Kingsclere Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
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Kingsclere Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) 2017 This Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan has been prepared by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). This SPD will supersede the 2003 Kingsclere Conservation Area Appraisal Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG). 1 Kingsclere Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan SPD 2 Kingsclere Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan SPD CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.2 Effect of conservation area designation 1.3 Statement of significance 2.0 ASSESSING SPECIAL INTEREST 2.1 Location, topography and setting 2.2 Origins and historic development 2.3 Archaeology 2.4 Architectural quality and built form 2.5 Views and vistas 2.6 Open space and trees 3.0 CHARACTER AREAS 3.1 Overview 3.2 Character area 1 – Central 3.3 Character area 2 – South 3.4 Character area 3 - North and West 3.5 Character area 4 – East 4.0 CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISAL CONCLUSIONS 5.0 CONSERVATION AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN APPENDIX 1: Glossary APPENDIX 2: Appraisal Map APPENDIX 3: Historic Kingsclere map 1870-1880 3 Kingsclere Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan SPD APPENDIX 4: Historic Kingsclere map 1895-1896 APPENDIX 5: Historic Kingsclere map 1910-1911 APPENDIX 6: Planning Policy Context summary and compliance table. APPENDIX 7: Development controlled by conservation area designation. APPENDIX 8: Archaeological map. 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION District Council in 1969, in recognition of the Certain permitted development rights are 1.1 Background special architectural and historic interest of the removed by conservation area designation. village. The boundary was subsequently This appraisal identifies, describes and extended in 1981. Trees within the conservation area are given illustrates features and characteristics of the special protection. Normally, the council will Having designated the conservation area, the historic settlement which justify its designation need to be notified before pruning or felling as a conservation area. local authority has a statutory duty, under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation any tree within the conservation area. See This Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) Areas) Act 1990, to ensure that with respect to www.basingstoke.gov.uk/protectedtrees for accords with the current policy framework and any buildings or other land within a more details. follows best practice guidance set out by conservation area, in the exercise of relevant Historic England, in Conservation area functions under the Planning Acts, special 1.3 Statement of Significance designation, appraisal and management attention is paid to the desirability of Advice Note 1 (Feb 2016). preserving or enhancing the character or The conservation area has been broken down appearance of that area. into four character areas: 1. Central; 2. South; This appraisal defines and analyses those 3. North and West; and 4. East. Each character qualities or elements which make up the The Borough Council are also under a positive area is analysed in greater detail in Section 3 special interest of the conservation area. This legal duty to assess their conservation areas below. can include the less tangible senses and and review them from time to time, to consider experiences, such as tranquillity and light. whether the areas are suitable to remain designated. This section relates to assessment of the The appraisal forms the evidence base for the conservation area as a whole. conservation area management plan at section Where buildings, structures, landscape 5.0, which will assist in the positive features or views have not been described in Key contributors and determinants of the management of change. this appraisal, or marked on the appraisal map significance of the entire conservation area, (Appendix 2) they may yet be of visual or include those listed below. The appraisal and management plan are historic value in the conservation area. National Planning Policy Framework compliant Location, topography and setting. and accord with the Development Plan, 1.2 Effect of conservation area designation Kingsclere lies on the boundary between including the emerging Kingsclere areas of chalk to the south and London Neighbourhood Plan. Appendix 6 gives details Appendix 7 contains a list of types of Clay to the north, on a narrow band of clay on planning policy compliance. development which are currently controlled by conservation area designation. Please refer to through which flows a tributary of the The Kingsclere conservation area was originally www.planningportal.co.uk for more details. River Enborne, the Kingsclere Stream. The designated by Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural 5 Kingsclere Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan SPD stream runs through the village from area, which relate to historic land uses. urban grain, punctuated by important south to north. This topic is explored further in relation to open gaps. A looser knit urban grain/built The open downland to the south and west each character area, below. layout is evident in the outer character of the conservation area is protected as Concentration of historic buildings. areas (see Appraisal Map), with less dense part of the North Wessex Downs Area of There is a high concentration of historic development, including a number of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Part buildings within the conservation historic buildings and open spaces. of the conservation area, including Gaily area: many of these are listed. High Open space. The conservation area is Mill, lies within the AONB (Figure 1). The quality, historic buildings identified as characterized by important public and rural setting of the settlement makes an Notable Structures in the conservation private open spaces, which contribute important contribution to the character area and Buildings of Local Interest positively to the character and and appearance of the conservation area. (BOLIs) sit alongside the listed buildings. appearance of the area and relate to The local topography results in a radial, historic land uses. yet irregular street pattern, focusing views Enclosure. There is a strong sense of on key landmark buildings. enclosure to streets, with buildings generally at the back of pavement and continuous building frontages in the central character area, relieved by gaps which often afford views as described below. In the outer character areas where buildings are set in large plots, Figure 2. Church of St Mary, Grade II* listed. mature roadside hedges and trees also Origins early C12th built by the Monks of Hyde provide a sense of enclosure. Abbey, Winchester. Former site of a Saxon minster. North doorway appears Saxon. Plots. Historic plots are still legible Figure 1. North Wessex AONB boundary to south of throughout the conservation area, with Kingsclere. Urban grain/Built Layout. The central little subdivision. Plots on the west side character area, centred on St Mary’s of Swan Street extend to the Kingsclere Church (Figure 2) and on the former Stream. A number of larger properties Hierarchy of spaces. There is a distinct market place which lies to the north and are set within generous plots hierarchy of spaces in the conservation east of the church, has a relatively tight throughout the conservation area. 6 Kingsclere Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan SPD Important gaps are retained between the conservation area and blue bricks area and characteristic feature of the village. historic buildings in the historic core, and also used decoratively. Flint was a popular Many are protected as curtilage-listed these gaps afford views to large historic material in the 19th-century. Tiled clay structures and those which have been plots and to trees lining the Kingsclere roofs are common. identified as making a particular, positive Stream. Windows and doors. Historic joinery contribution to the conservation area are Uses. The character of the conservation including windows, doors, door cases, identified on the Appraisal Map (see area is now mainly residential, with a few hoods and porticoes, are often features Glossary for definitions). Brick boundary commercial uses centred around the that define the appearance of properties. walls are generally constructed in village core, reflecting the historic Where buildings are close-knit in traditional bonds. Such walls are finished function of that part of the village. The continuous street frontages the with half round or saddleback copings or distinctive appearance of the former industrial mills and maltings building give relationship of these features and their bricks ‘on edge’. Corners are frequently an insight into the historic character of historic arrangement becomes a attractively radiused. Railings and timber Kingsclere as a working settlement. significant factor in the overall character picket fences are also found throughout Building form. Distinctive and varied and appearance of the conservation area. the village and contribute positively to the elevations form a cohesive streetscape The use and overall effect of inappropriate character and appearance of the with subtle variety. Dwellings replacement windows and doors is still conservation area. In contrast, close predominantly present two storeys to their limited. Windows to residential properties boarded fences are visually intrusive and front elevations. This gives a consistent and domestic scale to properties. Porticoes are are mostly timber sash