Fishlake Conservation Area Appraisal

Fishlake Conservation Area Part One: Appraisal A report for Doncaster Council by Donald Insall Associates Ltd. www.doncaster.gov.uk/planning Donald Insall Associates Ltd Graham Barrow Bridgegate House Research & Consulting Ltd 5 Bridge Place Golden Green House Chester 21 Ingersley Road CH1 1SA Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5RE Fishlake Conservation Area Appraisal Fishlake Conservation Area Appraisal Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Background to commission 1.2 Designation of Fishlake Conservation Area 1.3 Purpose and status of this appraisal 1.4 Planning and policy context 2 Definition of Special Interest 3 Location and Setting 3.1 Location within the region 3.2 General plan form and character of settlement 3.3 Topography, geology, landscape and the natural environment 4 Historical Development and Archaeology 4.1 Origins and early phases of the settlement 4.2 Post-medieval development 4.3 The influence of the Industrial Revolution 4.4 Twentieth century development 4.5 Archaeology and Scheduled monuments 4.6 Listed buildings 4.7 Age of buildings 5 Spatial Analysis 5.1 Overview of types of spaces within and surrounding the Conservation Area 5.2 Green spaces 5.3 Urban spaces 5.4 Spatial sequences 5.5 Important views within, into and out of the area 6 Character Analysis 6.1 Character areas or zones 6.2 Priority historic character areas 6.3 Secondary developed areas 6.4 Green or landscape areas 6.5 Influence of current and previous uses 6.6 Qualities of buildings and their contribution 6.7 Importance of unlisted buildings 6.8 Local traditional forms, materials and details 6.9 Green spaces, trees and hedges 6.10 Streets, pavings and street furniture 6.11 Boundary treatments 6.12 Public services infrastructure 3 March 2007 Fishlake Conservation Area Appraisal 7 Conservation Area Boundary 7.1 Current boundary 7.2 Proposed addition 7.3 Proposed omission 7.4 The enlarged Conservation Area 8 Overview of Condition of Proposed Extended Conservation Area 8.1 Overview map 8.2 Key individual buildings in particular need of repair 8.3 Frontages where street enclosure is weak 8.4 Sites where landscape improvement is desirable 8.5 Sites within Primary Historic Areas which have potential for enhancement 8.6 Individual buildings that could be helped by sympathetic alterations 9 Community Involvement 9.1 Initial consultations 9.2 Further consultation Appendices A Designation of Fishlake Conservation Area B Current Planning Policies C Public Consultation D Table of Listed Buildings E Photographs of Key Unlisted buildings, Neutral and Negative buildings List of Maps And Illustrations Section 2 Map 1 Plan of Existing Conservation Area Section 3 Map 2 Location of Fishlake within region Map 3 Network pf roads, paths and drainage channels Section 4 Map 4 Part of Warburton map of 1720 Map 5 Extract from 6” map of 1853 Map 6 Building Ages Section 5 Map 7 Analysis of views and visual barriers Figure 2 Countryside areas close to the settlement Figure 3 Green spaces within the boundary of the settlement Figure 4 Urban spaces with strong character 4 March 2007 Fishlake Conservation Area Appraisal Figure 5 Urban spaces with more open character Section 6 Map 8 Character areas Figure 6 Chapels, village hall and school Figure 7 Bungalows Figure 8 20th C houses Map 9 Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monuments and Key Unlisted Buildings Figure 9 Traditional details Figure 10 Traditional bricks and tiles Figure 11 Good boundary treatment Figure 12 Unsuitable boundary Section 7 Map 10 The enlarged Conservation Area Section 8 Map 11 Overview of condition of proposed extended Conservation Area 5 March 2007 Fishlake Conservation Area Appraisal 1 Introduction 1.1 Background to commission This study has been prepared by Donald Insall Associates Ltd. on behalf of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, with Graham Barrow Research and Consulting Ltd carrying out the public consultation aspects. The study commenced in December 2006 and progressed through to March 2007. The consultants acknowledge the support and input of DMBC staff, particularly Conservation Officers, and the Parish Council and local community of Fishlake. 1.2 Designation of Fishlake conservation area Conservation areas were first introduced by the Civic Amenities Act 1967. This Act has now been incorporated and expanded into the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 which provides the statutory basis for planning control within conservation areas Under Section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, local planning authorities have a duty to designate as conservation areas: “Any areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance” and to review these areas from time to time. Section 71 of the act places a duty on local planning authorities to ‘formulate and publish proposals for the preservation and enhancement of conservation areas’. The Fishlake Conservation Area was originally designated in June 2004. An outline of the background to the designation is included as Appendix A to this report. This appraisal represents the first formal review of the conservation area since its designation. 1.3 Purpose and status of this appraisal The purpose of a conservation area appraisal is to ‘clearly identify what it is about the character or appearance of the area which should be preserved or enhanced, and set out the means by which that objective is to be pursued. It is also hoped that ‘clear assessment and definition of an area’s special interest and the action needed to protect it will help to generate awareness and encourage local property owners to take the right sort of action for themselves’. (Planning Policy Guidance Note 15 [PPG15]: Planning and the Historic Environment 4.9). This document therefore seeks to: • Define the special interest of the conservation area, review and 6 March 2007 Fishlake Conservation Area Appraisal recommend any changes to the current boundary, and identify the issues which threaten the special qualities of the conservation area (in the form of Part 1: Character Appraisal); • Make recommendations and provide guidelines for the preservation and enhancement of Fishlake Conservation Area (in the form of the Part 2: Management Proposals). The appraisal conforms to English Heritage guidance as set out in Guidance on Conservation Area Appraisals (August 2005) and Guidance on the Management of Conservation Areas (August 2005). This appraisal is not intended to be wholly comprehensive in its content and failure to mention any particular building, feature or space should not be assumed to imply that they are of no interest. 1.4 Planning and Policy context Section 72 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act, 1990 specifies that, in making a decision on an application for development within a conservation area, special attention must be paid to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of that area. This appraisal provides a firm basis on which applications for development within the conservation area can be assessed It should be read in conjunction with the wider development plan policy framework produced by Doncaster Borough Council. That framework is set out in a number of documents, most notably: Doncaster Unitary Development Plan (adopted July 1998). This contains Doncaster Council’s current policies for development and land use including policies which will form the basis for determining planning applications. Strategic Policy SENV 4 and policies ENV 25 -38 inclusive relate to the conservation of the built heritage (ENV 25-29 conservation areas, ENV 30-34 listed buildings, ENV 35-38 sites of archaeological importance). A summary of current UDP policies for the area is included in Appendix B. Doncaster Council’s emerging Local Development Framework (LDF) which will replace the existing development plan, the Doncaster Unitary Development Plan. The new LDF will provide the basis for determining planning applications and future development in the borough. The framework will include the policies, proposals and other documents about land use and spatial planning in the borough. Unlike the Unitary Development Plan (UDP) the LDF will not be a single document but will consist of several smaller documents, which will allow quicker revision and alterations. 7 March 2007 Fishlake Conservation Area Appraisal It will comprise of Development Plan Documents (DPDs) – topic based documents, Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) - non-statutory documents, and a Proposals Map, illustrating the spatial extent of policies to accompany the DPDs. The Core Strategy Preferred Options DPD (December 2005) sets out the vision, objectives and a monitoring and implementation framework. Policy CS-B3 and CS-B4 relate to Doncaster’s built heritage and conservation areas respectively. The key recommendations made within this document (Section 10.1) is that the Fishlake Conservation Area Management Proposals and accompanying guidelines should be adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) in support of a Development Plan Document (DPD) within the emerging Local Development Framework (LDF). 2 Definition of Special Interest Fishlake Conservation Area - • Is marked out from a distance by the view of the historic church tower above the trees, this building is also the focal point for short views and is an icon of the village; • Is entirely flat land on the edge of a former marsh, now divided by deep drainage channels and partly enclosed by flood banks; • Is

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