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West Lodge Farm, Northamptonshire: Proposed Biogas Facility WEST LODGE FARM, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: PROPOSED BIOGAS FACILITY LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL Version: 03 Date: 30 August 2008 Amanda Hopwood Landscape Consultancy Shaken Oak Farm Hailey Nr Witney Oxon OX29 9UX Tel/fax (01993) 868728 WEST LODGE FARM, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: PROPOSED BIOGAS FACILITY LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL CONTENTS PAGE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 THE SITE AND ITS CONTEXT 1 3 THE LANDSCAPE OF THE STUDY AREA 3 4 THE PROPOSED SITE 7 5 ASSESSMENT OF LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACTS 7 6 CONCLUSIONS 12 FIGURES (bound into back of report) 0838.1 Landscape Character 0838.2 Annotated Aerial Photograph 0838.3 Photo Locations/Highlighted topography 0838.4 Indicative Planting PHOTOGRAPHS (bound into back of report) 0838.5 Views 1 & 2 0838.6 Views 3, 4 & 5 0838.7 Views 6 & 7 0838.8 Views 8 & 9 0838.9 Views 10, 11 & 12 0838.10 Views 13 & 14 C:\AHLC\0838 West Lodge Farm\0838 lscape vis rep v3.doc\ 30 August 2008 WEST LODGE FARM, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: PROPOSED BIOGAS FACILITY LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Amanda Hopwood Landscape Consultancy (AHLC) have been commissioned by Agrivert Limited to carry out a landscape and visual appraisal of a proposed Anaerobic Digester (AD) Plant south of Northampton, between Blisworth and Courteenhall. 1.2 This report is intended to accompany the planning application for the proposals. 2 THE SITE AND ITS CONTEXT 2.1 The site is located in Northamptonshire, within South Northamptonshire District (See Fig 0838.1). 2.2 The site lies south of Northampton, approx 1.6km south of Junction 15 of the M1, and 100m west of the A508, which runs between Northampton and Milton Keynes. 2.3 The site lies at about 115m AOD on the northern edge of a broadly east-west ridge above the valley of a tributary of the River Nene, to the north, and a tributary of the River Tove, to the south. 2.4 The topography is complex and rolling, with low points in the main valley to the north at between 65-75m, and rising again to around 100m before dropping to the Nene valley further north. There are higher points between the valley and the site of 92m, 94m, and 102m. High points south of the site rise to between 120-130m (See highlighted topography on Fig 0838.3). 2.5 The village of Blisworth lies approx 1.6km (measured to nearest point) west of the site, on the same ridge. Courteenhall Road, which runs east of the village to connect with the A508, runs past the southern boundary of the site. 2.6 The village of Milton Malsor lies on lower ground approx 2.6km north west of the site, with Collingtree approx 2.2km to the north, just north of the M1. Grange Park, a new area of mixed development, lies approx 1.6km north east of the site, again north of the M1. 2.7 The western boundary of the Grade II listed Park and Garden of Courteenhall abuts the A508 to the east of the site, approx 100m away at its closest. Courteenhall House lies within the park approx 0.9km from the site, with the small village of Courteenhall lying just outside the park to the east. 2.8 The village of Roade lies on the A508, approx 1km south of the site. 2.9 A major railway route runs in a cutting approx 300m west of the site. The railway divides just to the north of the Courteenhall Road bridge, with the main line turning north west, and the line to Northampton continuing north. A tall telecommunications mast lies just east of the railway line, and is a prominent feature in the local landscape. 2.10 The site is at present part of an arable field. Immediately to the west are C:\AHLC\0838 West Lodge Farm\0838 lscape vis rep v3.doc\30 August 2008 Page 1 of 12 WEST LODGE FARM, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: PROPOSED BIOGAS FACILITY LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL large barns associated with West Lodge Farm. The tallest of these, which abuts the site, is approx 12m high. The farmhouse lies at a slightly lower level, away from the new buildings, some 180m north west of the site. Older farm buildings lie to the east of the farmhouse. A narrow belt of mature trees lies between the new farm buildings and Courteenhall Road. 2.11 Bridge Cottage lies just east of the railway, to the south of Courteenhall Road, approx 230m west of the site. 2.12 Rolling open countryside lies to the north, between the site and the M1, containing a mix of agricultural land and small woods. A small outlying farmhouse, Rectory Farm, lies on the lower ground approx 1.2km north of the site. 2.13 A number of public footpaths run through this open countryside. One runs south from Collingtree, crossing the M1; it then divides, with one turning south west, running to Blisworth, and the other running south and south east towards Courteenhall. Another right of way runs south from Milton Malsor, west of the Northampton railway line, starting as a Road Used as Public Path (RUPP) along Barns Lane, and becoming a footpath further south. 2.14 A terrace of four farm cottages, West Lodge Cottages, lies north east of the site, fronting onto the A508. The closest of these is approx 205m from the nearest point on the site boundary. 2.15 The eastern boundary of the site is unmarked at present. The field boundary to the east, abutting the A508, is marked by a hedge with occasional trees, with gaps having been replanted fairly recently. The boundary of Courteenhall Park to the east is heavily planted with trees. 2.16 South of the Courteenhall Road junction, the western hedge along the A508 is taller, with more trees. The Lodge, at the entrance to Courteenhall Park from the A508, lies approx 130m south east of the nearest point of the site. 2.17 Woodleys Farm, used for a Day Nursery, lies slightly further south, to the west of the A508, approx 280m south east of the nearest point of the site. A public footpath runs north west across fields to the south west of Woodleys Farm, meeting the Courteenhall Road towards the western end of the southern site boundary. 2.18 The southern boundary of the site with Courteenhall Road is marked by a hedge with scattered poplars. The southern side of Courteenhall Road is contained by a generally strong hedge with hedgerow trees. 2.19 A small copse lies south of Courteenhall Road, opposite the existing farm buildings. South of the site is open countryside, with hedgelined fields between the site and the village of Roade. The line of the railway, in deep cutting running south east towards Roade, is defined by a strong belt of trees. C:\AHLC\0838 West Lodge Farm\0838 lscape vis rep v3.doc\30 August 2008 Page 2 of 12 WEST LODGE FARM, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: PROPOSED BIOGAS FACILITY LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL 3 THE LANDSCAPE OF THE STUDY AREA 3.1 Landscape designations and overall planning context 3.1.1 The site lies in Northamptonshire, within South Northamptonshire District. 3.1.2 The site does not lie within any specially designated landscape area; this approach to landscape is in any case being superseded by a character-based approach, which is considered in detail below. 3.1.3 Both the County Structure Plan (now largely superseded by wider regional planning documents) and the Local Plan (again being superseded by the Local Development Framework) contain general policies seeking to minimise development within open countryside, and to minimise its impact if development should be permitted. 3.1.4 Courteenhall Park, to the east of the A508, is a Grade II listed Park and Garden, containing features designed by Repton. 3.2 Landscape Character Countryside Agency Assessment 3.2.1 In the Countryside Agency’s Countryside Character Assessment programme, the site lies within the ‘Northamptonshire Vales’ character area, no. 891. 3.2.2 Key landscape characteristics of the area, which is described in tandem with the Leicestershire Vales, include: • Gentle clay ridges and valleys with little woodland and strong patterns of Tudor and parliamentary enclosure. • Distinctive river valleys of Soar, Welland and Nene with flat floodplains and gravel terraces. • Large towns of Leicester and Northampton dominate much of the landscape. • Frequent small towns and large villages, often characterised by red brick buildings. • Prominent parks and country houses. • Frequent imposing, spired churches. • Attractive stone buildings in older village centres and eastern towns and villages. • Great diversity of landscape and settlement pattern with many sub units, eg Nene Valley and Welland Valley. 1 Countryside Character Volume 4: East Midlands, Countryside Agency (1999) C:\AHLC\0838 West Lodge Farm\0838 lscape vis rep v3.doc\30 August 2008 Page 3 of 12 WEST LODGE FARM, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: PROPOSED BIOGAS FACILITY LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL Northamptonshire Environmental Character Assessment 3.2.3 Northamptonshire has carried out a detailed county-wide environmental character assessment, which encompasses historic landscape, current landscape character (CLCA), and biodiversity. 3.2.4 In the overall environmental character assessment (ECA), the site lies within the West Northamptonshire Uplands. In the CLCA the site lies within the general Undulating Claylands character type (LCT No 6), and, at a sub level, within the character area (LCA) 6a: The Tove Catchment. 3.2.5 The key characteristics of LCT 6 include: • broad, elevated undulating landscape that is more elevated to the west shelving eastwards; • and drained by numerous broad, gentle convex sloped valleys; • wide panoramic views across elevated areas, though the undulating landform creates more contained and intimate areas; • a productive rural landscape with an equal balance of arable and pastoral farming….; • large woodlands are not a characteristic feature, although woodland in surrounding landscape types, small deciduous copses and hedgerow trees can together create the sense of a well-wooded character; • concentrations of small woodlands apparent around designed parklands; • hedgerows are often low and well clipped emphasising the undulating character of the landscape with scattered hedgerow oak and ash trees; • settlement beyond the villages includes scattered Enclosure age farmsteads and isolated dwellings, located at the end of short access tracks and adjacent to the roadside; • historic parklands provide important landscape features.
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