Historic Environment Character Assessment: South Staffordshire January 2011 Copyright © Staffordshire County Council Cultural Environment Team Environment and Countryside Development Services Directorate Staffordshire County Council Riverway Stafford ST16 3TJ Tel: 01785 277285 Email:
[email protected] Mapping in this volume is based upon the Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office © Crown copyright and/or database right 2010 all rights reserved. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Staffordshire County Council Licence No. 100019422 January 2011 2 CONTROLLED DOCUMENT Staffordshire County Council EC4608/SSHEA Document No: Status: Final Rev. No: 3 Name Signature Date Prepared by: Debbie Langley 12/01/2011 Checked by: Stephen Dean 02/02/2011 SCC Approved: Stephen Dean 02/02/2011 Revision Record Rev. Date By Summary of Changes Chkd Aprvd 1. 02/02/2011 DAL Amendments following comments from SAD SAD SAD. 2. 26/05/2011 DAL Amendments following comments from Dr SAD SAD Paul Collins, South Staffordshire Council 3. 06/09/2012 DAT Updated to reflect change in national SAD SAD planning guidance from PPS 5 to National Planning Framework (NPPF). 3 Contents Executive Summary 1. Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 Historic Landscape Character 2. Aim 3. Project Methodology 3.1 Historic Environment Character Zones 3.2 Potential uses for the document 4. Designated Sites 4.1 Scheduled Monuments 4.2 Conservation Areas 4.3 Registered parks and gardens 4.4 Listed Buildings 5. South Staffordshire historic landscape 5.1 Background and overview 5.2 Prehistoric and Roman periods 5.3 Brewood, Cannock and Kinver Forests 5.4 Medieval and early post medieval land use 5.5 18 th and 19 th century improvement: landscape parks, planned enclosure and plantations 5.6 Industry 6.