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Luxulyan Valley Conservation Management Plan - Text Luxulyan Valley Conservation Management Plan - Text July 2011 Rev.03 Cornwall Council Luxulyan Valley Revision Schedule Conservation Management Plan July 2011 Scott Wilson Rev Date Details Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by 15th Floor 01 March 1st draft Andrew Harris Barry Woodfin Annette Roe McLaren Building 2011 Associate Associate Technical Director 46 The Priory Queensway Birmingham B4 7LR 02 May 2011 Consultation Andrew Harris Barry Woodfin Annette Roe Draft Associate Associate Technical Director United Kingdom Tel 0121 2123035 03 July 2011 Final Andrew Harris Barry Woodfin Annette Roe Associate Associate Technical Director www.urs-scottwilson.com This document has been prepared in accordance with the scope of Scott Wilson's appointment with its client and is subject to the terms of that appointment. It is addressed to and Acknowledgements to the following funding bodies for the sole and confidential use and reliance of Scott Wilson's client. Scott Wilson accepts no liability for any use of this document other than by its client and only for the purposes for which it was prepared and provided. No person other than the client may copy (in whole or in part) use or rely on the contents of this document, without the prior written permission of the Company Secretary of Scott Wilson Ltd. Any advice, opinions, or recommendations within this document should be read and relied upon only in the context of the document as a whole. The contents of this document do not provide legal or tax advice or opinion. The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas © Scott Wilson Ltd 2010 Cornwall Council Luxulyan Valley Contents 5.3 Heritage and nature conservation............................. 26 6 Issues ....................................................27 1 Introduction ............................................ 3 6.1 Introduction............................................................... 27 1.1 Background ................................................................ 3 6.2 Heritage Protection................................................... 27 1.2 Study area .................................................................. 3 6.3 Prospects for a local nature reserve ......................... 27 1.3 The Conservation Plan ............................................... 4 6.4 Repair to the viaduct................................................. 28 6.5 Repair to the leats .................................................... 28 2 Cultural heritage..................................... 8 6.6 Repair of the Carmears tramway .............................. 28 2.1 Introduction................................................................. 8 6.7 Ecological management ........................................... 29 2.2 Geology...................................................................... 8 6.8 Oral History and collation of earlier studies............... 29 2.3 Historical development................................................ 8 2.4 Archaeological and historic remains.......................... 11 7 Audience development.........................30 2.5 Historic Landscape Characterisation......................... 17 7.1 Introduction............................................................... 30 7.2 Heritage Value.......................................................... 31 3 Natural Environment ............................ 20 7.3 Luxulyan Valley Audience Position ........................... 32 3.1 Existing baseline survey ........................................... 20 7.4 Audience Profile and Market Context........................ 35 3.2 Description of the asset ............................................ 20 7.5 Tourism Profile ......................................................... 37 4 Statement of significance .................... 22 7.6 Existing Heritage Attractions..................................... 40 4.1 Statement of Outstanding Universal Value................ 22 7.7 Issues....................................................................... 44 4.2 Assessment of heritage significance......................... 22 7.8 Other Management Issues........................................ 58 4.3 Assets of natural significance.................................... 23 7.9 Funding and Management Options........................... 60 4.4 Communal significance............................................. 24 7.10 Key Findings and Recommendations ....................... 64 5 Vulnerability.......................................... 25 8 Policy context .......................................72 5.1 Condition .................................................................. 25 8.1 The WHS management plan..................................... 72 5.2 Use........................................................................... 26 8.2 Cultural Heritage Policy ............................................ 72 Conservation Management Plan July 2011 Cornwall Council Luxulyan Valley 8.3 Ecology and the natural environment........................ 73 1.5 Barriers to Use............................................................ 2 1.6 Statements on the Current Position of Luxulyan 9 Management Approach........................ 75 Valley ......................................................................... 4 9.1 Conservation Philosophy .......................................... 75 1.7 Statements on the Future Management of Luxulyan 9.2 Conservation of ecological values............................. 77 Valley ......................................................................... 6 9.3 Monitoring of ecological conditions ........................... 79 1.8 Other Opportunities .................................................... 7 1.9 Constraints and Fears ................................................ 8 10 Policy and recommendations.............. 81 1.10 Any Other Comments ............................................... 10 10.1 Introduction............................................................... 81 10.2 General Policies ....................................................... 81 10.3 General Heritage Recommendations........................ 82 10.4 Recommendations relating to the natural Separately bound documents environment.............................................................. 83 10.5 Recommendations relating to specific heritage assets....................................................................... 84 Illustrations 11 Implementation and review.................. 86 11.1 Endorsement ............................................................ 86 Gazetteer 11.2 Use of the Plan ......................................................... 86 11.3 Monitoring and evaluation of the CMP ...................... 86 12 References............................................ 87 Appendix 1....................................................... 88 Public Consultation Event and Survey Results ....................... 88 1.1 Introduction................................................................. 1 1.2 General Overview....................................................... 1 1.3 Management............................................................... 1 1.4 Main Activities............................................................. 2 Conservation Management Plan July 2011 Cornwall Council Luxulyan Valley industrial landscape in a culturally significant attempt at displaying the Summary sublime against the natural beauty of the valley. Luxulyan Valley is located in mid-Cornwall to the north east of St Austell. A site of such complexity and with such overlapping values as this is not The valley is included in the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape without its issues and these are fully explored in the CMP. As in all instances World Heritage Site as area 8i. The valley is important as the only WHS area where nature has taken its hold, one of the key issues is to balance the which exemplifies the industrial entrepreneurship of a single individual conservation needs of the heritage assets with those of the natural responsible for the creation of one of the more significant infrastructure environment. These issues are particularly apparent in consideration of a structures in the region. means to best preserve and maintain the tramway and leats from sometimes damaging vegetative incursion. The valley contains a number of nationally and regionally designated heritage and natural environment assets including the Treffry Viaduct a The valley is rightly so a valued asset for the local community and visitor Scheduled Ancient Monument, a site of Geological or Geomorphological providing opportunity for a number of leisure uses as well as community importance, areas of ancient broad-leaved woodland and species of nature involvement and public education. These uses however need to be carefully conservation importance. balanced with a need to manage historic as well as natural environment assets so as to sustain the significance of the valley, the tranquillity and The aim of the conservation management plan (CMP) is to provide policy natural qualities of which are vulnerable to a growth in such activities. recommendations to maintain and enhance the significance of The Luxulyan Valley by means of informed management. The policies address the main issues that have been identified in respect of the conservation and retention of assets of both a heritage and nature interest. The heritage assets principally comprise a non-ferrous mining infrastructure comprising leats and tramways. The leats were constructed
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