Slade End Farm, Wallingford Public Exhibition - October 2010
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Slade End Farm, Wallingford PUBLIC EXHIBITION - OCTOBER 2010 Introduction PRUPIM WALLINGFORD WALLINGFORD & SURROUNDING AREA Slade End Farm, also known as Site B, is in the single ownership of PRUPIM Wallingford is a town steeped in history. From the medieval bridge over Town Centre & Residential Areas (Prudential Property Investment Management Ltd) who are a global real estate the Thames to the grassy banks of its ancient fortifications, it proclaims a investment manager and part of the asset management arm of Prudential plc in colourful past. It’s a town of surprises with the bustle of the Market Place the UK and Europe. and the tranquillity of the quiet back-streets - a place to explore. We believe that Site B has the potential to become a natural extension of It was the river that first attracted settlers to the area and in the Bronze Wallingford that makes a positive contribution to the town: a place with and Iron Ages the rich soils encouraged farming communities. The Romans character and identity, that respects its landscape setting and is in harmony with in turn left traces of occupation - burials, roads, coins and pottery, but it its context. was left to the Anglo-Saxons to build the first town under the rule of King Alfred. Since its founding, Wallingford has at different times been the home of William the Conqueror and Queen Matilda. The castle was bound on three sides by earthen walls and on the fourth by the river. As times changed during the 16th century, the need for strong castles declined. The walls came down and the town was free to expand. The town has since undergone various other stages of expansion, perhaps most notably when the railway came in 1866. Through all these varying stages of expansion, the town has grown away from the heart to the west, north and south, and to this day, the east of the town is still bounded by the River Thames. Brightwell cum Sotwell Oxfordshire Historic Map - 1574 Oxfordshire Historic Map - 1574 Site location plan Oxfordshire Historic Map - 1913 Slade End Farm, Wallingford PUBLIC EXHIBITION - OCTOBER 2010 The Site WALLINGFORD CONTEXT SITE CONDITIONS TRANSPORTATION LINKS / ACCESS The site is located on the north western boundary of the town of At present the site is operated as a farm with the fields being Existing access to the farm is provided at present from Calvin Thomas Wallingford in South Oxfordshire. It is accessible from Wantage Road cropped. The soil quality is mostly a mixture of high quality (Grade 2) Way, Wantage Road & Queens Avenue. Other existing pedestrian via Queens Avenue as well as by a farm entrance off Calvin and good quality (Grade 3a). access connects the site to Queens Avenue and Wantage Road in the Thomas Way. north, to Fir Tree Avenue to the east and to Calvin Thomas Way to The site boundaries to the north east and east are fenced residential the west. The site is bounded to the northeast and to the east by residential properties with views from the upper storeys over the site. properties and to the south by further agricultural fields, sports pitches, allotments and light industrial development. Along the western boundary of the site, the land forms an embankment along Calvin Thomas Way to the north, while to the south the land falls The landscape surrounding the site is formed of arable land with below the road and the road embankment falls into the site. hedgerows, fences and small groups of trees forming field boundaries. Along the skyline, small wooded areas break an undulating skyline and Trees on the site are limited to the road embankment to the west provide attractive views from the site over the surrounding countryside. and the existing trees around the cottage located in the centre of the site. Slade End Farm, Wallingford PUBLIC EXHIBITION - OCTOBER 2010 Historic Development of Wallingford PRE 1883 1883 - 1914 1914 - 1960 • A historic Roman grid-iron town centre to the west of the Thames • A small pocket of infill development south of Wantage Road • Very little development during the inter-war years • Small hamlets in the surrounding landscape • Continued farming of the land around Wallingford • Expansion of the residential area to the west after the 2nd World War • Roman roads and tracks connecting the settlements • The network of drains maintained for farming purposes • The area unaffected by large scale industrial activity • The landscape crossed by drains and ditches leading from the river • The construction of the A4074 bypass to the east 1960 - 1972 1972 - PRESENT LOCATION OF SITE B • Continued residential expansion within undeveloped areas to the • Areas of undeveloped land in-filled to the west of the town centre • The potential development of the Slade End Farm site, up to the boundary west of the town formed by the bypass to the west of Wallingford: site not yet allocated for • Continued growth of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell towards Wallingford development • Pockets of development in the area between the new bypass and the river • The construction of the A4130 between Sotwell and Wallingford • Slade End Barns demolished but track and path retained Wantage Road 1 km 0.5km Wantage Road 1 km 10 6 0.5km Slade End Farm 8 7 Site B 12 Road Nicholas St. Station Road 10 6 Slade End Farm 8 7 St.Georges Road St.Georges Wantage Road Site B The Bull Croft Fir Tree Avenue Tree Fir 1 km 5 0.5km 12 Road Nicholas St. Station Road Bosleyway (A4130) 14 High Street 13 St.Georges Road St.Georges The Bull Croft 4 11 Fir Tree Avenue Tree Fir Croft Villas Kinecroft 6 15 Egerton Road 10 5 2 daoR tforC daoR Bosleyway (A4130) Slade End Farm 7 retrahC 14 8 High Street yaW yaW 13 The Kine Croft 13 Site B Hithercroft Road 4 Croft Villas 11 12 Road Nicholas St. Kinecroft 1 St. John’s Road 15 Station Road Egerton Road 2 9 daoR tforC daoR retrahC Reading Road Reading yaW yaW St.Georges Road St.Georges The Bull Croft The Kine Croft 13 Slade End Farm, Wallingford Hithercroft Road PUBLIC EXHIBITION - OCTOBER 2010 Fir Tree Avenue Tree Fir 3 5 1 St. John’s Road Bosleyway (A4130) 9 14 High Street Slade End Farm (Site B): Connection & Context Road Reading 13 4 Croft Villas 11 The Murren Road Kinecroft 3 15 Egerton Road 2 daoR tforC daoR retrahC Wantage Road yaW The Kine Croft 13 Pedestrian Routes to Services 1 St. John’s Primary School 10 Post Oce Hithercroft Road 1 km from Slade End Farm 2 0.5km The Murren RoadHithercroft Industrial Estate 11 Pharmacy 1 St. John’sPublic Road Footpaths 3 Wallingford Community Hospital 12 Church 9 Site Pedestrian / Cycle Access Points 4 Town Centre / Shopping 13 Public House Reading Road Reading 5 Fir Tree School 14 Allotments Pedestrian Routes to Services 1 St. John’s Primary School 106 PostLondis Oce Supermarket 15 Hithercroft Sports Centre 10 6 from Slade End Farm 3 2 Hithercroft Industrial Estate 117 PharmacyWallingford Secondary School 7 Public Footpaths Slade End Farm 8 3 Wallingford Community Hospital 128 ChurchSt. Nicholas Infant School Site Pedestrian / Cycle Site B Access Points 4 Town Centre / Shopping 139 PublicEmployment House Area 5 Fir Tree School 14 Allotments 12 Road Nicholas St. Station Road 6 Londis Supermarket 15 Hithercroft Sports Centre The Murren Road 7 Wallingford Secondary School St.Georges Road St.Georges The Bull Croft 8 St. Nicholas Infant School Fir Tree Avenue Tree Fir 9 Employment Area 5 Pedestrian Routes to Services 1 St. John’s Primary School 10 Post Oce Bosleyway (A4130) from Slade End Farm 2 Hithercroft Industrial Estate 11 Pharmacy 14 High Street Public Footpaths 13 3 Wallingford Community Hospital 12 Church Site Pedestrian / Cycle Access Points 4 Town4 Centre / Shopping 13 Public House Croft Villas 11 Kinecroft 15 Egerton Road 5 Fir Tree School 14 Allotments 2 daoR tforC daoR 6 Londis Supermarket 15 Hithercroft Sports Centre retrahC yaW yaW 7 Wallingford Secondary School The Kine Croft 13 Hithercroft Road 8 St. Nicholas Infant School 9 Employment Area 1 St. John’s Road 9 Reading Road Reading 3 The Murren Road Pedestrian Routes to Services 1 St. John’s Primary School 10 Post Oce from Slade End Farm 2 Hithercroft Industrial Estate 11 Pharmacy Public Footpaths 3 Wallingford Community Hospital 12 Church Site Pedestrian / Cycle Access Points 4 Town Centre / Shopping 13 Public House 5 Fir Tree School 14 Allotments 6 Londis Supermarket 15 Hithercroft Sports Centre 7 Wallingford Secondary School 8 St. Nicholas Infant School 9 Employment Area Slade End Farm, Wallingford PUBLIC EXHIBITION - OCTOBER 2010 Site Location & Context Site B lies on the north-western edge of Wallingford, and to the south of properties along Wantage Road. To its west runs the town bypass, and to the south are positioned an area of allotments and also the Hithercroft Sports Club. The eastern boundary of the site runs along the rear gardens of properties along Fir Tree Avenue and Chiltern Crescent. The site occupies an area of approximately 29.8 hectares (73.6 acres). Slade End Farm, Wallingford PUBLIC EXHIBITION - OCTOBER 2010 Site Analysis ROUTES AND CONNECTIONS TOPOGRAPHY AND ORIENTATION SURROUNDING LAND USE This diagram highlights the principal connections leading to and from The site offers excellent opportunities for new development that Site B is directly adjacent to a variety of existing uses: residential Site B. Whilst Wantage Road and Hithercroft Road both lead towards responds to the path of the sun. New buildings and open spaces could properties to the north and the east, agricultural land beyond the the town centre, there are additional pedestrian routes leading be designed to maximise solar gain, assisted by the slope of the site - bypass to the west, allotments and sports facilities to the south (and the eastwards from the corners of the site, and offering the quickest routes higher to the north, lower to the south.