • Droitwich Town Plan Group • British Waterways Board • Worcestershire County Archaeological Service • Worcestershire County Council • Worcestershire County Highways • English Heritage

Publicity 1.7 Notice of the public meeting and consultation was given by way of:

• Posters placed in Droitwich

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