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EBNP Baseline Data Draft 5 Appendix A1 Baseline Data 1 of 39 EBNP Baseline Data Draft 5 East Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan EBNP Baseline Data Draft 5 October 2015 2 of 39 EBNP Baseline Data Draft 5 Table of Contents 1. Baseline Data .............................................................................................................................. 5 1.1. Introduction to East Bergholt Parish ................................................................................. 5 1.2. Pictorial Evolution of the village ...................................................................................... 6 1.3. Agricultural Classifications ............................................................................................... 8 2. Landscape and Townscape ....................................................................................................... 10 2.1. The Dedham Vale AONB ................................................................................................ 10 2.2. Local Designation - Special Landscape Area (Babergh District Council) ...................... 11 2.3. Landscape Character Assessment ................................................................................... 12 3. Dedham Vale and Stour Valley Conservation Zone ................................................................. 13 4. Built Environment .................................................................................................................... 13 4.1. Heritage ........................................................................................................................... 14 4.2. Categories of Listed Buildings ........................................................................................ 14 4.3. Material Assets ................................................................................................................ 15 5. Biodiversity Action Plan – Species and Habitats ..................................................................... 16 6. Population ................................................................................................................................. 18 6.1. Age Structure (ONS) ....................................................................................................... 18 6.2. Population Projection ...................................................................................................... 19 6.3. Households ...................................................................................................................... 19 6.4. Housing Numbers............................................................................................................ 19 6.5. Number of bedrooms (QS411EW) .................................................................................. 19 6.6. Council Tax Bands .......................................................................................................... 20 6.7. Household Tenure ........................................................................................................... 20 6.8. Household Type – (Composition) ................................................................................... 20 7. Health........................................................................................................................................ 20 7.1. 2011 Census - Long-Term Health Problem or Disability................................................ 21 7.2. National Patient Survey – Constable Country Medical Practice .................................... 21 7.3. Doctor to Patient Ratio .................................................................................................... 22 8. Soils and Geology ..................................................................................................................... 22 9. Water ......................................................................................................................................... 22 9.1. Sites Allocated For Strategic Residual Waste Treatment Facilities ................................ 23 9.2. Sites Allocated For Non Hazardous Landfill .................................................................. 23 9.3. Air Quality ...................................................................................................................... 24 10. Transport and Accessibility ...................................................................................................... 24 10.1. Bus Services .................................................................................................................... 24 10.2. Method of Travel to Work ............................................................................................... 24 10.3. Traffic on B1070 ............................................................................................................. 25 10.4. Road Accidents in East Bergholt ..................................................................................... 27 11. Energy ....................................................................................................................................... 27 12. Employment and Skills ............................................................................................................. 27 12.1. Education ......................................................................................................................... 27 12.2. County Assets 2014 ......................................................................................................... 28 12.3. Languages ....................................................................................................................... 29 12.4. Business Facilities ........................................................................................................... 29 13. Stour & Orwell Estuaries Special Protection Areas and RAMSAR sites................................. 30 14. Future Outcome of 'Core Village' policy .................................................................................. 30 15. Conclusions .............................................................................................................................. 30 3 of 39 EBNP Baseline Data Draft 5 16. References ................................................................................................................................ 32 16.1. Data Sources .................................................................................................................... 32 16.2. Listed Buildings .............................................................................................................. 33 4 of 39 EBNP Baseline Data Draft 5 1. Baseline Data This report details the baseline information for East Bergholt. The data will be used to inform the development of the neighbourhood plan. This is to be treated as a living document and will be continually updated to support our progress. The baseline data along with our community responses and engagement form the main constituents of our evidence base. The majority of the data has been taken from: the 2011 census, DEFRA's natural environment magic map, Environment Agency, Public Health England’s Health Profiles, the National Heritage List for England, Rural Service Network, and publicly accessible Babergh District Council/Suffolk County Council records. This study does not cover all possible detail, but is proportionate to the issues we face. The Steering group has undertaken this work and has learnt a lot about our community that we didn’t know before. This study contains factual data to back up anecdotal evidence that has been raised during our public consultations, and has been updated where further evidence has been required. The following topics have been covered in the baseline data gathering to encompass environmental, social and economic data sources to provide a broad basis for the Neighbourhood Plan: • Nature conservation (biodiversity, flora and fauna) • Landscape and townscape • Heritage and archaeology Material assets (services and local infrastructure) • Population • Human health • Soils and geology • Water • Air quality Public Transport • Energy • Employment • Education and skills • Stour & Orwell Estuaries Special Protection Areas and RAMSAR sites in relationship to the Parish of East Bergholt 1.1. Introduction to East Bergholt Parish East Bergholt is located in the south of the Babergh district and shares a common link with the surrounding villages of Brantham, Dedham, Holton St Mary, Wenham Magna, Lawford, Capel St Mary, Stratford St Mary, and Bentley. It is approximately 20 minutes from the town of Ipswich and the nearest mainline railway station is at Manningtree. A notable structure is the church of St Mary the Virgin built in the 15th and 16th centuries, and has no tower nor spire to house its bells. Work began on a tower in 1525, but Cardinal Wolsey's fall from grace in 1530 brought construction to a halt and the following year a wooden bell cage was erected in the churchyard. 5 of 39 EBNP Baseline Data Draft 5 East Bergholt is the birthplace of the landscape artist John Constable, whose father owned Flatford Mill. Flatford and Dedham, both made famous by John Constable, are within walking distance of East Bergholt. The village is 'twinned' with Barbizon in France, notable for its painters Théodore Rousseau and Jean-François Millet. Today East Bergholt is a large Parish of some 1,313 hectares set within the south of the Suffolk countryside, and sits about 43m