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Town Road, Cliffe Woods INTRODUCTION 01 Town Road, Cliffe Woods INTRODUCTION THE SITE Introduction Gladman Developments Ltd. has successfully invested in communities throughout the UK over the past 20 years, developing high quality and sustainable residential, commercial and industrial schemes. A process of public consultation is being undertaken Town Road by Gladman Developments Ltd. in order to present the emerging development proposals for Town Road, Cliffe Woods to the local community. We are proposing a residential development of up to 225 new homes together with new public open space. Oakleigh The purpose of the public consultation process is to outline the details of the draft Buckland Road scheme and seek comments from the local community which will be considered before Cooling the outline planning application is submitted to Medway Council. Common Site Description B2000 The Site lies on the western extent of the village of Cliffe Woods and adjacent to existing Cliffe Woods housing along Mortimers Avenue and Ladyclose Avenue off the B2000 Town Road. The location and extent of the Site is illustrated by the red line on the plan opposite. Lillechurch Road The Site comprises several agricultural field parcels extending to 10.9 hectares in total and defined by existing vegetation and development. A number of features bound the Lower Site, including: a wooded area located adjacent to the Site’s north-eastern boundary; Higham Town Road runs along the south-eastern boundary; and several properties off the B2000 Town Road adjoin the Site’s eastern boundary. Topography rises gently in a Lower Rochester Road Lee Green Road south-westerly direction, and forms part of the wider undulating farmland characteristic Town Road of the surrounding landscape. Two Gates Farm One Public Right of Way runs through the northern Site parcel parallel with an existing Mockbeggar hedgerow, linking Town Road to the east to Buckland Road to the west. The Need for New Housing Site Boundary Existing Woodland Minor Road Every Council is required by the Government to boost significantly the supply of housing Proposed Developable and to make planning decisions in the light of a presumption in favour of sustainable A Road Public Rights Area Of Way development. Existing Settlement B Road Medway Council is required to provide enough housing land to meet its future housing needs. At present the Council cannot demonstrate a 5-year supply of land for housing Water Body/Course Railway Line and approval of this development will help towards addressing the shortfall of housing within the area. Why is the site suitable for development? Cliffe Woods is considered to be a sustainable village which can accommodate a proportion of the Council’s future housing growth. The proposal would form a logical extension and provide new homes which are needed to sustain the vitality and viability of the local community. The Site is suitably located within reach of a good range of local services and community facilities. It has good access to the local public transport network which easily facilitates connections to Rochester, Strood and the surrounding wider transport network. Application Type & Submission Date Gladman Developments Ltd. is intending to submit an outline application for up to 225 homes to Medway Council in the summer of 2016. This would establish the principle of development. your-views.co.uk/cliffe woods Gladman House, Alexandria Way, [email protected] Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 1LB 02 Town Road, Cliffe Woods HISTORICAL CONTEXT Historic Maps The historic maps below show the Site in the context of the growth of the settlement over the past 146 years. The configuration of the field parcels that comprise the Site have remained largely unaltered from the 1870 mapping up to the present day. Between the 1870 to 1931 mapping, the main road structure and layout were much the same as present day. Woodland cover presented a dominant feature of the landscape to the east of the Site and Town Road with open agricultural field parcels dominating the landscape to the east. Dispersed farmsteads dotted the landscape and remain in place to the present day. The 1938/40 mapping shows the first signs of development at what is now Cliffe Woods then noted as Rochester Park Estate, including the start of the road pattern present in todays settlement. The mapping shows large portions of woodland, namely Mortimers Wood and Ladies Close had been cleared and the land partitioned into discernible field enclosures. There is a significant expansion of orchard cover during this period, continuing up to 1992 when part of the Site is shown under orchard cover. The mapping from 1976 and beyond shows the evolution and expansion of development in accordance with the lie of the land. This period shows the appearance of a discernible service centre including a post office, playing field, cricket ground, and a school supporting the emerging and expanding community. The reservoir to the south-east of the Site and the emerging new settlement noted on the 1992 mapping as Cliffe Woods, is evident at this point in time. Orchard cover reduces dramatically between the 1992 and 2006 mapping, including that evident within the Site and along Cooling Hill. The Site provides a logical location for the ongoing expansion of the village. 1870 1992 1938/40 2006 1976 2016 your-views.co.uk/cliffe woods Gladman House, Alexandria Way, [email protected] Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 1LB 03 Town Road, Cliffe Woods EXISTING CHARACTER This drawing is the property of FPCR Environment and Design Ltd and is issued on the condition it is not reproduced, retained or disclosed to any unauthorised person, either wholly or in part without written consent of FPCR Environment and Design Ltd. Site Boundary 2 Ordnance Survey material - Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Licence Num- Landscape Character ber: 100019980 (Centremapslive.com) d Wall d Mea Mead Wall Mead Medway Boundary Site Boundary ay Pickles WayWaW The Site lies within National Character Area Common LaneLa OtherNeighbouring land under applicants Administrative control n Lan 1 LaLanne Boundary 113 “North Kent Plain” as described by Natural http://www.magic.gov.uk/MagicMap England. At the County level the site lies within 7 National Character Area Street Medway Unitary Authority Boundary the Thames Gateway Character Area ‘Hoo Rye Rye Street Rye Boundary Neighbouring Authority Boundary 7 The Landscape Assessment of Kent Peninsula’ adjacent to the ‘Eastern Thames Church Street (2004) National Character Area Boundary Marshes’ as identified within the Landscape HighamHigg Roadoad The Landscape Assessment of Kent (2004) Assessment of Kent (October, 2004). Cooling Road Eastern Thames Marshes Eastern Thames Marshes Hoo Peninsula Hoo Peninsula The district level character assessment provides Well Penn Road Road Penn Penn Well Well W W W W W W W Medway Landscape Character Assessment (Medway further detail on the landscape character of the Station Road Station Station Road Station MedwayCouncil, March Landscape 2011) Character Cooling Street Assessment (Medway Council, 2011) Site and it’s context. The Medway Landscape 1 1. Cliffe Pits and Pools Character Assessment (March, 2011) identifies 13 1 1. Cliffe Pits and Pools 2 2. Cliffe to St Mary’s Marshes the Site as falling wholly within Character Area 7 7. Cliffe Farmland 2 2. Cliffe to St Mary’s Marshes 13: ‘Cliffe Woods Farmland’. This Character Town Road Road Town Town 11 11. Hoo Peninsula Farmland 11 Area is described as comprising an undulating 7 7. Cliffe Farmland 13 13. Cliffe Woods Farmland and complex mix of arable farmland and Cooling Street Street Cooling Cooling Shorne and Higham Marshes Merryboys RoadRoad 14 Cooling CommonCommmmon 14. Chattenden Ridge orchards of a diverse, small scale and intimate Ro 11 11. Hoo Peninsula Farmland NCA 81: Greater Thames Estuary nnd RoadRo Higham Arable Farmland Town Road 19 19. Bald Top Hill character. NCA 113: North Kent Plain Buckland Road Gravesham13 Landscape13. Cliffe Character Woods Assessment Farmland TownTow Road (Gravesham Borough Council, May 2009) Gore Green Road 14 Lillehurch Road 14 Gravesham14. Chattenden Landscape Character Ridge The Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Boundary Buckland Road Beauty (AONB) is located outside of the Study client19. Bald Top Hill 19 Gladman Developments Ltd Area, approximately 4.7km to the south-west of project Lower Richester Road Town Road, Cliffe Woods the Site at its nearest boundary and as such Town Road 13 drawing title d nd has limited impact to the Site proposals. End LANDSCAPE CHARACTER A School Lane Land Way scale drawn issue date Brook End 19 N 1:20000 @ A3 CA May 2016 drawing / fi gure number rev FPCR Environment and Design Ltd, Lockington Hall, Lockington, Derby, DE74 2RH t: 01509 672772 f: 01509 674565 e: [email protected] w: www.fpcr.co.uk Figure 5 - masterplanning environmental assessment landscape design urban design ecology architecture arboriculture J:\7100\7199\LANDS\LVIA\Cliffe Woods Figure 5 Landscape Character B.indd Local Building Styles There are no Listed Buildings on or adjacent to the Site. Existing properties located adjacent to the south and east of the Site are generally one to two storey buildings including bungalows that are mostly detached including a number that are semi-detached. Properties adjacent to the Site are set back from the road with dedicated off street parking and front gardens. However, a number of properties within the neighbouring village of Higham sit closer to the road and incorporate on-street parking. The local town vernacular is defined by a varied mix of styles using modern and traditional building materials and includes brickwork, tiled and pitched roofs and small dormer windows. Above: Examples of traditional and modern built form and materials used within the surrounding area. The proposals will seek to reflect the existing built character so as to create an appropriate and sympathetic development in keeping with the character of the site and its context.
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