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Hagg Hill, Grassmoor 01 INTRODUCTION Hagg Hill, Grassmoor 01 INTRODUCTION Introduction Gladman Developments Ltd has successfully invested in communities throughout the UK for over 30 years, developing high quality and sustainable residential, commercial and industrial schemes. A process of public consultation is being undertaken by Gladman Developments Ltd in order to present the emerging development proposal for land west of Hagg Hill, Grassmoor to the local community. We are proposing a new residential development of up to 90 homes and associated green infrastructure. The purpose of this consultation process is to outline the details of the draft scheme and seek comments from the local community which will be considered before the outline planning application is submitted to North East Derbyshire District Council. Site Description The site comprises 3.95ha of agricultural land and is located adjacent to southern edge of Grassmoor. The site consists of a single grassland field with hedgerow and treed boundaries, the field slopes to the south west and a minor watercourse that forms a minor tributary to the River Rother Valley flows through the south western corner of the site. Croft House Farm is located adjacent to the north western corner of the site while the site abuts allotments to the north east, Hagg Hill road to the south east and fields to the west. The Avenue Washlands Nature Reserve and railway line located within the River Rother Valley are located further to the west. A public right of way runs through the south western corner of the site, which links in to Grassmoor to the north and Hagg Hill to the south. Housing Need Every Council is required by the Government to boost significantly the supply of housing and to make planning decisions in the light of a presumption in favour of sustainable development. North East Derbyshire District Council is required to provide enough housing land to meet its full future housing needs. Approval of this development will help towards meeting the housing need within the local authority area. Why is the site suitable for development? The site is sustainably located with easy access to a wide range of existing community amenities and the local public transport network. It is a logical housing site with existing The Application development to the north and east and the existing road network adjacent. Gladman Developments Ltd intends to submit an outline planning application to North East Derbyshire District Callow A619 Arkwright Council in the near future. This would establish the principle Town A632 of development. CHESTERFIELD Development Proposals • A residential development to include up to 90 new A632 homes (including 30% Affordable) of varying sizes, M1 types and tenures. A617 Sutton • Green Infrastructure, comprising: new publicly Scarsdale River Rother accessible greenspace, recreational paths, tree, shrub A61 and woodland planting along with sustainable urban Temple drainage. Normanton Wingerworth A617 Hunloke Site Boundary Rail Line and Station Grassmoor Williamthorpe Heath Existing Settlement Local Nature Reserve Tupton Main Roads Woodland New Tupton Holmewood Secondary Roads Existing Waterbody North Wingfield Motorway Hagg Hill, Grassmoor 02 HISTORIC CONTEXT Historic Maps Historic mapping from 1921 illustrates how Grassmoor began as a small colliery village with settlement focussed to the northern end of North Wingfield Road around Chapman Lane and Mill Lane, with the Grassmoor Methodist Church and the primary school located further south along North Wingfield Road. Grassmoor Colliery was located along Chapman Lane to the east of the settlement, served by a rail line and sidings, while the midland railway informs the River Rother valley basin to the west. The 1950 map illustrates the residential expansion of Grassmoor north of Mill Lane with the development of Shakespeare Street, Tennyson Way and Westhill Lane, while the properties located off North Wingfield Road at Vernon Rise and Smithy Place have also been developed. The 1967 map indicates the further residential expansion of Grassmoor, with growth to the west between Mill Lane and Gill Lane. Barnes Park is now also annotated, located at the center of the village. The wider context of Grassmoor has also expanded with new housing evident at North Wingfield, Tupton, along with the Hunlock estate evident and the expansion of railway sidings in the River Rother Valley. The 1987-1992 period shows infill development from New Street to Birkin Lane, with further housing located off Chapman Lane while the Colliery has now been regenerated as Grassmoor Country Park. The maps from 2002 indicate the further residential development of Temple Normanton and Tupton in the wider context. 1921 1950 - 1955 1967 1987 - 1992 2002 2014 Hagg Hill, Grassmoor 03 EXISTING CHARACTER Landscape Character The site comprises pastoral land and adjoins the existing development at Grassmoor. The site lies within the National Character Area (NCA) 38 ‘Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield’, published by Natural England. The key characteristics of thisNCA that are applicable to the area include: • Small, fragmented remnants of pre-industrial landscapes and more recent creation of semi-natural vegetation, including woodlands, river valley habitats and subsidence flashes, with field boundaries of clipped hedges or fences. • Many areas affected by urban fringe pressures creating fragmented landscapes, some with a dilapidated character, separated by substantial stretches of intact agricultural land in both arable and pastoral use. • A strong cultural identity arising from a history of coal mining, steel making and other heavy industry which resulted from the close relationship between underlying 9a geology and resource availability, notably water power, iron ore and coal • Features of industrial heritage such as mills, goits, tips, old 10c railway lines, canals and bridges are evident, along with former mining villages. • Widespread influence of transport routes, including canals, Site Boundary roads and railways, with ribbon developments emphasising East Midlands Region Landscape Character Assessment the urban influence in the landscape. (EMRLCA) (April 2010) Landscape Character Area 9a: 9a • Continuing development pressure including land renewal Settled Coalfield Farmlands Landscape Character Area 10c: and regeneration projects, especially along river corridors 10c Wooded Slopes and Valleys and around towns. The Landscape Character of Derbyshire (2003) The Landscape Character of Derbyshire (2003) locates the site Landscape Character Type: Coalfield Village Farmlands within Landscape Character Type ‘Coalfield Village Farmlands’. Landscape Character Type: Wooded Farmlands The key characteristics of thisLandscape Character Area include: Note: National Landscape Character Area (NCA) 38: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire Coalfield, covers all mapping extents shown. • Gently undulating landform • Dairy farming with pasture and localised arable cropping • Relict ancient semi-natural woodland, copses and linear tree-belts • Dense watercourse trees and scattered hedgerow trees • Towns and villages on ridge lines surrounded by remnant medieval strip fields • Network of small irregular lanes between larger urban roads • Small villages with sandstone buildings expanded by red brick terrace housing and ribbon development Settlement Character Grassmoor is a former coalfield settlement, with the original central area of the village consisting of small terraced red brick and sandstone properties. Multiple twentieth century extensions to the village, particularly from the 1960s introduced a mix of semi-detatched properties. Common vernacular features include roofs that are predominantly single eave, red clay tiles. Small, Examples of settlement character within Grassmoor regular front and rear-facing windows, and low front walls define properties. Hagg Hill, Grassmoor 04 VISUAL CONTEXT Site and Setting Mill Lane Grassmoor is located in an elevated position and forms a prominent settlement edge to North Wingfield Road the River Rother Valley and Avenue Washlands Nature Reserve. The River Rother Valley Barnes basin is informed by a mixed pattern of urbanising elements, such as the railway line, Park 3 Grassmoor Primary sewage works, New Tupton Rugby Club, a solar farm and a number of farm buildings. Birkin Lane School B6038 Gill Lane Gill Lane The highest point of the site is located adjacent to the allotments located off Birkin Lane Rail Line 1 West, while the site slopes steadily down to the south west corner of the site. Housing Birkin Lane West located on the valley sides at Grassmoor, New Tupton and the Hunloke Estate informs the wide context of the River Rother Valley and the Avenue Washlands Nature Reserve. Hagg Hill Chesterfield Road The visual envelope is limited to short range views from public rights of way to the east, River Rother while the visual envelope extends towards the south west of the site to short range views 2 B6038 from the Avenue Washlands Nature Reserve footpath route. The undulating topography of Hagg Hill limits and restricts further visibility to the south and south west of the site. Hagg Hill The Visual Envelope in the wider landscape is intermittent from limited locations with glimpsed views towards the site through intervening vegetation. Aerial photograph with site boundary and viewpoint locations New Tupton Site New Development off Hagg Hill Hagg Hill Properties located off Birkin Lane West 1 PHOTO VIEWPOINT 1: View south towards the site from
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