Prospect Village Character Description: A residential village of interwar and modern housing with associated modern community centre in a Green Belt setting of open countryside.

Key features are: Key Local Design Principles or ‘New developments • Historically area comprised farmland, partly developed should’: during 1930’s with regular two storey semi-detached • In older streets reflect regularity of layout, form and houses. 1930’s properties developed by Coal Board materials of existing buildings Authority to cater for workers in nearby collieries e.g. at • More scope for variety of design and materials in post Wood. Some farms still remain within the war streets whilst respecting scale of existing vicinity of the village. development • Surrounded by Green Belt, which has a Planned Coalfield • Respect existing density and plot sizes to retain Farmland landscape character, arising from the largely character of village restored nature of this land from former coal mining • Importance of tree and hedge planting to character activities. Although located on higher ground, the village and appearance of area should be reflected in new is set within a ‘dip’ meaning it is largely sheltered from development view. • Help support appropriate, small scale community • Two separate estates of Inter war and post war residential related facilities to enhance the village offer. developments combine to create the village. Some modern infill. Developments are largely two storeys with Further information: fairly limited variety of styles and materials; predominantly • See character types descriptions for further brick (red/yellow) for post war developments and cream information on the built character and detailing. render with red-brown tile for inter war developments- • Landscape Character Assessment (2008)- Planned chimneys are a key roofscape feature of the earlier Coalfield Farmlands properties. Medium-low density overall. • Key views are located on the edge of the village along Ironstone and Severns Road, looking towards the AONB in north and Common/Cuckoo Bank in the south. • Modern community centre within public open space and park facilities. Access to nature site adjacent to park. Green aspect continued with mature tree planting in some front gardens. Mature tree planting helps contribute to the character of the location as a rural setting.

Key Features Map Character and Landscape Types (period/type of development and type of open countryside nearby

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