GREEN BELT REVIEW PURPOSES ASSESSMENT (Prepared for Dacorum Borough Council, St Albans City and District Council and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council)
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GREEN BELT REVIEW PURPOSES ASSESSMENT (Prepared for Dacorum Borough Council, St Albans City and District Council and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council) Annex 1 – Parcel Assessment Sheets for Dacorum Borough Council November 2013 Green Belt Review Purposes Assessment – Parcel Assessment Sheets for Dacorum Borough Council This page has intentionally been left blank Green Belt Review Purposes Assessment – Parcel Assessment Sheets for Dacorum Borough Council Introduction This document forms an Annex to the Green Belt Review Purposes Assessment undertaken on behalf of on behalf of Dacorum Borough Council, St Albans City and District Council, and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council. The parcel assessment sheets in this annex relate to Dacorum Borough Council only. The maps overleaf show the strategic parcel boundaries. Figure 8.1 (taken from the Green Belt Review Purposes Assessment Final Report) shows areas of land which contribute least towards the Green Belt purposes. These have been identified under ‘Next Steps’ in the relevant Parcel Assessment Sheets, and classified as Strategic Sub Areas and Small Scale Sub Areas in the Final Report. The Final Report also contains more detailed information on methodology and environmental and historic features mapping. 490000mE 500 510 520 530000mE Key: District Borough Boundary Land Parcel Boundary Study Area Outer Boundary Green Belt Settlement (! 1st Tier !( 2nd Tier (! 3rd Tier N m 0 0 0 0 2 2 59 !( Woolmer Green 60 !( Mardley Heath Oaklands !( 19 (! (! Burnham Kinsbourne Green 40 Ayot St 58 !( Markyate (! Welwyn !( Green 01 (! Gustard Wood (! Lawrence Ayot St Annables Fm (! The Peter !( Long Marston Lea Valley (! 57 Digswell Flamstead (! Folly 41 56 20 (! Ayot Green Wilstone (! (! (! (! 18A Harpenden 42 !( Wheathampstead (! 55 18B Aldbury ± 02 (! Lemsford Welwyn Redbourn !( 37 (! Coordinate System: British National Grid 17 Garden Projection: Transverse Mercator Tring (! 08 22 39 43A Stanborough 03 04 (! City Datum: OSGB 1936 38 Sandridge 46 Units: Meter Wigginton 16B (! (! 21B 43B 44 23 210 REVISION: G 07 21A (! Mill (! 09 Green Essendon Potten 16A Hatfield (! 05 End 36 06 (! Little Heath (! Berkhamsted !( St Albans Smallford 10 ! 24B ! (! 47 ( ( Woodside Wildhill 35 ! Hemel (! Sleapshyde (! ( 24A Colney Heath Welham 11 Hempstead (! 33 34 (! Green Bell Newgate 28 Bullen's Green !( (! Bar Street 15 45 (! 12 29 32 48 54 25 !( 30 49 Chiswell Green !( Park !( !( Brookmans Park Bovingdon 14B London Colney !( Kings How Wood !( !( Green Belt Review for 5 Street 50 2 14A (! !( 0 Langley 26 31 51 Swanley Bar Cuffley St Albans, Dacorum and 1 3 Chipperfield !( (! Radlett Northaw (! 1 Bricket Wood !( !( 0 (! 27 Road 52 53 Welwyn Hatfield 2 13 Little _ n a Heath l P l e c 200 a P Strategic Parcel Plan c i g e t a r t S SCALE PROJECT CODE : e JE30761 m 1:145,000 @ A3 a N e l i CONTENT DRAWN F London.Gov KW Ordnance Survey CHECKED DATE s o RB 30/11/2013 r i v n E M K S t h 0 2 4 6 8 10 g i r N y m 0 p Kilometres 0 o 0 C 0 9 1 Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2013 490000mE 500 510000mE Key: District Borough Boundary Land Parcel Boundary Study Area Outer Boundary Green Belt Settlement (! 1st Tier 19 Markyate !( 2nd Tier 40 !( (! 3rd Tier Long Kinsbourne (! Marston Green (! Annables Fm 01 (! Flamstead (! 20 Wilstone (! 18A 18B 02 Aldbury (! !( Tring 17 Redbourn 22 (! 08 03 04 ± 16B Coordinate System: British National Grid Wigginton 21B Projection: Transverse Mercator N (! m Datum: OSGB 1936 0 23 0 0 Units: Meter 0 21A 1 07 2 REVISION: G Potten 09 (! End 16A 05 Berkhamsted (! Little 06 Heath Hemel 24B !( Hempstead 10 (! 24A 5 2 0 11 1 3 1 0 2 Green Belt Review for _ m u St Albans, Dacorum and r o c a 12 Welwyn Hatfield D _ 15 n a l P 25 l e Strategic Parcel Plan c 14B a P Dacorum c !( Bovingdon i 14A g e t a r t 26 S SCALE PROJECT CODE : e !( Kings Langley JE30761 m 1:80,000 @ A3 a Chipperfield N (! e 13 l i 27 CONTENT DRAWN F London.Gov KW Ordnance Survey CHECKED DATE s o 30/11/2013 N RB r i m 0 v 0 n 0 E 0 0 2 M K S t h 0 1 2 3 4 5 g i r y Kilometres p o C Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2013 490000mE 500 510 520 530000mE Key: Boundary Adjustment Small Scale Sub-Area Strategic Sub-Area Study Area Outer Boundary District Borough Boundary Land Parcel Boundary Green Belt N m 0 0 0 0 2 2 59 WH-BA1 60 19 SA-S6 58 SA-S5 40 01 SA-SS4 57 56 20 41 SA-SS8 55 18A ± 42 18B SA-SS7 WH-S2 SA-SS3 Coordinate System: British National Grid 02 SA-SS2 37 Projection: Transverse Mercator 17 22 SA-SS5 39 Datum: OSGB 1936 D-S1 08 43A Units: Meter 03 04 WH-S2 16B 38 WH-SS2 46 SA-S1 43B REVISION: H SA-S4 44 21B SA-SS1 210 07 21A 23 09 16A 05 SA-S2 SA-S3 06 36 WH-SS1 D-S2 10 24B 47 D-SS1 35 11 24A SA-BA1 34 33 D-S3 32 45 12 SA-S8 29 48 54 15 28 30 SA-BA2 49 25 Green Belt Review for B SA-S7 G D-SS2 SA-SS6 50 14B St Albans, Dacorum and o 14A 51 t 26 n Welwyn Hatfield o i t 31 u 27 52 53 b i r t 13 n FIGURE 8.1. o C N t m Land Contributing Least 0 s 0 a 0 e 0 Towards Green Belt L 0 2 _ 1 Purposes . 8 e r SCALE PROJECT CODE u g i F JE30761 1:145,000 @ A3 : e m a CONTENT DRAWN N London.Gov Ordnance Survey KW CHECKED DATE s o RB 2/12/2013 r i v n E M K S t h 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 g i r y p Kilometres o C Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2013 Green Belt Review Purposes Assessment – Parcel Assessment Sheets for Dacorum Borough Council The Assessment Criteria for the Green Belt Review Purposes Assessment is set out below. The full methodology is set out in Chapter 5 of the Final Report. NATIONAL PURPOSES To check the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas 1) Does the parcel act, in itself, as an effective barrier to prevent sprawl from large built-up areas outside of the study area specifically London, Luton & Dunstable and Stevenage? 2) Does the parcel contribute, as part of a wider network of parcels, to a strategic barrier that prevents the sprawl of these areas? To prevent neighbouring towns from merging 3) Does the parcel provide, or form part of, a gap or space between existing 1st tier settlements (neighbouring towns)? 4) What is the distance of the gap between the settlements? 5) Is there evidence of ribbon development on major route corridors? 6) What is the visual perception of the gap between settlements from major route corridors? 7) Would a reduction in the gap compromise the separation of settlements in physical terms? 8) Would a reduction in the gap compromise the separation of settlements and the overall openness of the parcel in terms of visual perception? To assist in safeguarding the countryside from encroachment 9) What countryside / rural characteristics exist within the parcel including agricultural or forestry land uses and how is this recognised in established national and local landscape designations? 10) Has there already been any significant encroachment by built development or other urbanising elements? (Specify the level (%) of built development in the parcel) To preserve the setting and special character of historic towns 11) What settlements or places with historic features exist within the parcel? 12) What is the relationship and connection (in the form of character, views and visual perception) between the parcel and historic feature? 13) Does the parcel provide an open setting or a buffer against encroachment by development around settlements or places with historic features? HERTFORDSHIRE PURPOSE Maintaining existing settlement pattern 14) Does the parcel provide, or form part of, a gap or space between existing 1st tier settlements (neighbouring towns)? 15) What is the distance of the gap between the settlements? 16) Is there evidence of ribbon development on major route corridors? 17) What is the visual perception of the gap between settlements from major route corridors? 18) Would a reduction in the gap compromise the separation of settlements in physical terms? 19) Would a reduction in the gap compromise the separation of settlements and the overall openness of the parcel in terms of visual perception? Presentation of Contribution to Green Belt Purposes Significant contribution to GB purpose Partial contribution to GB purpose Limited or no contribution to GB purpose Green Belt Review Purposes Assessment – Parcel Assessment Sheets for Dacorum Borough Council GB01: Non-Green Belt Land Northwest of Tring Description: The parcel is non- Green Belt land extending from the edge of the Green Belt to the northwest of Tring. It is 1,756 ha in size and comprises a low lying undulating agricultural clay plain, between the Chiltern escarpment and low hills above Wingrave and the distinctive Mentmore Park. Land use: Predominantly arable and pastoral farmland, including a section of the Grand Union Canal and small scale reservoirs used for recreational purposes. View to southeast towards Tring shows strong rural and open characteristics Principal Function / Summary Significant contribution towards safeguarding the countryside from encroachment and preserving the setting of Wilstone and Long Marston.