Draft Purton ~ Planning for the Future December 2017
A BRIEFING PAPER
This paper reviews how Purton’s population could change over the period of the Neighbourhood Plan to 2026 and how that could translate into a future housing requirement resulting from natural This paper reviews how Purton’s population could change over the period of the Neighbourhood Plan changes (births and deaths) and from migration. Based on the projected changes, it considers if the future needs for Purton can be meet from within the settlement boundary or if there may need to be some limited development outside to achieve both the numbers and types of housing. The number of new homes identified in the Briefing Paper August 2015 has been updated to reflect the number of new homes required from 2017 to 2026. Analysis of the housing sites has been updated to include the potential impact of development on the heritage assets and local biodiversity.
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CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS ...... 3 RELATED DOCUMENTS ...... 3 OVERVIEW ...... 4 DO WE NEED HOUSES? ...... 5 HOW MANY HOUSES? ...... 5 WHERE? ...... 6 Annex 1 Affordable Housing (and what it means) ...... 8 Annex 2 Wiltshire Core Strategy Policies on Affordable Housing ...... 9 Annex 3 Population Growth ...... 12 Annex 4 Types of Houses ...... 18 Annex 5 Analyses of Infill Developments (types and sizes of houses built) since 2000 ...... 21 Annex 6 Sustainable Development ~ where next? ...... 23 Annex 7 Potential Housing Locations and their Assessment ...... 25 Annex 8 Individual Assessments for the SHLAA Locations ...... 33 Annex 9 Individual Assessments for the Employment Locations ...... 83 Annex 10 Local Biodiversity ...... 87 Annex 11 Local Heritage ...... 91 Annex 12 Distinctive Landscapes and Views ...... 95
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ABBREVIATIONS
CLG (Department for) Communities and Local Government GFR General Fertility Rate ISNPP Interim Sub-National Population Projections LSOA Lower Layer Super Output Area MSOA Middle Layer Super Output Area OA Output Area ONS Office of National Statistics SHLAA Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment SOA Super Output Area TFR Total Fertility Rates
RELATED DOCUMENTS a) Housing Land Supply Statement (Update) published March 2017) (Wiltshire Council) b) National Planning Policy Framework, 2012 c) Purton Housing Needs Survey January 2012 (Wiltshire Council) d) Purton Neighbourhood Plan Second Statement of Consultation (2017) (Purton Parish Council) e) Purton Neighbourhood Plan Statement of Consultation (2016) (Purton Parish Council) f) Purton Neighbourhood Plan Statement of Regulation 14 Consultation (2017) (Purton Parish Council) g) Purton Parish Plan, 2014 (Purton Parish Council – Parish Plan Group) h) The Taylor Review of Rural Economy and Affordable Housing - Living Working Countryside i) Transforming Purton Parish (January 2013) (Purton P and Qs) j) Wiltshire 2012 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) (Wiltshire Council) k) Wiltshire 2015 SHLAA (draft) (Wiltshire Council) l) Wiltshire Core Strategy January 2015 (Wiltshire Council) m) Wiltshire Housing Site Allocations Plan (Pre-submission draft) June 2017 (Wiltshire Council)
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OVERVIEW
1. The Localism Act 2011 gave communities under the Neighbourhood planning legislation the right to have a greater say in the type of development for their local community (i.e. how many houses should be built, where they should be built and what should they look like) though any such plans for a local community must still meet the needs of the wider area as defined under the Wiltshire Core Strategy1,2.
2. Purton has been working to develop a Neighbourhood Plan.
3. As part of that plan, we need to decide:
Do we need houses and if so, How many and, crucially, Where?
4. Housing Need generally is determined at a larger (county) scale with some sort of fairly coarse economic/demographic that seeks to set some economic growth target for an area and then looks at the number of houses needed to house the people to do work that generates the required level of economic output. The general direction of the Wiltshire Core Strategy (Core Strategy) is that growth will be centred on the existing larger settlements, those with plenty of facilities to support a growing population. The major towns are the generally preferred choice for Wiltshire Council and is quite sensible and logical. Some growth is then spread among the community areas. Again, the logic is that such growth should be at locations capable of supporting the “growth”. In our community area, the Core Strategy identifies Local Service Centres3 as being capable of supporting some limited housing.
5. The Core Strategy was adopted in January 2015 and has since become the Development Plan Document for Wiltshire. In general terms it identifies that a total of 42,000 homes will need to be built within the plan period (2006 to 2026). Some 16,385 of these have already been completed with a further 20,269 identified as permitted development which leaves an indicative remainder of 5,346. This is the number that needs to be built throughout Wiltshire to make up the 42,000. From the remaining 5,346, the Royal Wotton Bassett Community Area4 is required to accommodate some additional 113 houses (excluding Royal Wootton Bassett itself as it has its own allocation). The latest Wiltshire’s Housing Land Supply Statement Update 2017 indicates that no more houses (zero) need to be identified in the Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade Rural Area. This includes Purton parish. Latest figures are zero.
6. The Core Strategy has re-affirmed that Purton, as a Large Village, it is not required to support strategic housing5 and as such does not consider it necessary to identify strategic sites (that is, not specific to a settlement) at Purton. Also of interest is that, currently, the Core Strategy
1 http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planninganddevelopment/planningpolicy/wiltshirecorestrategy.htm 2 Also known as the Local Development Plan 3 Cricklade is a Local Service Centre 4 Includes parishes of Braydon, Broad Town, Clyffe Pypard, Latton, Lydiard Millicent, Lydiard Tregoze, Lyneham and Bradenstoke, Marston Meysey, Purton, Tockenham, and the two towns of Cricklade and Royal Wootton Bassett 5 Strategic means catering for people from outside the immediate vicinity 4 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future
does not consider that there is any evidence to warrant any further western extension to Swindon in Wiltshire.
7. The conclusion is that there is no housing required at Purton other than to satisfy local need. Information on affordable housing is provided in Annex 1 and the Core Strategy’s polices on affordable housing are provided in Annex 2.
DO WE NEED HOUSES?
8. With the development at Ridgeway Farm for 700 houses approved November 2012 it would be simple to assume that there would provide plenty of houses to meet Purton needs.
9. Not really. Firstly, the location is on the far eastern edge of the parish adjacent to Swindon thus could hardly be considered as “part of the village”.
10. Secondly, there is no “local person” preferential allocation so there is no guarantee anyone from Purton wanting a house there could purchase one. Thirdly, the development is so far removed from the village that it has no functional relationship with it or its facilities.
11. At the nearby development of 250 houses at Moredon Bridge (now known as Moulden View) when canvassed for the recent Purton Parish Plan survey, residents did not know they were in the parish of Purton and even then did not participate in the survey (even with reminders) since they felt no connection.
12. Furthermore, both Ridgeway farm and Moulden View developments are viewed by Wiltshire and Swindon Core Strategies as meeting the needs of Swindon, not Wiltshire, even though they are both situated in our parish.
13. In 1831, the population of the Parish comprised 1,714 persons and since then has grown on average 5% every decade to 20116 by which time the population at the last census was 4,2717, a growth of approximately 2550 persons (see Annex 3).
14. Examination of this growth shows that due to the age demographics, the Parish, which has a higher percentage of older people than younger people of child-bearing age than elsewhere, has a higher death rate than birth rate leading to a natural decline in the population level. Consequently, growth has come from net inward migration into the Parish, not to meet local needs but from people who want a village life and who commute out to larger towns and cities for employment, such as Swindon. Taking the existing rates for births, deaths and net migration and projecting this forward we would expect to see the population of the Parish increase to around 4,622 by the end of the Plan period in 2026 (see Annex 3).
It represents an additional 260 persons to 2026 who would need to be housed in the Parish.
HOW MANY HOUSES?
15. At the last census in 2011, occupancy rate for Purton was about 2.5 persons per household
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and on this basis it suggests that at least an additional 94 houses will be needed from 2017 to 2026 to meet the needs of the growing population.
16. Will the number of houses be affected by future occupancy rates? One common line of thinking is that there will be a general, continuing trend towards higher rates of household formation and smaller household sizes, and this will increase as the wider economy returns to growth and people’s circumstances improve, with more confidence and a greater ability to form a new household. Another perspective is that household sizes will enlarge (as children take longer to leave parental homes or (grand-) parents requiring care/support move into children’s households) and household formation will slow down.
17. However neither scenario is likely to have a great effect on occupancy rates during the relatively short timeframe to the end of the Plan in 2026 though we should assume the number of additional houses is a minimum not a maximum number.
WHERE?
18. Where to build new houses leads to the perennial dilemma whether to build inside or outside the settlement boundary. In the recent Purton Parish Plan Survey, 82% of respondents were against building new housing in the countryside with the majority (some were against any new housing) favouring infill only. Below (Figure A) the parish boundary (blue line) is indicated with settlement boundary (ochre) and conservation area (blue hatch):
Figure A Parish and Settlement Boundaries
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19. The Strategic Housing Land Assessment Analysis (SHLAA)8 in 2012 identified a number of sites for housing development in the Parish and specifically for Purton village. Whilst the majority of these sites are outside the settlement boundary, those sites that are within, that are still available and have yet to be developed, could go toward supporting the additional housing needs. Added together with the development plans for the proposed re-development of the land at Northview House, the re-development of some of the existing affording Green Square housing stock and general windfall sites, would meet much of that additional housing need but not all and an additional site (or sites) may be required.
20. The second perennial dilemma and potentially more pressing is the size and types of housing required (see Annex 4). The Purton Parish Plan 2014 identified that there is a clear need for more houses for first-time buyers, smaller properties for those who wish to down size, and properties suited to older persons such as warden-controlled dwellings. These had also been expressed in the Purton Housing Needs Survey 2011.
21. Despite the clear need expressed for smaller, less expensive properties and bungalows, infill spaces have been consumed by developers building larger properties that bring most profits.
22. Given this need cannot realistically be met though development of small infill sites within the village (see Annexes 4 and 5), the Neighbourhood Plan has the potential to propose one or more sites outside the settlement boundary to provide a range of housing but specifically to include properties for first-time buyers, smaller properties for those wishing to downsize and also properties suitable for older people including bungalows.
23. It is proposed that the:
Neighbourhood Plan allocates a specific site, outside the existing settlement boundary, for a range of housing including first-time buyer properties and bungalows that are appropriate in terms of scale and location and adds functional value to the village.
24. Of the potential sites identified in Wiltshire Council’s draft SHLAA 2015 and analysed in Annexes 8 and 9, the land off Restrop Road (site 470) has few constraints. It is the most sustainable of all the sites outside of the settlement boundary though is unlikely that it will in itself be sufficient in itself to accommodate the number and range of properties required. By including part of the adjoining site 440, it would form an area of land south of the village from Restrop Road to Willis Way but limited south by a line from Battlewell across to Kibblewhite Close, it would be sufficient for the provision of up to 40 properties of the required housing type to meet the needs for the village without having too great an impact on the natural line of the village.
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Annex 1 Affordable Housing (and what it means)
The meaning of affordable housing is taken from the National Planning Policy Framework and is the official version with which Wiltshire Council and its policies should comply
Affordable housing is social rented, affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Eligibility is determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices. Affordable housing should include provisions to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision.
Social rented housing is owned by local authorities and private registered providers (as defined in Section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008), for which guideline target rents are determined through the national rent regime. It may also be owned by other persons and provided under equivalent rental arrangements to the above, as agreed with the local authority or with the Homes and Communities Agency.
Affordable rented housing is let by local authorities or private registered providers of social housing to households who are eligible for social rented housing. Affordable Rent is subject to rent controls that require a rent of no more than 80% of the local market rent (including service charges, where applicable).
Intermediate housing is homes for sale and rent provided at a cost above social rent, but below market levels subject to the criteria in the Affordable Housing definition above. These can include shared equity (shared ownership and equity loans), other low cost homes for sale and intermediate rent, but not affordable rented housing.
Homes that do not meet the above definition of affordable housing, such as “low cost market” housing, may not be considered as affordable housing for planning purposes.
Wiltshire Council has various policies related to Affordable Housing and these are described in Annex 2
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Annex 2 Wiltshire Core Strategy Policies on Affordable Housing
Core Policy 43: Providing Affordable Homes
Core Policy 43 sets out when affordable housing provision will be required and indicates the proportions which will be sought from open market housing development. Both housing and planning policies will be used to promote the delivery of new affordable homes. This policy intends to provide a clear and robust planning policy framework for all those involved in the delivery of affordable housing. It is anticipated that this strategy will deliver approximately 13,000 affordable homes within the plan period and across the plan area.
Appropriate tenure and affordability are key to meeting housing needs and to developing mixed, balanced and inclusive communities. The provision of affordable housing linked to open market housing development must be realistic, with regard to economic viability, though responsive to variations between sites and changes in market conditions during the plan period. The need for and type of affordable housing will be reviewed regularly throughout the plan period in line with good practice, and revised targets will be determined depending on the prevailing housing need and market conditions at the time, following a public consultation period. If appropriate, detailed guidance will be produced by the council in relation to the delivery of affordable housing including the appropriate assessment of viability and appropriate development standards where appropriate.
A broad assessment of viability across the plan area9 indicates that there are geographic disparities in terms of residual land values that warrant different affordable housing requirements. Core Policy 43 therefore contains two separate affordable housing zones (30% and 40%). The 30% affordable housing zone includes: Corsham, Amesbury, Devizes and surrounding villages, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Dilton Marsh, Calne, Warminster, Tisbury and Mere and the 40% affordable housing zone includes: Marlborough and surrounding area, Pewsey, Bradford on Avon, Salisbury, rural villages of south Salisbury, Wilton and Chippenham.
In adopting a two zone approach, the objective of delivering an appropriate and sustainable rate of affordable housing to offset strategic and local needs is not compromised. The approach set out in Core Policy 43 is to provide both certainty to the market and sufficient flexibility to allow development proposals to accommodate variations in scheme costs whilst still meeting the policy requirements of the plan.
The policy has regard to the practicalities of provision on small sites. While developments of five units and above will be expected to make provision on-site, on sites of four dwellings or less no affordable housing contribution will be sought. Where the policy generates a requirement which does not equate to a whole unit the calculation will be rounded to the nearest whole affordable housing unit.
On sites of five or more dwellings, affordable housing provision of at least 30% (net) will be provided within the 30% affordable housing zone and at least 40% (net) will be provided on sites
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The provision of affordable housing may vary on a site-by-site basis taking into account evidence of local need, mix of affordable housing proposed and where appropriate, the viability of the development. All affordable housing will be subject to an appropriate legal agreement with the council. This level of provision should be delivered with nil public subsidy, unless otherwise agreed by the council. Tenure will be negotiated on a site-by-site basis to reflect the nature of the development and local needs as set out in Core Policy 45 (Meeting Wiltshire’s housing needs). Affordable housing units will be dispersed throughout a development and designed to a high quality, so as to be indistinguishable from other development. In determining the level of integration that can be achieved consideration will be given to the practicalities of management and maintenance associated with the proposal whilst still ensuring affordability, particularly in developments of flats.
Core Policy 44: Rural Exceptions Sites
Core Policy 44 allows for the allocation of or granting of planning permission for small sites comprising affordable housing only as an exception to normal policies. The policy sets out the criteria against which such proposals will be evaluated and under what circumstances schemes solely for affordable housing may be permitted. In doing so, the core strategy recognises the particular difficulties in securing an adequate supply of affordable housing for local needs in rural areas. As an exception to normal policy therefore, and where it can be demonstrated that a proposed development will meet a particular locally generated need that cannot be accommodated in any other way, the council may permit small-scale residential development (10 dwellings or fewer) outside but adjoining the development limits of Local Service Centres and Large Villages, or adjacent to the existing built area of Small Villages.
In exceptional circumstances the council may also consider exception site development that includes cross-subsidy from open market sales on the same site. However, in considering such schemes the applicant would need to demonstrate to the council’s satisfaction that the open market element is essential to the delivery of the development. A full open book financial appraisal will be required to accompany any application. The land values in the detailed financial appraisal should be benchmarked against those for agricultural land in the local area and historic values of exception sites. If required, detailed guidance will be developed by the council in relation to the application of this exception policy including the appropriate assessment of viability.
At settlements defined as Local Service Centres, Large and Small Villages (Core Policy 1), and those not identified within the settlement strategy, a proactive approach to the provision of affordable housing will be sought in conjunction with parish councils and working with local communities and other parties. This exception to policy allows housing for local need to be permitted, solely for affordable housing, provided that:
The proposal has clear support from the local community; The housing is being delivered to meet an identified and genuine local need;
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The proposal is within, adjoining or well-related to the existing settlement; Environmental and landscape considerations will not be compromised; The proposal consists of 10 dwellings or fewer; Employment and services are accessible from the site; Its scale and type is appropriate to the nature of the settlement and will respect the character and setting of that settlement; and The affordable housing provided under this policy will always be available for defined local needs, both initially and on subsequent change of occupant.
In exceptional circumstances a proportion of market housing may be considered appropriate where it can be demonstrated that the site would be unviable, as an exception site that meets the above criteria, without cross-subsidy. It should be recognised that the inclusion of open market housing will not normally be supported.
In these exceptional circumstances: The majority of the development is for affordable housing; It has been demonstrated through detailed financial appraisal that the scale of the market housing component is essential for the successful delivery of the development and is based on reasonable land values as an exception site; and No additional subsidy for the scheme and its affordable housing delivery is required.
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Annex 3 Population Growth
History
In 1831, the population of the parish comprised just 1,714 persons and since then it has grown steadily by, on average, 5% every decade to 2011 by which time the population was 4,271 persons.
If this growth is projected forward (simple projection) to the end of the Neighbourhood Plan in 2026, it would indicate that the population for the parish would be in the order of 4,622 persons.
A growth of 351 persons from 2011, or if taken from now to the end of the Neighbourhood Plan in 2026, just an additional 253 persons.
Source - Wiltshire Community History10 with 2001 and 2011 figures corrected to ONS Census 2011
How could Purton’s population change?
Population change in Purton (as elsewhere) has two aspects; births and deaths, and changes that arise from people moving into or out of Purton (migration). Information for these is available from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) which provides data-sets at a number of geographical levels but they require some explanation of the terms used by them. The Output Areas (OAs) are the lowest geographical level at which census estimates are provided and are based on post code. Super Output Areas (SOAs) were designed to improve the reporting of small area statistics and are built up from groups of OAs. There are two groups of SOAs: Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) and Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOAs). The LSOA encompasses approximately 1,500 residents and 650 households, and the MSOA minimum size of 5,000 residents and 3,000 households with an average population size of 7,500. The ONS has key data down to Statistical Ward and Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs). Live births, deaths and migration are only reported down to Middle Super Output Areas (MSOAs).
The ONS also holds data down to both Electoral Ward and Parish levels but data held for parishes, as in the case of Purton, may not include the complete parish but only a part. So for this analysis,
10 http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcensus.php?id=205
12 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future the Electoral Ward has been used for Purton though it does contain the small number of persons in the parish of Braydon.
The information on births, deaths and migration for Purton is only contained within Wiltshire 003 MSOA which includes rural land surrounding Purton, as well as three settlements including Purton, Purton Stoke but it also includes the parish of Braydon and part of the parish of Lydiard Millicent, which includes the village and the western end of Peatmoor in Swindon.
It makes it more difficult to assign the data from Wiltshire 003 MSOA down to parish level.
Boundary of Wiltshire 003 MSOA which Boundaries of Purton Ward and Lydiard includes Purton Ward and part of Lydiard Millicent Parish Millicent Parish
Births and Deaths Data on births and deaths are available at both local authority and Wiltshire 003 MSOA level. Looking at birth rates within the MSOA for Purton suggests fertility rates are substantially lower than the equivalent rates for Wiltshire (see Table 1). This is likely to reflect that Purton has older families already with children, or retired couples.
Table 1 - Live Births Wiltshire 003 MSOA Wiltshire Unitary Authority Live Births GFR Live Births GFR Persons per 1000 Population Persons per 1000 Population January 2010 to December 2010 49 56.5 5468 63.9 January 2009 to December 2009 41 46.1 5087 59.1 January 2008 to December 2008 48 51.1 5421 62.7 January 2007 to December 2007 50 51.5 5061 58.8 January 2006 to December 2006 48 49.9 5002 58.5 January 2005 to December 2005 35 37.6 4835 56.8 January 2004 to December 2004 46 47.7 4878 56.8 Average Rate per annum 45 49.8 5107 59.9
Source: Office of National Statistics
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Note: General Fertility Rate (GFR) is the number of births in a year divided by the number of women aged 15–44, times 1000.
The ONS does not provide data on Total Fertility Rates (TFR) down to MSOA level and so the figures are not available for Purton. The TFR represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates. However figures from the Wiltshire Intelligence Network for Wiltshire and the Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade Community Area suggest that the fertility rates, which increased up to 2010, will steadily decrease in the longer term.
Similar projections for deaths indicate that the death rate for Purton is above the equivalent rate for Wiltshire, reflecting the age profile of Purton.
Table 2 - Deaths Wiltshire 003 MSOA Wiltshire Unitary Authority Deaths Crude Death Rate Deaths Crude Death Rate Persons per 1000 Population Persons per 1000 Population January 2010 to December 2010 70 12.4 4124 8.8 January 2009 to December 2009 66 11.8 4150 8.9 January 2008 to December 2008 85 15.1 4247 9.2 January 2007 to December 2007 73 13.0 4139 9.0 January 2006 to December 2006 91 16.2 4055 9.0 January 2005 to December 2005 71 12.9 4106 9.2 January 2004 to December 2004 62 11.1 4116 9.2 Average Rate per Annum 74 13.2 4134 9.0
Source: Office of National Statistics
Comparing births and deaths for MSOA there is a natural decline in the population levels. On average there are 45 births per annum compared with 74 deaths, a reduction on average of 29 persons per annum which if it were not for inward migration, it would suggest that there is no need for additional houses to meet the needs of Purton.
Migration Villages have always experienced outward migration as younger people seek work and inward migration as more affluent or older people seek the particular ambience of village life. What has been happening in recent years is that national and county housing policy has tended to trigger
14 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future inward migration by building, on the whole, more expensive homes within villages that can only be afforded by those coming from outside the village having larger incomes or assets.
The National Planning Policy Framework11 argues that sufficient housing should be provided to meet the needs and demand of the population, including that associated with migration and demographic change. Yet what we really see is that the policy, far from ensuring sufficient housing for local people, is actually enhancing an unbalanced inward migration, distorting community demographics by promoting the type of housing mix that is not aligned with local need.
The 2011 Census indicated that Purton has a relatively greater proportion of older working age adults (aged 40 to 65) with a greater proportion of school age children as well (aged 5 to 15). In addition there is a greater proportion of 70+ age group, particularly 70 to 80 year old males and 80+ females. Conversely the proportion of the population that is aged between 20 and 30 is significantly smaller. This illustrates the role that Purton has had in housing (more affluent) older couples and older families.
Migration that arises out of people moving into and out of the local area is available at the Wiltshire 003 MSOA level
Table 3 - Population Wiltshire 003 MSOA Turnover Rates Inflow Outflow Net Change Population At Inward Rate per 1000 persons Estimates year Migration
July 2009 to June 2010 59 47 12 5624 Jun-10 67 July 2008 to June 2009 54 59 -5 5595 Jun-09 -28 July 2007 to June 2008 61 56 5 5633 Jun-08 28 July 2006 to June 2007 71 55 16 5611 Jun-07 90 July 2005 to June 2006 77 55 22 5619 Jun-06 124 July 2004 to June 2005 62 64 -2 5510 Jun-05 -11 July 2003 to June 2004 68 53 15 5570 Jun-04 84
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July 2002 to June 2003 68 53 15 5549 Jun-03 83 July 2001 to June 2002 73 58 15 5513 Jun-02 83 Averages per Annum 66 56 10 Average per Annum 58
Source: Office of National Statistics
Data for inflow and outflow migration is provided at a rate person 1000 persons and this has to be converted into an actual number of persons (see Table 3). The calculation derived from the data for Wiltshire 003 MSOA suggests that there is an inward net migration of 58 persons per annum.
Housing Need From the average figures derived for births, deaths and migration, it suggests there is a net growth at the Wiltshire 003 MSOA level of about 29 persons per annum. Pro-rata, this represents 22 persons per annum for Purton (at the electoral ward level).
Table 4 - Projection Population Growth for Purton Ward (i.e. includes Braydon) Year Total Female Migration Net Purton Pop 15-44 Births Deaths Inflow Outflow increase Population age per Annum 2011 4271 667 35 -56 281 -237 22 2012 4293 702 35 -57 283 -239 22 2013 4316 736 35 -57 284 -240 23 2014 4338 771 35 -57 286 -241 23 2015 4361 807 35 -58 287 -242 23 2016 4384 842 36 -58 289 -244 23 2017 4407 878 36 -58 290 -245 23 2018 4430 913 36 -59 292 -246 23 2019 4453 949 36 -59 293 -247 23 2020 4476 985 36 -59 295 -249 23 2021 4499 1022 36 -59 296 -250 23 2022 4523 1058 37 -60 298 -251 24 2023 4546 1095 37 -60 300 -253 24 2024 4570 1132 37 -60 301 -254 24 2025 4594 1169 37 -61 303 -255 24 2026 4618 1206 37 -61 304 -257 24 Projected Population Increase (2011 to 2026) 371 Project Population Increase from 2017 to 2026 236
Source: Office of National Statistics
Note: the figure for the female population in 2011 (top third column) was derived pro-rata from the Wiltshire 003 MSOA data.
The projection suggests that the population of Purton will grow by some 236 persons from 2017 to the end of the Plan period in 2026. It closely matches the growth forecast obtained from the simplistic approach of just projecting forward the historical population data for Purton.
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This forecast does not include the growth at Mouldon View or Ridgeway Farm, which although these developments are in the eastern side of the Parish, the housing counts towards Swindon toward Swindon numbers and not Wiltshire.
At the last census in 2011, the average occupancy rate for Purton was about 2.5 persons per household. On this basis it would suggest that at least an additional 94 houses will be needed by 2026 to meet the needs of the growing population in Purton.
Note ~ The population forecast in Table 4 is derived from the 2011 National Census data which is now six years ago and so could be considered to be out of date.
The latest data from the Office of National Statistics for Wiltshire 003 MSOA, which includes Purton and part of Lydiard Millicent, for mid-2015 shows the population was 6,231 representing a growth of 634 persons since 2011. This figure includes the growth at Ridgeway Farm and Mouldon View which has not been included in the forecast for Purton as these developments are attributable to Swindon housing numbers and therefore its growth.
So Purton’s forecast growth for the same period but excluding Ridgeway Farm and Mouldon View is about 90 persons, a difference of 544 persons compared to Wiltshire 003 MSOA which equates to a difference of about 218 houses. The vast majority of this difference is due to the developments at Ridgeway Farm and Mouldon View. Wiltshire’s Housing Land Availability report April 2015 shows that of the additional 900 houses planned for West Swindon, 335 have been completed at Mouldon View and Ridgeway Farm in this same timeframe. It would indicate that the population forecast used for Purton is still relevant.
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Annex 4 Types of Houses
Past experience indicates that often it is not the number of houses that have been a problem; rather it is the kind of houses built that has not always been appropriate. Whilst open market housing is just that (that is, anyone can buy, whoever they are, and wherever they are from) it does tend to have disenfranchised those from within the village. This is because the houses have been far too large and therefore of a price range outside that which is affordable by first-time local buyers, and too large for those (usually older residents) already in the village seeking to downsize, and liquidate some of their housing asset.
This is demonstrated in the adjacent 2011 Number of Bed Rooms Figure taken from the 2011 Census which shows that Purton has a higher 100% proportion at 31% of houses with four or 90% more bedrooms compared to the rest of 80% Wiltshire at 27% and nationally at 19% 70% 5 or more and correspondently at 2.7% has a lower 60% 4 bedrooms proportion of houses with two beds or 50% less than in Wiltshire at 32% and 3 bedrooms 40% 2 bedrooms nationally at 40%. 30% 1 bedroom This is supported by number of dwellings 20% 0 bedrooms in each of the Council tax bands for 10% properties in Purton. It shows that 0% Purton has a lower proportion of smaller Purton Wiltshire South England houses than other regions with only 20% West in the lower tax bands A and B. It suggests that there are a lower number of 2011 Dwelling by Council Tax Band homes suitable for first time buyers, 100% those on lower wages, affordable homes 90% and homes for downsizing than in the rest 80% Tax Band I of Wiltshire, the southwest or national in 70% Tax Band H England. Tax Band G 60% Tax Band F This continues to be seen in the housing 50% Tax Band E that has been built since 2006, for which 40% Tax Band D we have the data, and Table 5 below 30% Tax Band C shows the difference in numbers of three, Tax Band B four and five- bedroom-sized houses built 20% Tax Band A than one- or two- bed properties. Despite 10% a clear need expressed in the Purton 0% Housing Need Survey and reinforced in Purton Wiltshire South England West the Parish Plan 2014 and in the 2013 consultations for the Neighbourhood Plan for smaller, less expensive properties and bungalows infill spaces have been consumed by developers building properties that bring most profits.
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Table 5 Types of houses built since 2000 Type of Houses YEAR New "new" - Demolished 1 Bed 2 Bed 3 Bed 4 Bed 5 bed Houses "demolished" 2014 1 1 2 3 2 8 7
2013 1 3 3 2
2012 2 1 1 2
2011 1 4 5 5
2010 2 2 6 1 9 7
2009 1 2 2 2 6 5 17 16 2008 1 2 4 7 7
2007 2 1 3 6 6
2006 1 20 3 23 22
2001 - 2005 No data on planning applications available on line prior to 2006 Totals 8 2 10 33 25 10 80 72 Average/annum 0.9 0.2 1.1 3.7 2.8 1.1 8.9 8.0 Total Bedrooms - 2 20 99 100 50 - - Note: On some sites an existing house(s) may have been demolished to make way for the new houses, the far right hand column shows the number of new houses minus the number of houses demolished.
The difficulty that arises is how to encourage a house builder to build a small number of smaller houses on a finite piece of land which may not maximise the potential return. An argument yet to be tested is that given a choice that a certain parcel of land could be built upon, yet with only smaller houses, a builder may consider that 80% of something may be better than 100% of nothing.
An alternative would be to negotiate a certain number of smaller houses and one or two larger ones. This would be greater than the local need and may require perhaps five houses per year (four smaller ones and one larger one). Such a figure is not inconsistent with the findings of the recent Purton Parish Survey (2012) in which 55% thought the number of houses during the next five years should be no more than 20.
This then leads to the perennial dilemma whether to build inside or outside the settlement boundary. In the recent Survey, 82% were against building new housing in the countryside with the majority (some were against any new housing) favouring infill only. Interestingly, 17% favoured first-time-buyer houses; 12% warden-controlled bungalows; and 10% single dwellings.
Two comments arise from these findings:
When a housing developer was asked specifically and directly to provide bungalows at an exhibition (designed to persuade villagers to be sympathetic to the development) the developer refused stating it was uneconomic; and In recent infill developments very few of the builds have had the mix of homes for the identified need (see Table 4 and Annex 5).
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What is known from the planning applications submitted during the recent years is that developers are willing to countenance some first-time buyer new builds if they are able to build a larger development. This provides the conundrum: we want first-time-buyer homes and bungalows yet these can only come with larger development, yet there are no large development sites within the village settlement boundary.
The neighbourhood plan has the potential to offer one or more sites for housing development over and above that required under the Strategy. Given that:
A realistic local need does exist for first-time buyer properties and bungalows; Infill-building, historically, has failed to provide adequate numbers of first-time buyer properties and bungalows; and Developers could be persuaded to build first-time buyer properties and bungalows if offered a larger housing development site.
…it is proposed that the neighbourhood plan should allocate a specific site, outside the existing settlement boundary, for a range of housing and specifically include first-time buyer properties and bungalows but that this site must be appropriate in terms of scale and location and must add functional value to the village (such as reducing traffic congestion, taking parked cars off the main roads and so on).
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Annex 5 Analyses of Infill Developments (types and sizes of houses built) since 2000
Application Proposal Status Registered Decision
1 Bed 1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed6 bed7 New Toatl Delta Site Demolish
2015 15/01053/FUL No Parish Bungalow Braydon Swindon Wiltshire SN5 0AG Erection Of Replacement Dwelling & Double Garage, Reposition VehiclularREGISTERED and Pedestrian06/02/2015 Access. (Revision of 14/10400/FUL) 1 1 1 2015 15/00819/LBC Pond Farm Pond Lane Purton Stoke Wiltshire SN5 4JE Conversion Of Agricultural Building To Single Dwelling REGISTERED 28/01/2015 1 1 1 2015 15/00752/FUL Pond Farm Pond Lane Purton Stoke Wiltshire SN5 4JE Conversion Of Agricultural Building To Single Dwelling REGISTERED 28/01/2015 0 0 2015 15/00587/FUL Forest View 29 Queen Street Braydon SN16 9RL Demolition of Existing Detached Garage & Erect Two Bay Garage & Workshop/StoreREGISTERED With 29/01/2015Ancillary Accommodation Above 1 1 1
2014 14/11832/FUL Windrush House 16 Upper Pavenhill Purton Swindon Wiltshire SN5Two 4DQ New Dwellings to Rear & New Garaging to Main Dwelling (ResubmissionREGISTERED Of 14/04723/FUL)18/12/2014 1 1 2 2 2014 14/11742/FUL Studio Cottage Hyde Lane Purton SN5 4DU Change of use of Self Contained Annexe to Seperate Dwelling, Loft ConversionFINAL DECISION Including 16/12/2014Dormer WindowsApprove and with Front Conditions Single Storey Extension.1 1 1 2014 14/10132/FUL Mardrea The Hyde Purton Swindon SN5 4DX Demolish Existing Dwelling, Erection Of Replacement Dwelling & DetachedREGISTERED Garage. 29/10/2014 1 1 1 0 2014 14/07664/FUL Western Villa 38 Station Road Purton Swindon Wiltshire SN5 4EN Erection of 2 Dwelling and Associated Works FINAL DECISION 14/08/2014 Approve with Conditions 2 2 2 2014 14/06789/FUL Land adjacent 11 Pear Tree Close Purton Swindon Wiltshire SN5 4HJNew Dwelling with Garage FINAL DECISION 15/08/2014 Approve with Conditions 1 1 1 2014 14/06026/FUL Manor Farm Church Street Purton Swindon Wiltshire SN5 4EB Conversion & Adaption of Existing Buildings to Provide Self Contained FINALDwelling DECISION & Detached27/06/2014 Garage Approve with Conditions 1 1 1
2013 N/13/01656/FUL 35A THE HYDE, PURTON, WILSHIRE, SN5 4EA Erection of Dwelling (Resubmission of 13/00437/FUL) FINAL DECISION 10/06/2013 Approve with Conditions 1 1 1 2013 N/13/00983/FUL Land adj 11 Peartree Close, Purton, Wiltshire, SN5 4ER Erect 2 Detached Dwellings, Garages & Associated Works FINAL DECISION 10/04/2013 Approve with Conditions 2 2 2 2013 N/13/00507/FUL 22 STATION ROAD, PURTON, SN5 4EN Erection of Five Dwellings, Access & Parking (Resubmission of 09/01848/FUL)REGISTERED 26/02/2013 0 0 2013 N/13/00244/FUL 8 Willowbrook & Ashgrove House, Purton, Wiltshire, SN5 4AG Demolition of Existing Dwelling and Erection of New Building & Link toFINAL Adjacent DECISION Nursing Home.29/01/2013 Approve with Conditions1 0 -1
2012 N/12/02232/FUL Land Rear of 6 Upper Pavenhill, Purton, Wiltshire, SN5 4DQ Erection of 2 Bedroom Bungalow (Revision of N/11/02331/FUL) FINAL DECISION 07/08/2012 Approve with Conditions1 1 1 0 2012 N/12/01074/FUL SHEPHERDS HOUSE, CRICKLADE ROAD, PURTON, SWINDON, SN5 4HSErection of Detached Dwelling and Garage Following Demolition of ExistingFINAL Dwelling DECISION and23/04/2012 Garage (RenewalApprove of 08/01918/FUL)with Conditions1 1 1 0
2011 N/11/04074/FUL Land to the Rear of The New Greyhound, 70 Pavenhill, Purton, Wiltshire,Erection SN5 of 4DA 2 Detached Dwellings and Carport/Store & Associated WorksFINAL DECISION 15/12/2011 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2011 N/11/03965/FUL 7 LOCKS LANE, PURTON, SN5 4HD Convert existing detached outbuilding to annexe FINAL DECISION 10/01/2012 Approve with Conditions 1 1 1 2011 N/11/03186/FUL PLOT 1, STONELEA, HIGH STREET, PURTON, WILTSHIRE SN5 4AD Erection of One Dwelling & Double Garage (Revision of 09/01225/REM)FINAL DECISION 27/09/2011 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2011 N/11/02978/FUL MARDREA, THE HYDE, PURTON, SN5 4DX Erection of 4 no. Detached Houses FINAL DECISION 05/09/2011 Approve with Conditions 4 4 4 2011 N/11/02331/FUL Land Rear of 6 Upper Pavenhill, Purton, Wiltshire, SN5 4DQ Erection of 2 Bedroom Bungalow FINAL DECISION 28/07/2011 Approve with Conditions 0 0
2010 N/10/04414/FUL 55 PAVENHILL, DOGRIDGE, PURTON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 4BZ Redevelopment Involving Demolition of Existing Dwellinghouse and ErectionFINAL DECISION of 7 Dwellinghouses26/11/2010 andApprove Associated with Works. Conditions1 2 5 7 6 2010 N/10/02012/FUL 34 Purton Stoke, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 4JE Replacement Dwelling & Erection of Garage FINAL DECISION 09/06/2010 Approve with Conditions1 1 1 0 2010 N/10/00454/FUL Land Adjacent to Hyde View House, Plot 2, The Hyde, Purton, Wiltshire,Proposed SN5 9EADetached House & Garage for Plot 2 (Revised design of HouseFINAL & Garage DECISION Approved08/02/2010 Under 06/02432/FUL)Approve with Conditions 1 1 1 2010 N/10/00119/REM LAND AT STONELEA, HIGH STREET, PURTON, PURTON, SN5 4AD Erection of 4 No. Dwellings (Reserved Matters - Landscaping) FINAL DECISION 14/01/2010 Approve with Conditions 0 0
2009 N/09/01917/S73A THE NEW GREYHOUND, PAVENHILL, PURTON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 4DA Conversion of Public House into Two 2 Bed Apartments and Two 3 Bed FINALApartments DECISION & Alterations10/11/2009 (RevisionApprove of 05/02661/FUL) with Conditions1 2 2 4 3 2009 N/09/01848/FUL 22 STATION ROAD, PURTON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 4EN Erection of Five Dwellings FINAL DECISION 23/11/2009 Approve with Conditions 3 2 5 5 2009 N/09/01364/FUL Land to the rear of 21 Upper Pavenhill, Purton, Wiltshire, SN5 4DQ Erection of 2 Dwellings and Associated Works (Amendment to siting ofFINAL Plot 1) DECISION 30/07/2009 Approve with Conditions 2 2 2 2009 N/09/01338/FUL 21-23 UPPER PAVENHILL, PURTON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 4DQ Proposed Alterations to Provide One Bedroom Dwelling and Single StoreyFINAL Rear DECISION Extension28/07/2009 and ConservatoryApprove on with Existing Conditions House1 1 1 2009 N/09/01225/REM STONELEA, HIGH STREET, PURTON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 4AD Erection of Four Dwellings, Private Drive & Associated Garages. FINAL DECISION 13/07/2009 Approve with Conditions 3 1 4 4 2009 N/09/00476/FUL LAND TO REAR OF 21 UPPER PAVENHILL, PURTON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 4DQErection of Two Detached Dwellings and Associated Works FINAL DECISION 19/03/2009 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2009 N/09/00384/FUL THE NEW GREYHOUND, PAVENHILL, PURTON, SWINDON, WILTSHIREErection SN5 4DA of a Coach House to Form 1 Flat with 4 No Car Parking Spaces BelowFINAL DECISION 13/03/2009 Approve with Conditions1 1 1
2008 N/08/01372/COU Widham Grove, Widham, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4EW Change of Use of Outbuilding to self contained Annexe FINAL DECISION 16/06/2008 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2008 N/08/01222/FUL THE GHOST TRAIN, NEW ROAD, PURTON, SWINDON, SN5 4HF Change of Use of Former Public House (The Ghost Train) and Conversion,FINAL Alteration DECISION & Extension19/05/2008 to ProvideApprove 4 Residential with Conditions Properties 1 3 4 4 2008 N/08/00873/FUL LAND REAR OF, 21 UPPER PAVENHILL, PURTON, PURTON, SN5 4DQ Erection of Two Detached 5 Bed Dwellings and Associated Works FINAL DECISION 07/04/2008 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2008 N/08/00794/FUL 17 THE PEAK, PURTON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 4AT Erection of Dwelling to Form Terrace of Three Properties FINAL DECISION 16/04/2008 Approve with Conditions 1 1 1 2008 N/08/00745/FUL 6 COLLEGE ROAD, PURTON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 4AR Erection of Detached Dwelling after Demolition of Existing Garage FINAL DECISION 28/03/2008 Approve with Conditions 1 1 1 2008 N/08/00450/LBC 3 HIGH STREET, PURTON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 4AA Partial Demolition and Rebuilding of Coach House; Single Storey ExtensionFINAL and DECISION Alterations22/02/2008 in AssociationApprove with with Conversion Conditions to Dwelling 1 1 1 2008 N/08/00449/COU 3 HIGH STREET, PURTON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 4AA Partial Demolition and Rebuilding of Coach House; Single Storey ExtensionFINAL and DECISION Alterations22/02/2008 to Form Three/FourApprove with Bedroom Conditions Dwelling and Garage 0 0
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Annex 5 Analyses of Infill Developments (types and sizes of houses built) since 2000 ~ continued
Application Proposal Status Registered Decision
1 Bed 1 bed2 bed3 bed4 bed5 bed6 bed7 New Toatl Delta Site Demolish
2007 N/07/02541/FUL Bury Hill Farm, Braydon, Nr. Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 0AD Resubmission for amendments to approved scheme for conversion of barnFINAL to DECISION residential 20/09/2007use (revisedApprove access and with some Conditions windows/doors1 repositioned as enclosed plans 1 1 2007 N/07/02413/OUT Land at Stonelea, High Street, Purton, Wilts SN5 4AD Outline for the Erection of Four Dwellings (revision to 06.03281.OUT) FINAL DECISION 05/09/2007 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2007 N/07/02101/FUL Land at Chewton House (Hyde Lane Frontage), Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire,Erection SN5of 2 4DSDwellings with Associated Garages, Landscaping and VehicularFINAL Access DECISION (Revision02/08/2007 of 06.02225.FUL)Approve with Conditions 2 2 2 2007 N/07/02078/OUT WINDTOP, UPPER PAVENHILL, PURTON, PURTON, SN5 4DQ Outline Application for 1 Single Storey Dwelling at Rear of 6A PavenhillFINAL and Creation DECISION of Access07/04/2008 ThroughApprove Part of with 6A's ConditionsLand 1 1 1 2007 N/07/01734/REM LAND ADJ ROSANDA, 21 THE HYDE, PURTON, PURTON, SN5 4DY Erection of Detached Dwelling FINAL DECISION 25/06/2007 Approve with Conditions 1 1 1 2007 N/07/01479/FUL Land at Rear of 65,66 & 67 Pavenhill, Purton, Wiltshire Erection of New Dwelling and Three Parking Spaces for Numbers 65 & 67FINAL Pavenhill DECISION 25/05/2007 Approve with Conditions 1 1 1 2007 N/07/01085/REM LAND TO REAR OF, 21 UPPER PAVENHILL, PURTON, WILTSHIRE SN5 4DQReserved Matters for Landscaping FINAL DECISION 25/04/2007 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2007 N/07/00088/OUT Land Adj Rosenda, 21 The Hyde, Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 9DYErection of Detached Dwelling (Outline) FINAL DECISION 11/01/2007 Approve with Conditions 0 0
2006 N/06/02432/FUL Land Adj Hyde View House, The Hyde, Purton, Wiltshire, SN5 9EA, Erection of Two Houses with Detached Double Garages FINAL DECISION 22/09/2006 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2006 N/06/01864/FUL Land To Rear Of, 22 & 23 Highridge Close, Purton, Swindon, SN5 9BSErection Of Two Detached Bungalows And Detached Garage FINAL DECISION 13/07/2006 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2006 N/06/01829/FUL 64 Pavenhill, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4DA Redevelopment of Site for Four Dwellings with Access and Associated FINALWorks DECISION 20/07/2006 Approve with Conditions1 2 2 4 3 2006 N/06/00848/REM Land At College Road, Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 4AR, , Details of Four Bed Detached House FINAL DECISION 29/03/2006 Approve with Conditions 1 1 1 2006 N/06/00695/FUL Land At, 24 Upper Pavenhill, Purton, Swindon, SN5 9DQ Erection of Replacement Dwelling (Amendment of 04.00452.S73) FINAL DECISION 14/03/2006 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2006 N/06/00694/REM 21 Upper Pavenhill, Purton, Swindon, SN5 9DQ Reserved Matters Application, Erection of Dwelling FINAL DECISION 14/03/2006 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2006 N/06/00459/FUL 12 The Hyde, Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 9DY Erection of Single Storey Extension to Rear (Revision to 05/01666/FUL) FINAL DECISION 16/02/2006 Approve with Conditions 0 0 2006 N/06/00060/FUL Pavenhill Garage , High Street, Purton, Swindon, SN5 9BN Demolition of Garage/Workshop and Erection of Eighteen 2 and 3 BedroomFINAL Houses DECISION and Associated10/01/2006 CarApprove Parking. with Conditions 18 18 18 2006 N/06/00027/FUL Pear Tree Cottage, 23 Wood Lane, Braydon, Swindon, SN5 0AH Adaptation and Extension of Former Cottage as Self-Contained DwellingFINAL including DECISION New Access20/02/2006 Approve with Conditions 0 0 Totals per Annum 2006-2014 8 2 10 33 25 10 0 0 80 72 Averages per annum 2006-2014 0.9 0.2 1.1 3.7 2.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 8.9 8.0
Note - From 2001 to 2014 inclusive there have been 1,357 planning applications for the parish of Purton, on average 104 applications per annum. However these applications cover the whole spectrum from building new houses, to extensions, adding conservatories, and pruning and removing protected trees, change of land use to changes and repairs to listed building, only 118 applications were for new houses. After taking out the six applications for the developments at Moredon Bridge and Ridgeway Farm, which in practice meet the needs of Swindon not Purton, it leaves just 112 applications for Purton (on average 8.6 per annum).
The data on line from Wiltshire Council is only available for 2006 to 2014 inclusive so it was only possible to analyse 52 of the planning applications in detail. Furthermore, it should be noted there are a number of applications above which have been replaced by later applications, duplications or reserve.
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Annex 6 Sustainable Development ~ where next?
During the past few years there has been much talk about housing in terms of sustainable development and sustainable locations and it has been widely recognised that the restrictive nature of many planning practices has played a part in creating inconsistency that has held back sensitive and appropriate development and how an inflexible range of sustainability criteria has condemned many villages to a downward cycle of decline with services lost, as those who work in them cannot afford to live in them.
This issue has been admirably explored in the Government’s; The Taylor Review of Rural Economy and Affordable Housing 2008 which made many appropriate recommendations, two of which were:
Planning policy (the Planning Policy Statements) should be reviewed by the Government as a body to create a more coherent set, reducing apparent conflicts between interpretations of sustainability, and the means by which competing priorities are assessed, and by doing so aid consistent interpretation and application at the local and regional level; and
Planning policy (the Planning Policy Statements) should more clearly set out the requirement to take account of all three strands of sustainability in a balanced way, and to have a long term vision of the contribution that planning can make to enhancing sustainability economically, socially and environmentally in each and every community.
Several have called for sustainable development to be re-defined. Ten scientists have proposed a new architecture for sustainable development and published this in one of the foremost scientific journals, Nature: Policy: Sustainable development goals for people and planet12. The director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Johan Rockström, recently explained in a video13 why we must redefine sustainable development. There is a wide consensus that the notion of resilience is more appropriate when considering infrastructure development. Put simply, resilience is the ability to survive, recover from, and thrive in changing conditions (which could be flooding, prolonged drought, energy and food price hikes, natural disaster and so on) over foreseeable timescales. The key is to build resilient infrastructure in the village, and to build resilient communities.
House building which generates parking on roads, enlarges schools that cause traffic congestion, housing developments with no planned connections to major roads and thus cause rat-runs through villages, and creating strategic county waste management sites necessitating massive road hauling to a far corner of the county are all examples of poor spatial planning and lack of sustainability and resilience.
Notably, the Taylor Review argued that planning must not … assess communities as they are now, rather what they could be and we should be asking: …will this development enhance or decrease the sustainability of this community – balancing social, economic and environmental concerns?
12 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v495/n7441/full/495305a.html 13 http://www.stockholmresilience.org/21/research/research-videos/4-5-2013-redefining-sustainable- development.html
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Interestingly, the Taylor Review also noted that there is “…the requirement for the planning system to shake off a narrow approach to what we mean by sustainable (which often undermines longer-term sustainability) so that planning can help deliver a genuinely more sustainable, living, working countryside.”
Purton ~ Planning for the Future recognises this imperative and does just that and considers a range of potential housing and business locations and assesses them for their true potential and constraints against many social, economic and environmental criteria. In particular, it asks …will this development enhance or decrease the sustainability of this community – balancing social, economic and environmental concerns by looking at the Community Enhancements that a potential location could bring in terms of social inclusion (by proximity to services and facilities) economic growth (by ease of links to work) and environmental enhancement (not creating additional parking on roads for instance, not creating additional congestion, not fragmenting known biodiversity and habitats and so on).
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Annex 7 Potential Housing Locations and their Assessment
The population growth for the Parish of Purton projected in Annex 3 would suggest that there is a need for some additional new 94 houses between now and the end of the plan period in 2026 to meet the need of the Parish. It is expected that the majority of these additional houses would be built at the main village of Purton.
The Wiltshire Core Strategy categorises Purton as a Large Village and that any new development there should take the form of small housing sites within the settlement boundary of the village. The existing settlement boundary for the village of Purton is shown in blue in Figure A though it is currently under review by Wiltshire Council. The changes proposed to the settlement boundary in the draft Wiltshire Housing Allocations June 2017 are shown in red went out for consultation from the 14 July 2017 to 22 September 2017. The proposed changes are generally agreed though with two exceptions, the proposed settlement boundary cuts across St Marys Primary School and the exclusion of College Farmyard outside the settlement boundary.
Figure A Existing Settlement Boundary of the Village with Proposed Revisions
The Wiltshire Council Strategic Housing Land Assessment Analysis (SHLAA) in 2012 identified a numbers of sites that could support potential housing development at and around the village of Purton and provided the start for identifying where the additional housing required should go (Figure B). Wiltshire Council is in the process of updating the SHLAA and the Draft SHLAA 2015 version shown in Figure B has been sent to parish councils, though it has not yet been subject to
25 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future public consultation, it is being used for this analysis. Not all of the site details in the Draft SHLAA 2015 such as housing numbers and site names are as yet known.
Figure B Draft SHLAA 2015 housing locations identified by Wiltshire Council
Whilst the majority of these sites are outside the settlement boundary, those that are within the boundary and have yet to be developed could go toward supporting the additional housing needs of Purton.
Of the nine sites identified within the settlement boundary, there are three that cannot now be considered. They are: Site 82 Mardrea is no longer available, development of Site 88 Corner Site (Peartree Close) has commenced and Site 89 Blake House has been built out.
Of the other six sites within the settlement boundary, they have the potential for approximately 75 houses at the locations listed below:
Part Site 66 - Derelict Cottage Farm (known as College Farm) 0.64 ha Site 91 - Land at Northcote 0.62 ha Site 3316 - three sites in Dogridge 0.24 ha Site 3318 - Hooks Hill 0.53 ha Land at North View 0.36 ha Former Youth Centre 0.27 ha
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These six sites together with windfall sites have the potential to meet much of Purton’s future housing needs but not all and therefore an additional site or sites outside the settlement boundary need to be examined to fill the housing need.
Further, since the sites within the settlement boundary are relatively small, it is unlikely that any will be able to provide the range and types of housing such as affordable housing, properties for first time buyers, those on lower wages, smaller properties for those wishing to downsize and properties suitable for older people including bungalows that are needed in Purton that has been identified in Annex 4.
Consequently this means having to look outside the settlement boundary for an appropriate site or area which could best provide for a housing development of up to 40 houses and which will have a minimal adverse impact whilst adding functional value to the village. A site is required which can provide a range of housing from affordable housing, houses for first-time buyers, smaller properties for those who wish to downsize and properties suited to older persons including bungalows. The issue is how best to evaluate the suitability and sustainability of these sites within the context of the parish requirements.
Parish life is becoming ever more fraught by the following challenges; flooding in the same places year after year preventing easy access to and from the village, the lack of off-road parking in certain parts of the parish, particularly near to shops, creating nuisance for neighbours, the lack of enforcement for planning breaches which undermines trust, and so on. Each challenge has consequences far beyond its immediate impact.
The current planning criteria are largely irrelevant when trying to judge if a housing application is appropriate. They merely state whether or not it passes a certain macro test (for example does it impact an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). Either it is “yes” or “no”. Whatever the answer, it is not balanced with other tests that contribute to sustainability and resilience. The more tests that are co-weighted the more likely is a decision to be robust (that is, if one aspect of a development is less beneficial another part may outweigh that).
By incorporating many more criteria it is possible to concentrate on those which are vital for a successful and sustainable outcome. This cuts out most of the usual yet irrelevant tests and allows critical needs (e.g. distance14 to shops, allotments, surgery, community venues, religious places) to be assessed and weighted using whatever characteristics as necessary and, further, to integrate these mutual interactions to obtain an overall assessment of their resulting effect in terms of sustainability (see Annex 6 for explanation of why resilience should be the aim of all infrastructure development).
This means the impact of a house or housing cluster in a particular location can be visualised and its effect can be assessed for more consequences than if simply tested (yes/no) against the usual criteria.
How does this work in practice?
In the assessment below (Figure 3):
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(a) A list of criteria by which to judge a housing location has been created (the list could be as short or long and comprise as few or as many criteria as necessary);
(b) Each criterion is scored (Initial Rating) according to some physical (e.g. in metres) or other attribute (e.g. availability of access);
(c) Then each criteria is assessed on how important it is (e.g. the proximity to a vet for instance) or the likelihood that it will add any value to the village, beyond the housing function itself (see Criteria Importance column); and
(d) For each criterion, a score is developed by multiplying the Initial Rating and the Criteria Importance; these scores are totalled and then averaged to give an overall value (of sustainability or benefits).
Figure 3 Example Assessment
Site 123: Example Site 3.6 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 2054 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1223 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1639 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 688 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 1862 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 940 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1660 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1171 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 918 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 1287 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1163 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 918 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1171 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1091 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 2214 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 1219 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 1 3 no yes m 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
Note: Community enhancement criteria comprises five elements: (1) proximity to services, (2) ease of accessing links to work, (3) reducing on-road parking (4) reducing through traffic congestion and (5) biodiversity enhancement. The initial rating score is based on 1 if there are none or one of these elements, 2 if there are two or three and 3 if there are four or more.
Each housing location can then be assessed in a transparent way, by one or twenty or more criteria by different people, criteria can be added (there is no real limit) and the importance of each criterion can be modified according to a range of different perspectives (older person’s view, young person’s view and so on).
Wiltshire Council is required by national planning policy to prepare and maintain a Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) on an annual basis. The SHLAA is an essential part of the evidence base requirements for the preparation of Development Plan Documents, now
28 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future known as “Local Development Plans”) in terms of assisting with the appraisal of potential housing locations. In maintaining the SHLAA, the Council has already asked for landowners and agents to submit potential development sites for appraisal.
To date, the Council has received more than 1,000 such sites throughout Wiltshire. It is important to note that these SHLAA sites have no a priori status in planning terms and should not be viewed as specific allocations of land for confirmed future housing development. They are merely land plots that could become available. The various potential (SHLAA) housing locations that have been identified throughout the parish are shown in Figure B above.
Most of the identified SHLAA sites lie outside either existing or proposed settlement boundaries (as shown in Figure A). Having said that, housing applications will still be made by developers for locations outside the settlement boundary.
Table 6 indicates the potential locations that are still available for development from the Wiltshire Council draft SHLAA 2015 that have been assessed based on the approach described above:
Table 6 SHLAA Locations15 LOCATIONS SHLAA LOCATIONS SHLAA Ref. Ref. Derelict Cottage Farm 66 Land at Hansells Farm 450 "Land around Locks Lane" 86 Land at Restrop Road 470 Land at Northcote 91 Land Rear of Jewels Ash 1120 "Land at Mopes Lane" 109 Land at Locks Lane 2046 Land North of Pavenhill 435 "Land around Witts Lane" 3194 Land off Willis Way 440 "Land at Dogridge" 3316 Widham Farm 442 "Hooks Hill" 3318 Land to the Rear of Purton Court No. 3 443 Land North West of Purton 3165 Land at Hansells Farm 2 446 "Land behind Ringsbury" 3469 "Land off Mopes Lane" 447 Land at North View - Land off Station Road 448 Former Youth Club -
Annex 8 contains the individual assessments for the locations in Table 6 against twenty three different criteria identified in Table 7:
Table 7 Evaluation Criteria Distance to shops Distance to bus stop Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school Distance to surgery Distance to dentist Distance to church Distance to chapel Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council Distance to the Silver Threads Distance to vet Distance to library Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) Distance to The Angel Distance to The Royal George Proximity to allotments
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Potential flooding Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view Potential to adversely affect the character or Good access setting of heritage assets Within, or in close proximity to, a designated Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer Community Enhancements (proximity to services, ease of accessing links to work, reducing on- road parking and/or through traffic congestion, and biodiversity enhancement).
Note: (i) Distances from a Site to the various facilities within the village are evaluated against the suggested acceptable walking distances from table 3.2 “Guidelines for Providing for Journeys on Foot 2000” published by Institution of Highways and Transportation.
(ii) Best One Shop and the Post Office in Lower Square have both been closed for over 12 months. Though the Co-op says it is committed to opening a store in Purton it must be considered unlikely now that the Co-op is divesting itself of small stores. The Post Office has stated that due to the length of time the branch has been closed, they would need to satisfy themselves that any new opportunity would be sustainable. Both have been removed from the evaluation criteria.
In the assessment undertaken of all of the sites identified in Wiltshire Council’s the SHLAA 2012 and Draft SHLAA 2015, the numbers of house for each site have been taken from the SHLAA or where they have not be defined in the SHLAA, they have been calculated using the same methodology as used defined in the SHLAA Methodology (September 2011). This is based on 30 houses per hectare at 90% utilisation for sites with a gross area up to 0.4ha, 80% for sites from 0.4 to 2.0ha and 75% for sites 2ha and 10ha.
The actual numbers of houses that can be provided at each site have been derived from the detailed assessment undertaken in Annex 8 and may differ from those quoted in the SHLAA numbers.
Annex 8 outlines some of the more detailed considerations for each site based on current knowledge and should be used to inform future planning decisions.
Annex 10 contains information related to local biodiversity which needs to be taken into account. Of particular interest is the Natural England map indicating potential risk to designated conservation areas and key habitats or species. There are no biodiversity designated conservation areas, key habitats or species within the vicinity of the proposed allocated housing land that trigger the requirement to consult with Natural England on likely risks, since the housing is not more than 50 dwellings (the trigger number).
Annex 11 identifies the Ancient Monuments and listed buildings situated within the parish. There are a total four ancient monuments and 78 listed buildings. These have been taken into account when assessing the impact of the potential sites identified in the SHLAA has on the heritage assets of Purton. The data supplied by English Heritage and the Ordinance Survey contain four errors in their location data but these have been corrected in the analysis of the respective sites in Annex 8.
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Table 8 Rating of the Potential Housing Locations
Sites within the Settlement Boundary SHLAA SHLAA Location Rating Location Rating Ref. Ref. Land at North View - 5.0 "Land at Dogridge" 3316 4.7 Land at Northcote 91 4.9 "Hooks Hill" 3318 4.6 Derelict Cottage Farm Former Youth Club - 4.9 66 4.1 (College Farm)
Of these six sites, they include the four sites from the SHLAA comprising: Site 66 Derelict Cottage Farm (College Farm), Site 91 Land at Northcote, Site 3316 Land at Dogridge and Site 3318 Hooks Hill, together with the two additional sites: the Former Youth Club and Land at North View are within the existing Settlement Boundary but not included the SHLAA.
None of these sites have the potential space to offer a development of sufficient size to encourage the required range and mix of dwellings to meet the identified needs of the village. Any development at Hooks Hill would replace the existing building and thus is unlikely to provide any net increase in the total number of dwellings.
Sites outside the Settlement Boundary SHLAA SHLAA Location Rating Location Rating Ref. Ref. Land at Restrop 470 4.6 Land at Hansells Farm 450 3.7 Land off Willis Way 440 4.6 "Land around Locks Lane" 86 3.6 Land off Station Road 448 4.3 "Land behind Ringsbury" 3469 3.4 Land to Rear of Purton 443 3.7 Land at Locks Lane 2046 3.4 Court No 3 Widham Farm 442 3.7 Land North West of Purton 3165 3.1 Land at Hansells Farm 2 446 3.7 "Land around Witts Lane" 3194 3.1 Land Rear of Jewels Ash 1129 3.7 "Land at Mopes Lane" 109 2.8 Land North of Pavenhill 3.7 "Land off Mopes Lane" 2.8
The rating of the sites undertaken in Annex 8 is for each of the sites outside the Settlement Boundary relative to each other and not against an absolute standard.
Of all the sites outside the Settlement, the three rated most highly were: Site 470 Land at Restrop, Site 440 Land at Willis Way and Site 448 Land off Station Road. The large Site 448 Land off Station Road has the potential to accommodate up to 95 houses but as it is predominately in open countryside and not within reasonable walking distance of the main shops or surgery; development of the whole site should be discouraged.
Site 470 Land off Restrop Road has few constraints and has the potential to provide a development of sufficient size to encourage a range of dwellings, though it only has the potential to accommodate up to 35 houses. The adjoining Site 440 Land off Willis Way is larger, capable of
31 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future providing up to 80 houses, but as it extends significantly south of the natural line of the village into open countryside, development of the whole site should be discouraged.
However some of this site could be used to augment the preferred Site 470 provided that the southern boundary of the joined sites was limited to a line extended from Battlewell across to Kibblewhite Close. The combination of the two sites would provide more than sufficient space for a development of 40 houses without having too great an impact on the natural line of the village or the nearby heritage sites at Restrop House, Mud Lane or Ringsbury Camp.
Any development of this site must allow access to the east for future development and to provide the potential to provide a stepping stone to reducing traffic flows through the village to the schools. The development itself does not do this immediately though should be planned so that the potential is retained there for the future.
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Annex 8 Individual Assessments for the SHLAA Locations
Summary of the Site Ratings
Land at North View 5.0 Site 446: Land at Hansells Farm 2 3.7 Site 91: Land at Northcote 4.9 Site 1120: Land Rear of Jewels Ash 3.7 Former Youth Club 4.9 Site 436: Land North of Pavenhill 3.7 Site 3316: "Land at Dogridge" 4.7 Site 450: Land at Hansells Farm 3.7 Site 3318: "Hooks Hill" 4.6 Site 86: "Land around Locks Lane" 3.6 Site 470: Land at Restrop 4.6 Site 3469: "Land behind Ringsbury" 3.4 Site 440: Land off Willis Way 4.6 Site 2046: Land at Locks Lane 3.4 Site 448: Land off Station Road 4.3 Site 3165: Land North West of Purton 3.1 Site 66: Derelict Cottage Farm (College Farm) 4.1 Site 3194: "Land around Witts Lane" 3.1 Site 443: Land to Rear of Purton Court No 3 3.7 Site 109: "Land at Mopes Lane" 2.8 Site 442: Widham Farm 3.7 Site 447: "Land off Mopes Lane" 2.8
Extract from Wiltshire Council 2015 Draft SHLAA Map
Note: the numbers of houses for each Site is taken from Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA. It identifies the potential capacity of the site if it is considered viable. No site specific viability assessment has been undertaken by Wiltshire Council, but rather the cumulative viability has been assessed for each Community Area using the viability proportion. Where there was no housing numbers available in the SHLAA, the capacity of the houses have been calculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011).
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Part Site 66: College Farm (Derelict Cottage Farm)
Listed Buildings: Grade II* Grade II N
Part Site 66
0 50 M
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Site Rating
Site 66: Derelict Cottage Farm (College Farm) 4.1 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Within the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 712 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 332 3 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 495 3 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 92 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 721 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 45 3 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 803 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 163 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 303 3 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 134 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 10 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 277 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 413 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 70 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 1015 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 245 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
16 Capacity calculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) based on 30 houses per hectare at 80% utilisation for sites with a gross area between 0.4ha and 2.0ha.
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Site Analysis
1. The site is within the Settlement Boundary and within the Conservation Area of the village. 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: The Site used to be the farm yard for the adjoining College Farmhouse. It is situated in the Conservation Area and sits on the brow of the escarpment that runs along the north side of the Village and around to Ringsbury Camp in the west. The heritage assets include the Granary (List Entry 1356022) built in 1754 which is located in the southwest corner of the site adjacent to Purton High Street and the College Farmhouse adjoining the site to the west, which is now a separate dwelling from the Farm. The Grade II* Farmhouse (List Entry 1198361) dates from around the seventeenth century and is built of limestone rubble with a stone slate roof. It has two storeys, a cellar and attics and 5 window bays. Attached to the north end of the Farmhouse is the Outbuilding (List Entry 1023177) built in sixteenth-seventeenth century of limestone rubble with a stone slate roof. At the front of the Farmhouse is the Gateway (List Entry 1198379) within roadside wall, C17, built of limestone ashlar in rubble walling. Originally owned by the Hyde family, Edward Hyde become the Earl of Clarendon and was a highly significant figure in the national life of the 17th century, and grandfather to two Queens of the United Kingdom. It became College Farm House in 1736 when it was acquired by Worcester College, Oxford. Development could have the potential to affect the settings of the heritage assets on this Site and of the adjoining College Farmhouse but it would provide an opportunity to remove the disused and dilapidated farm buildings and revitalise this prominent site in the middle of the village. To avoid affecting the settings of the heritage assets, as part of any planning application consideration should be given to setting development back to the rear (north) of the site behind College Farmhouse, i.e. from the rear (north) boundary wall but no further forward than a line across the Site extended from the rear garden wall of College Farmhouse or the existing hay barn behind College Farmhouse (see map below). It would reduce the area for development from 0.64 hectares to about 0.44 hectares with a maximum potential of 11 houses.
N Listed Buildings: Grade II* Grade II Site Boundary
College Farm Limit of Development
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The trees around the Granary and along the side of College Farmhouse to be retained and the front of the site leading up to the High Street to remain an open green space to retain the aspects of the Site presented to the High Street. The unlisted building in the opposite corner of the Site bordering the High Street and the footpath to be retained and incorporated into the any new development. The existing form of development along the High Street should be reflected in any new development and not to be greater than two storeys high. Materials from the stone wall along the High Street to be retained and used if the exit splay needs to be increased. 3. Potential to Flooding: None. 4. Impact on View: The Site sits on the lower end of the escarpment and would impact the visual sensitive skyline that runs around the north and west of the village. Housing to the northern border to be two storeys or less to minimise impact of the skyline. 5. Access: Site access is poor and the visibility splay would need to be increased. Any modifications would need to take into account the historic nature of the Rubble Wall on the south side of the Site bordering the High Street. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site may have bats and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. The site is known to be visited by deer. 7. Community Enhancements: None since it has poor access, would remove a notable view point from the High Street, has no proximity to services, ease of accessing links to work, would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 86: “Land around Locks Lane”
N
Site 86
0 50 M
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The Site is located on the south side of Locks Lane where it joins almost at the far end of Witts Lane. The gross area of the site is approximately 0.11 hectare and has the potential to accommodate up to 3 houses17.
Site Rating
Site 86: "Land around Locks Lane" 3.6 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 2054 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1223 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1639 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 688 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 1862 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 940 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1660 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1171 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 918 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 1287 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1163 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 918 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1171 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1091 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 2214 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 1219 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 1 3 no yes m 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
17 Capacity recalculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) based on 30 houses per hectare at 90% utilisation for sites with a gross area up to 0.4ha.
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Site Analysis
1. The site is within the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None, see map. 3. Potential to Flooding: Although not in a flood zone, the site floods particularly by Rose Cottage, see Environmental Agency’s Surface Water Flood Map for Purton. Development would need to show how flood mitigation measures would prevent flooding and would alleviate flooding in surrounding sites. 4. Impact on View: None. 5. Access: Poor, access is onto the narrow Locks Lane, a private road, which leads to Witts Lane which is also narrow from its middle to far end. Development would need to show how flood mitigation measures would prevent further flooding and would help alleviate flooding in surrounding sites. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is not known to be visited by badgers, great crested newts, bats or deer. 7. Community Enhancements: None, opens onto a dirt track which opens onto a single track road, experiences severe flooding has no proximity to services, would add to the existing problem of on-road parking, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 91: Land at Northcote
Listed Buildings: Grade II* Grade II N
Site 91
0 50 M
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The Site is located south side of Purton High Street immediately opposite Purton War Memorial. The area of the site is 0.62 hectare and has the potential capacity accommodate up to 15 houses.
Site Rating
Site 91: Land at Northcote 4.9 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Within the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 619 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 441 3 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 351 3 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 239 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 574 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 192 3 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 950 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 310 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 450 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 281 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 157 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 424 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 560 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 217 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 932 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 392 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 3 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
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Site Analysis
1. The site is within the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: The front (northern side) of the Site borders along the High Street with the Conservation Area and a number of heritage assets opposite. These include the Purton War Memorial (List Entry 1352664) is directly opposite across the High Street, which adjoins the seventeenth century Grade II* College Farmhouse (List Entry 1198361), with its two storey Outbuilding (List Entry 1023177), the College Farm Gateway within the roadside wall (List Entry 1198379) and the Granary built in 1754 (List Entry 1356022). To preserve the setting of the War Memorial and adjoining heritage assets, as part of any planning application consideration should be given to retaining the frontage to the High Street consisting of the existing stone wall with its trees and bushes and to setting development back behind the existing Stone Building which is to be retained. The development to reflect the form of the houses situated around the site in terms of style, type, materials and density. 3. Potential to Flooding: None, the Site is in flood zone 1. 4. Impact on View: None, the site is surrounded on all sides by housing (which includes Purton War Memorial opposite). 5. Access: Good, access is onto the Layby/ High Street. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is not known to be visited by badgers, great crested newts, bats or deer. 7. Community Enhancements: Opens onto High Street with proximity to various services within walking distance though would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 109: Land at Mopes Lane
N Listed Buildings: Grade II
Site 109
0 50 M
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The Site is located at the far end of New Road north of the main Swindon to Gloucester railway line. The gross area of the site is 1.64 hectares and has the potential to accommodate up to 39 houses18.
Site Rating
Site 109: "Land at Mopes Lane" 2.8 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 2418 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1587 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 2003 1 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 714 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 2226 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 1304 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 2024 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1535 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 1282 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 1651 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1527 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 1282 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1535 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1455 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 2578 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 1583 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
18 Capacity calculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) based on 30 houses per hectare at 80% utilisation for sites with a gross area between 0.4ha and 2.0ha.
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: The Site borders on to a Grade II House at 33 New Road (List Entry 1283837) on its south eastern corner and will impact the setting of the House. The house is a two storey house built early to mid-nineteenth century with rendered limestone walls and a slate roof. Development to be set back from the southeast corner of the site and with a green buffer to retain the original setting of the house. 3. Potential to Flooding: Site has potential to flood due to the stream on its eastern side, see Environmental Agency’s Surface Water Flood Map for Purton. Development would need to show how flood mitigation measures would prevent flooding and would alleviate flooding in surrounding sites. 4. Impact on View: None, the site has houses on its eastern border the waste and recycling centre to the north and west with the railway running along it southern border. 5. Access: Access is into New Road which has a very narrow entrance from Cricklade Road where vehicles have to double back on themselves to enter New Road. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is not known to be visited by badgers, great crested newts, bats or deer. 7. Community Enhancements: None, it is remote to village services and promotes car travel would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 436: Land North of Pavenhill
Listed Buildings: Grade II N
Site 436
0 50 M 100 M
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The Site is located in open countryside on the west side of the village behind the houses north of Pavenhill. The gross area of the site is 1.32 hectares and has the potential to accommodate up to 30 houses.
Site Rating
Site 436: Land North of Pavenhill 3.7 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 492 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1475 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1556 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 821 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 903 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 1474 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 2235 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1596 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 1690 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 1305 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1435 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 1676 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1858 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1497 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 370 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 131 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None (see map). Whilst there are three historic assets on the corner of Pavenhill and Upper Pavenhill which comprise the seventeenth/eighteenth century Grade II South Pavenhill Farmhouse built of limestone rubble with a slate roof (List Entry 1198488) the adjoining Grade II Stables built in 1777 (List Entry 1356030) and a Grade II Granary built in 1767 (List Entry 1198494); they are 120 metres away from the site and separated by the houses along the eastern side of Upper Pavenhill. 3. Potential to Flooding: None, the Site is in flood zone 1. 4. Impact on View: None, the site is surrounded on three sides by housing and with allotments on the forth side. 5. Access: Access to the site is from Pavenhill which is a narrow road without pedestrian footpaths along much of its length (in the area shown). Traffic calming would be required to reduce traffic speeds and improve safety at the entrance to the Site but it may have the potential to affect the historic setting of South Pavenhill Farmhouse and its design would need careful consideration. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is known to be visited by badgers and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: None, it has poor road access, no safe pedestrian access to village, promotes car travel, known home range of at least two badger setts.
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Site 440: Land off Willis Way
N
Site 440
0 100 M
Date Created: 11-6-2016 | Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2016 Contains Ordnance Survey Data: Crown copyright and database right 2016 English Heritage The Site is located in open countryside south of the village adjoining Restrop Road to the east and linking round to Willis Way in the east. The gross area of the site is 3.56 hectares with a potential for up to 80 houses19 but to preserve the setting of the nearby Scheduled Monuments and heritage assets, potentially only 2.09 hectares would be available for a maximum of 47 houses4. Site Rating
Site 440: Land off Willis Way 4.6 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 386 3 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1023 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1104 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 264 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 584 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 1155 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1916 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1277 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 1371 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 986 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1116 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 1357 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1539 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1178 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 673 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 329 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 3 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 3 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
19 Capacity recalculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) based on 30 houses per hectare at 75% utilisation for sites with a gross area between 2ha and 10ha.
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: The Site is located on the southern edge of the village and extends into open countryside. It is approximately 670 metres from the historically important Scheduled Monument of Ringsbury Camp (reference 1018124), a multivallate hillfort from around 50 BC which is surrounded by an inner bank up to 5 metres high surrounded by ditch 3 metres deep and with an outer bank 2 metres high. Ringsbury Camp sits at the western end of the escarpment that surrounds the west and north of Purton with the nearest residential housing 450 metres northeast at Ringsbury Close. The Camp is primarily approached by footpaths through three ancient meadows from Battlewell/Restrop Road. Due to the terrain there is no inter-visibility between Ringsbury Camp and the Site. Southwest of the Site there are three listed buildings. Nearest is the Grade II* Restrop House (List Entry 1356026), a late century-early 17 century two storey house which is 276 metres from the site. 100 metres further on is a Mile Stone late eighteenth century-early nineteenth century (List Entry 1023186), reading Cricklade 5 miles and Wootton Bassett 3 miles. A further 120 metres is a two-storey Grade II Restrop Farmhouse built in the late eighteenth century- early nineteenth century of limestone rubble, mostly clad in diaper brickwork, and with a slate roof. Development of the Site may encroach on the lead-up to Ringsbury Camp, the visual setting of Restrop House and the entrance to the village. As part of any planning application, consideration should be given to keep development north of the existing natural line of the village to the east and west and following a line from Battlewell across the site to Kibblewhite Close (see Map below). It would reduce the area for development from 3.5 hectares to about 2.09 hectares with a maximum potential for 47 houses.
N
Land off Willis Way – Limit of Development
Battlewell Site Boundary
0 100 M
The existing form of development along Restrop Road should be reflected in any new development and not to be greater than two storeys high. Strategic landscaping of the southern boundary to be introduced to soften the outline of the development from the wider views towards the village but also to soften the visual relationship between the development and Restrop House.
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3. Potential to Flooding: None, the Site is in flood zone 1. 4. Impact on View: Impacts the open countryside to the south of the village. Limit development south beyond of a line drawn out from Battlewell to keep the development within the natural line of the village and plant of trees and hedges along the southern border to soften the development. 5. Access: Good, direct access onto the main Restrop Road but to mitigate the impact of traffic implement measures to reduce the speed of traffic on the main road where it enters the village to calm traffic and improve road safety. Potential opportunity to link into Willis Way at the other end of the site. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location triggers consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is known to be visited by badgers and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: Good potential access, proximity to village services, offers a future opportunity for a road to eventually reach the school, thus reducing High Street congestion at peak hours, has ease of accessing links to work, and could make some contribution to biodiversity enhancement.
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Site 442: Widham Farm
Listed Buildings: Grade II N
Site 442
0 50 M 100 M
Date Created: 11-6-2016 | Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2016 Contains Ordnance Survey Data: Crown copyright and database right 2016 English Heritage The Site is located towards the north of the village adjoining the main Swindon to Gloucester railway line and to the west of Stations Road. The gross area of the site is 5.74 hectares and has the potential for up to 129 houses but to preserve the setting of the two heritage assets at the front of the Site, potentially only 4.2 hectares would be available for a maximum of 94 houses20. Site Rating
Site 442: Widham Farm 3.7 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 1710 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 879 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1295 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 344 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 1518 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 596 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1316 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 827 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 574 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 943 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 819 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 574 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 827 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 747 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 1870 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 875 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 3 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
20 Capacity recalculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) based on 30 houses per hectare at 75% utilisation for sites with a gross area between 2ha and 10ha.
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: The Site is located the north of the village adjoining the main Swindon to Gloucester railway line and to the west of Stations Road and there are two heritage assets on the eastern side of the Site. The first is the seventeenth century Grade II Widham Farmhouse, a single storey farmhouse with attic, colour-washed stone with stone roof tiles located on the south-east corner of the site. The second Widham Grove is a mid-nineteenth century Grade II two storey house built with limestone square rubble and slate roof located on the north east corner of the site adjoining the main Swindon to Gloucester railway line. Development of the whole Site would encroach on the visual settings of Widham Farmhouse and Widham Grove. As part of any planning application, consideration should be given to setting development to the western side of the site behind the curtilage of Widham Farmhouse and Widham Grove and for the area between and to the front of the two houses to remain open land to retain the historic and the rural setting when entering the village over the railway bridge (see Map below). It would reduce the area for development from 5.74 hectares to about 4.2 hectares with a maximum potential for 94 houses. The existing form of development around the site should be reflected in any new development and not to be greater than two storeys high. The existing trees and hedges along the front (eastern) of the site to be retained and enhanced.
N Listed Buildings: Grade II
Widham Farm Limit of Development
Site Boundary
0 50 M 100 M
3. Potential to Flooding: Although not a designated flood zone, as a stream flows through the site, it floods along the length of the stream up to the western edge with Locks Lane across the site, see Environmental Agency’s Surface Water Flood Map for Purton. Development would need to
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show how flood mitigation measures would prevent flooding and would alleviate flooding in surrounding sites. 4. Impact on View: It is a pleasing open green space as one enters the village and associated with a listed building (which could look a lot better than it does currently). 5. Access: Good, access is into Station Road though traffic calming on Station Road would be required. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location triggers consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is known to be visited by great crested newts and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: None, it is prone to extensive surface flooding and would require urbanising road works to allow egress, has no proximity to services, ease of accessing links to work, would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 443: Land to Rear of Purton Court No 3
Listed Buildings: Grade II N
Site 443
0 50 M
Date Created: 11-6-2016 | Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2016 Contains Ordnance Survey Data: Crown copyright and database right 2016 English Heritage
The Site is located in open countryside just behind the Workmen’s Institute and Village Hall near the junction of the High Street and Station Road centre of the village. The gross area of the remaining site is 0.54 hectare and has the potential to accommodate up to 13 houses.
Site Rating
Site 443: Land to Rear of Purton Court No 3 3.7 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary yes no Distance to shops 1510 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 679 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1095 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 387 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 1318 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 396 3 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1116 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 627 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 374 3 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 743 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 619 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 374 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 627 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 547 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 1670 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 675 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None, see map. The Site is located on open fields behind the houses on Station Road and the High Street and does not border directly with or affect the settings of any of the five heritage assets located within 50 to 150 metres from the Site. The nearest is the Grade II Workmen’s Institute (List Entry 1356021) built by James Sadler in 1879-80 which is on the corner of the High Street and Station Road and is approximately 50 metres from the Site but separated by a green strip on land and other houses both west of Station Road and north of the High Street. The next nearest is the Grade II Purton Court (List Entry 1283885) built of coursed limestone rubble wand a stone slate roof in the mid eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. It is approximately 75 metres from the site, separated by a large garden and the rebuilt Coach House. Development of the site nevertheless should be kept in proportion to the houses built in the adjoining Willowbrook and Waite Meads Close. 3. Potential to Flooding: None, the Site is in flood zone 1. 4. Impact on View: Site opens onto open countryside and the start of the escarpment along the north side of the village. 5. Access: There is no direct access to this site except across other properties. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is not known to be visited by badgers, great crested newts, bats or deer. 7. Community Enhancements: None, it is an isolated site with no existing viable connection to nearby roads, has no proximity to services, would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 446: Land at Hansells Farm 2
N
Site 446
0 100 M 200 M 300 M
Date Created: 11-6-2016 | Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2016 Contains Ordnance Survey Data: Crown copyright and database right 2016 English Heritage
The Site is located in open countryside north of the main Swindon to Gloucester railway line and to the east of main Cricklade Road leading out of Purton. The gross area of the site is 11.03 hectare and has the potential to accommodate up to 90 houses.
Site Rating
Site 446: Land at Hansells Farm 2 3.7 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary yes no Distance to shops 1949 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1118 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1534 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 89 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 1757 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 835 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1555 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1066 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 813 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 1182 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1058 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 813 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1066 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 986 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 2109 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 1114 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation are: None, see map. 3. Potential to Flooding: None, the Site is in flood zone 1. 4. Impact on View: As one approaches the village, especially as one is rising towards the bridge, it is a quite striking vista and almost frames the entrance to the village, thus setting the rural context for the village. 5. Access: Problematic, access either via a widened single track lane Clardon Lane which runs along north edge of the Site or directly from the main Cricklade Road on the western side at the start of the railway bridge to the Site. Issue with the embankment from the bridge, the awkward junction/ chicane for New Road and there is insufficient room to widen the road to accommodate. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location triggers consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site may be visited by badgers and deer and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: None, it is too remote from village services, would promote car use would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 447: “Land off Mope Lane
Listed Buildings: Grade II N
Site 447
0 50 M
Date Created: 11-6-2016 | Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2016 Contains Ordnance Survey Data: Crown copyright and database right 2016 English Heritage
The Site is located north of the village at the end of New Road. The gross area of the site is approximately 0.18 hectares and has the potential to accommodate up to 5 houses21.
Site Rating
Site 447: "Land off Mopes Lane" 2.8 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 2428 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1598 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 2013 1 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 724 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 2236 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 1314 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 2034 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1545 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 1292 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 1661 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1537 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 1292 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1545 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1465 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 2588 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 1593 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
21 Capacity calculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) based on 30 houses per hectare at 90% utilisation for sites with a gross area up to 0.4ha.
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: The site surrounds a Grade II House at 33 New Road on its southwest border. The house is a two-storey house built early to mid-nineteenth century with rendered limestone walls and a slate roof. As part of any planning application consideration should be given to setting development back to the rear of the site away from the house. 3. Potential to Flooding: Potential to flood along the stream to the west side of the site, see Environmental Agency’s Surface Water Flood Map for Purton. Development would need to show how flood mitigation measures would prevent flooding and would alleviate flooding in surrounding sites. 4. Impact on View: None, the site is surrounded by houses and the small industrial to the north. 5. Access: Access to New Road which has a very narrow entrance from Cricklade Road where vehicles have to double back on themselves to enter New Road. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is not known to be visited by badgers, great crested newts, bats or deer. 7. Community Enhancements: None, it is too remote from village services, would promote car use, would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 448: Land off Station Road
Listed Buildings: Grade II N
Site 448
0 100 M 200 M
Date Created: 11-6-2016 | Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2016 Contains Ordnance Survey Data : Crown copyright and database right 2016 English Heritage
The Site is located on the east side of the village in open countryside. It is behind the houses along the east side of Station Road. The gross area of the site is 4.46 hectares and has the potential to accommodate up to 95 houses.
Site Rating
Site 448: Land off Station Road 4.3 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 1567 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 945 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1111 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 201 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 1375 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 453 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1173 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 684 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 431 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 800 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 676 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 431 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 684 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 604 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 1727 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 732 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 3 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None, see map. The Site is located behind the row of houses on the eastern side of Station Road. It is concealed from the heritage assets on Station Road and so has no direct t impact on these. The nearest is the Grade II Toll House (List Entry 1356029) which is 80 metres from the site at the closest point. It is located on Station Road opposite Collins Lane, it is an early nineteenth century cottage built of limestone rubble, partly rendered and with a slate roof. 3. Potential to Flooding: None, the Site is in flood zone 1. 4. Impact on View: None, though the site juts out into open countryside there is no major impact on any view around the Site. 5. Access: Depending on the implementation of the approved planning application for 5 houses at 22 Station Road, which is part of site 448, there is potentially good access to the remainder of the site from Station Road. With the potential for up to 95 houses, access would have to have good, take note of the turning almost opposite into Smiths Court have measures to mitigate the impact of traffic from the development and reduce the speed of traffic on the very busy and crowded main road to calm traffic and improve road safety. The only other access is via Collins Lane which is very narrow and has a poor exit onto Station Road is not recommended. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location triggers consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site may be visited by badgers and deer and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: None, its access is onto an already overloaded main road, is remote from village services, promotes car use, would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 450: Land at Hansells Farm
N
Site 450
0 100 M 200 M
Date Created: 11-6-2016 | Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2016 Contains Ordnance Survey Data : Crown copyright and database right 2016 English Heritage
The Site is located in open countryside north of the main railway line from Swindon to Gloucester and is next to the Cricklade Road leading north out of the village. The gross area of the site is 3.84 hectares and has the potential to accommodate up to 81 houses22.
Site Rating
Site 450: Land at Hansells Farm 3.7 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 2023 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1400 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1608 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 42 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 1831 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 909 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1647 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1140 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 887 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 1256 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1132 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 887 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1140 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1060 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 2183 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 1188 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 3 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
22 Capacity calculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) based on 30 houses per hectare at 75% utilisation for sites with a gross area between 2ha and 10ha. (SHLAA quoted capacity at 200)
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation are: None, see map. The nearest heritage asset is the seventeenth century Grade II* Pound Farmhouse (List Entry 1023175). It is a two storey farmhouse with attic built of limestone rubble with a stone slate roof. Pound Farmhouse is 240 metres along the Cricklade Road from the Site and is hidden from view the Hansell’s Farmhouse and outbuildings which are situated between them. 3. Potential to Flooding: The Site has some potential to flood north to south across the centre of the Site, see Environmental Agency’s Surface Water Flood Map for Purton. Development would need to show how flood mitigation measures would prevent flooding and would alleviate flooding in surrounding sites. 4. Impact on View: Loss of view into open rural countryside which frames the entrance to the village, it is opposite to Clardon and so one gets a sense of a rural context right as one approaches the village. 5. Access: Good access to the Site from a straight section of the main Cricklade Road. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location triggers consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site may be visited by badgers and/or deer and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: None, it is too remote from village services, would promote car use, would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement). .
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Site 470: Land at Restrop
N
Site 470
0 50 M
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The Site is located towards the west of the village, next to Red Gables Close, adjoins Restrop Road and is within 250 metres of Pavenhill Shops. The gross area of the site is 1.43 hectares and the SHLAA has identified it has the potential to accommodate up to 35 houses.
Site Rating
Site 470: Land at Restrop 4.6 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 301 3 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 974 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1028 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 180 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 499 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 1070 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1831 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1192 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 1286 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 901 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1031 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 1272 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1454 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1093 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 600 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 247 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 3 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 3 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None. Although the Site is just outside the Settlement Boundary, it is within the natural line of the village and any development on this Site would be not be any closer to historic Restrop House or to Ancient Ringsbury Camp than the existing, recently-built, housing on Battlewell just to the west of the Site. Ringsbury Camp, an historically important Scheduled Monument (reference 1018124), is a multivallate hillfort from around 50 BC and is surrounded by an inner bank up to 5 metres high surrounded by ditch 3 metres deep and with an outer bank 2 metres high. It sits at the western end of the escarpment that surrounds the west and north of Purton with the nearest residential housing at Ringsbury Close which is 450 metres northeast. It is primarily approached by footpaths through three ancient meadows from Battlewell. Due to the terrain there is no inter-visibility between Ringsbury Camp and the Site and as the Site is on the eastern side of the main Restrop Road, it would not affect the setting or the lead-up to the Camp. The Grade II* Restrop House (List Entry 1356026) is a late century-early 17 century two storey house located 276 metres southwest. A 100 metres further on is a Mile Stone late eighteenth century-early nineteenth century (List Entry 1023186), reading Cricklade 5 miles and Wootton Bassett 3 miles. A further 120 metres is a two-storey Grade II Restrop Farmhouse built in the late eighteenth century- early nineteenth century of limestone rubble, mostly clad in diaper brickwork, and with a slate roof. The existing form of development along Restrop Road should be reflected in any new development and not to be greater than two storeys high. As part of any planning application consideration should be given to retaining and improving the trees and hedges along the front with Restrop Road and for strategic landscaping of the southern boundary to soften the outline of the development from the wider views towards the village but also to soften the visual relationship between the development and Restrop House. 3. Potential to Flooding: None, the Site is in flood zone 1. 4. Impact on View: As the site is in open countryside, development will impact stetting of the residential houses on western side of Restrop Road so the hedges and trees along the western edge of the site facing Restrop Road to be retained and improved. Set back development from the road to provide a green strip adjacent to the road. 5. Access: Good, direct access onto the main Restrop Road but to mitigate the impact of traffic, implement measures to reduce the speed of traffic on the main road where it enters the village to calm traffic and improve road safety. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment.
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This site is known to be visited by badgers and deer and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: Good potential access, proximity to village services, offers a future opportunity for a road to eventually reach the school, thus reducing High Street congestion at peak hours and could make some contribution to biodiversity enhancement.
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Site 1120: Land rear of Jewels Ash
Listed Buildings: Grade II N
Site 1120
0 100 M 200 M Date Created: 11-6-2016 | Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2016 Contains Ordnance Survey Data : Crown copyright and database right 2016 English Heritage
The Site is located south of Jubilee Estate and Witts Lane. It is surrounded on three sides by open countryside. The gross area of the site is 4.31 hectare and has the potential to accommodate up to 97 houses.
Site Rating
Site 1120: Land Rear of Jewels Ash 3.7 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 1672 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1091 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1257 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 306 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 1480 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 558 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1278 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 789 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 536 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 905 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 781 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 536 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 789 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 709 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 1832 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 837 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation are: None, see map. The Site is bordered by housing on the north and east sides and open countryside on the south and west sides. The nearest heritage asset is the Grade II Collins Lane Gate (List Entry 1356029) which is over 200 metres from the Site. It is an early nineteenth century two storey Toll Cottage built of limestone rubble, partly rendered and slate roof. The Toll Board with the original tolls is mounted on the front of the cottage facing Station Road. 3. Potential to Flooding: None, the Site is in flood zone 1. The stream at the bottom tends to overflow when it rains very heavily and the field footpaths can be impassable during winter. 4. Impact on View: The Site borders open countryside on two sides and it will impact on the setting of the escarpment as it leads up the hill toward Paven Hill/ Francombe Hill. 5. Access: Poor, the Site is connected via the narrow rural footpath (number 54) to Witts Lane. The alternative is to create a road between houses 1 and 3 in Jewels Ash which has not been developed but it accesses Witts Lane, a narrow road to serve the total numbers of houses, and which in turn has a poor access at peak times onto the very busy, Station Road. With the potential for up to 97 houses, though only a site of 3.3 hectares (76%) is being promoted, measures to mitigate the impact of additional traffic from the development and reduce the speed of traffic onto the very busy and crowded Station Road would be required to calm traffic and improve road safety. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location triggers consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is known to be visited by deer and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: None, its access onto overloaded service road, takes away an essential green space in the centre of the village, has no proximity to services, no ease of accessing links to work, would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 2046: Land at Locks Lane
N
Site 2046
0 50 M 100 M
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The Site is located to the north of Locks Lane and to the south of the main Swindon to Gloucester railway line. The gross area of the site is 0.89 hectares and has the potential to accommodate up to 18 houses.
Site Rating
Site 2046: Land at Locks Lane 3.4 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 2131 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1300 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1716 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 765 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 1939 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 1017 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1737 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1248 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 995 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 1364 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1240 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 995 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1248 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1168 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 2291 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 1296 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 1 3 no yes m 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation are: None, see map. 3. Potential to Flooding: Although not in a designated flood zone, the site is known to flood together with Locks Lane and the field immediately to the south, see Environmental Agency’s Surface Water Flood Map for Purton. Development would need to show how flood mitigation measures would prevent flooding and would alleviate flooding in surrounding sites. 4. Impact on View: None, the triangular Site is enclosed on two sides by houses and the main Swindon to Gloucester railway line. 5. Access: Poor, access is onto the narrow Locks Lane, a private road, which leads onto Witts Lane which is also narrow from its middle to far end. Development would need to show how flood mitigation measures would prevent further flooding and would help alleviate flooding in surrounding sites. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is not known to be visited by badgers, great crested newts, bats or deer. 7. Community Enhancements: None, it opens onto a dirt track which opens onto a single track road which is subject to severe flooding, has no proximity to services, ease of accessing links to work, and would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement.
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Site 3165: Land North West of Purton
N
Site 3165
0 100 M 200 M
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The Site is located on Purton Common at the bottom of the hill towards the north of the village. It adjoins Vasterne Hill and is to west of Witts Lane though it does not connect to the Lane. The gross area of the site is 6.97 hectares and has the potential to accommodate up to 130 houses.
Site Rating
Site 3165: Land North West of Purton 3.1 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 1783 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 952 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1368 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 417 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 1591 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 669 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1389 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 900 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 647 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 1016 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 892 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 647 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 900 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 820 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 1943 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 948 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None, see map. The earth work on Paven Hill (List Entry 1004701) 400 metres from the Site was originally thought to be a Civil War entrenchment but is actually a geological outcrop and its designation as a Scheduled Monument by Historic England is erroneous. 3. Potential to Flooding: Although not in a designated flood zone, the parcel of land on the east of Witts Lane is known to flood especially along the stream that runs through the site and in the area around Rose Cottage, see Environmental Agency’s Surface Water Flood Map for Purton. 4. Impact on View: Yes, the Site is in open countryside and is one of the last parts of Purton Common. Development here would impact the visually sensitive setting of the escarpment around Purton. 5. Access: Poor, the only access is along south side of the Site onto Vastern Hill, a private track that runs down to Witts Lane. Alternative might be an access across land on the north-east border to Witts Land. However Witts Lane from its mid to far end is narrow and not suitable for the amount of traffic a site of this size would create. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location triggers consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is known to be visited by badgers and deer and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: None, it is an essential green space in the heart of the village has no proximity to services, no ease of accessing links to work, would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 3194: “Land around Witts Lane”
N Site 3194
Site 3194 Site 3194
Site 3194
0 100 200 M M Date Created: 11-6-2016 | Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2016 Contains Ordnance Survey Data: Crown copyright and database right 2016 English Heritage Site 3194 comprises four parcels of land separated by Witts Lane. These sites are located at the far end of Witts Lane and south of the main Swindon to Gloucester Railway Line. The total gross area of the four sites is 2.8 hectares which has the potential to accommodate up to 68 houses23. Site Rating
Site 3194: "Land around Witts Lane" 3.1 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 2150 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1115 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1196 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 784 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 1958 1 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 1036 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1756 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1267 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 1014 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 1383 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1259 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 1014 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1267 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1187 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 2310 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 1315 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis all criteria judged according to importance and averaged excludes the Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
23 Capacity calculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) based on 30 houses per hectare at 90% utilisation for sites with a gross area up to 0.4 ha and 80% utilisation for sites between 0.4 and 2 ha
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Site Analysis
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None, see map. There is a Grade II House at 33 New Road approximately 50 metres north at the closest points but it is on the other side of the main Swindon to Gloucester railway line. 3. Potential to Flooding: Although none of the four Sites is in a designated flood zone, the Site north of Witts Lane has a stream running along it’s east border and it is known to flood across much of that Site down to Locks Lane and Rose Cottage, see Environmental Agency’s Surface Water Flood Map for Purton. Development would need to show how flood mitigation measures would prevent flooding and would alleviate flooding in surrounding sites. 4. Impact on View: Yes, some of the four Sites are in in open countryside and are one of the last parts of Purton Common. Development here would impact the visually sensitive setting of the escarpment around Purton. 5. Access: Poor, access for all four Sites is onto Witts Lane which from mid to far end on the road is very narrow to take the additional traffic. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location triggers consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is known to be visited by badgers and deer and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: None, it has poor access, prone to flooding, remote from village services, would promote car travel, would add to through traffic congestion, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement).
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Site 3316: “Land at Dogridge”
N
Site 3316
Site 3316
Site 3316
0 50 M
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Site 3316 comprises three individual parcels of land at the top of the village at Dogridge. The gross area of the site is approximately 0.24 hectares and has the potential to accommodate up to 10 houses24.
Site Rating
Site 3316: "Land at Dogridge" 4.7 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Within the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 344 3 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1115 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1196 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 180 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 542 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 1113 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1874 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1235 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 1329 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 944 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1074 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 1315 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1497 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1136 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 162 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 421 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 3 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 2 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
24 10 dwellings is based on the recommendation of the Site representative but this reduces to 7 when using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) to calculate the potential capacity for the site.
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Site Analysis
1. The site is within the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None, see map. There are no heritage assets with a 400 metre radius of the Site. 3. Potential to Flooding: None. 4. Impact on View: None. 5. Access: Good, access for all three Sites is into Dogridge which links to Pavenhill Road. However visibility at the junction of Pavenhill from the west is poor with the Royal George Public House situated on the corner of the road. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is not known to be visited by badgers, great crested newts, bats or deer. 7. Community Enhancements: Simple infill, it is close to village services which are within walking distance.
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Site 3318: Hooks Hill
Listed Buildings: Grade II* Grade II N
Site 3318
0 50 M
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Site 3318 is at the centre of the village is north of the High Street just behind Silver Threads Hall and Purton War Memorial. The existing development no longer meets the criteria/ regulation for sheltered housing and so site of 0.53 hectares could be redeveloped to provide up to 20 dwellings25.
Site Rating
Site 3318: "Hooks Hill" 4.6 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Within the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 669 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 463 3 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 418 3 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 76 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 629 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 221 3 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 979 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 339 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 479 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 55 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 189 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 453 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 589 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 246 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 980 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 421 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 3 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 2 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
25 20 dwellings is based on the recommendation of the Site representative but this reduces to 14 when using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) to calculate the potential capacity for the site.
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Site Analysis
1. The site is within the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None as this replaces an existing building. Although just outside the Conservation Area, the eastern boundary of the Site borders with the Conservation Area though they are separated by a single track road to a bungalow behind the site. The Purton War Memorial (List Entry 1352664) is situated directly in front of the Site and the garden of the seventeenth century College Farmhouse (List Entry 1198361, with its single storey Outbuilding (List Entry 1023177) adjoins the Site on its eastern side. New development would be a replacement for the existing 25 studio size retirement apartments/ sheltered housing that was built in 1970. The new development to ideally not to have a larger footprint than the existing building and should be setback from the border with the conservation area/ College Farm and the area around the electricity sub-station to be retained as open space. Development to be rural cottage style similar in form to the small cottages on the High Street and not to be more than two storeys high. 3. Potential to Flooding: None. 4. Impact on View: The existing development is built on the escarpment facing out from the north of Purton High Street. New development not to be closer the northern boundary of the Site than the existing (i.e. further down the escarpment). 5. Access: Good, access is onto the High Street at the junction with Silver Threads Hall/ Purton War Memorial. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is known to be visited by deer and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: Good access and proximity to some village services, could make some contribution to biodiversity enhancement.
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Site 3469: “Land behind Ringsbury”
N Listed Buildings: Grade II
Site 3469
0 300 M
Date Created: 11-6-2016 | Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2016 Contains Ordnance Survey Data: Crown copyright and database right 2016 English Heritage Site 3469 runs along the escarpment on the western most side of the village, from Pavenhill along behind the houses at Ringsbury Road. The gross area is 5.27 hectares and could accommodate up to 119 houses26 but to preserve the setting of the nearby Ringsbury Camp only 2.2 hectares would be available for a maximum potential of 50 houses.
Site Rating
Site 3469: "Land behind Ringsbury" 3.4 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Outside the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 720 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 1422 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 1503 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 836 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 918 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 1489 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 2250 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 1611 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 1705 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 1320 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 1450 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 1691 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1873 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 1512 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 377 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 349 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
26 Capacity calculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) based on 30 houses per hectare at 75% utilisation for sites with a gross area between 2ha and 10ha. (SHLAA quoted capacity at 200)
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Site Analysis
1. The site is within the Settlement Boundary. 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: Much of the Site runs along the brow of the escarpment on the west side of the village behind Ringsbury Close. The Site starts at Pavenhill, opposite South Pavenhill Farm, and extends south passed the end of Ringsbury Close to within 200 metres of Ringsbury Camp. The ancient Ringsbury Camp (List Entry 1018124) a much valued asset by the residents of Purton is a multivallate hillfort from around 50BC which is surrounded by an inner bank up to 5 metres high surrounded by ditch 3 metres deep and with an outer bank 2 metres high. At the northern end of the Site is the seventeenth century Grade II South Pavenhill Farmhouse (List Entry 1198488) on the corner of Pavenhill and Upper Pavenhill. The farmhouse is built of limestone rubble and with a slate roof. Adjoining is the Grade II Granary built in 1767 (List Entry 1198494) and the Grade II Stables built in 1777 (List Entry 1356030). As part of any planning application consideration should be given to setting development back from Pavenhill to provide a green space with strategic landscaping to soften the visual relationship with South Pavenhill Farmhouse and to constrain development north of a line from Ringsbury to preserve the rural natures and the setting of Ringsbury Camp (see map below). Potentially it would reduce the area for development from 5.27 hectares to about 2.2 hectares with a maximum potential of 50 houses. The existing form of development in Ringsbury Close Street should be reflected in any new development and not to be greater than two storeys high. The existing trees and hedges along the northern and southern borders of the Site to be retained and improved.
N Listed Buildings: Grade II
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Development
Limit of Limit
Land behind behind Ringsbury Land “
Site Boundary
0 300 M
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3. Potential to Flooding: None. 4. Impact on View: Potentially. As part of any planning application consideration should be given to setting development back from the brow of the escarpment to provide a green corridor with strategic landscaping to soften the visual relationship soften the outline of the development from the wider views towards the village. 5. Access: Poor. Access is to Pavenhill by South Pavenhill Farm which is a narrow road for much of its lengths and without footpaths from Gleed Close to the Royal George Public House. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location triggers consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment though this site is not proposed for inclusion in the Neighbourhood Plan. This site is known to be visited by badgers and deer and, as such, specific consultation would be needed and the appropriate protocols applied should development be considered. 7. Community Enhancements: Poor access, it is too remote from village services, would promote car travel, little ease of accessing links to work, would add to traffic congestion by Pavenhill Parade, and make little or no contribution to biodiversity enhancement.
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Land at North View
N
Land at North View
0 50 M
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The Land at North View is located at the far end of Willis Way in what was the ground of the original Northview Hospital. The gross area of the site is approximately 0.36 hectares and has the potential to accommodate up to 12 houses27.
Site Rating
Land at North View 5.0 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Within the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 246 3 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 711 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 790 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 198 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 178 3 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 832 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1590 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 950 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 1090 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 921 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 797 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 1064 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1200 1 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 857 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 553 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 277 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 3 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 2 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
27 Capacity recalculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) based on 30 houses per hectare at 90% utilisation for sites with a gross area up to 0.4ha.
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Site Analysis
1. The site is within the Settlement Boundary. 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None, see map. The Site is located in the walled grounds of what was originally the Northview Hospital on Purton High Street/ Willis Way. Originally this was the Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Union built in 1837 but it later became a hospital before the rear of the large complex was demolished in 1988-9 for housing. Only the front block of the hospital remains but this has been turned into apartments. The Site is at the other end of grounds and is 90 metres away from the remaining front block of the Hospital and separated by a new housing development. 3. Potential to Flooding: None. 4. Impact on View: None, the site is in the grounds of the old Northview Hospital and is surrounded by housing on all sides. 5. Access: Good, access from the Site is onto Willis Way which joins Purton High Street. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is not known to be visited by badgers, great crested newts, bats or deer. 7. Community Enhancements: Proximity to village services with good access.
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Former Youth Club
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Former Youth Club
0 50 M
Date Created: 11-6-2016 | Crown copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2016 Contains Ordnance Survey Data: Crown copyright and database right 2016 English Heritage The Former Youth Club is located at the just off the corner of Reids Piece and Proud Close. The gross area of the site is approximately 0.27 hectares and has the potential to accommodate up to 7 houses28.
Site Rating
Former Youth Club 4.9 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Within the settlement boundary m yes no Distance to shops 425 2 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to St Mary Infants and Junior school 477 3 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Bradon Forest Secondary school 558 2 2 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % Distance to bus stop 282 3 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to surgery 371 3 3 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to dentist 674 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to church 1432 1 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to chapel 792 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to Village Hall & Parish Council 932 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to the Silver Threads 763 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to vet 639 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to library 906 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Village Centre (Red House etc) 1042 2 2 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Angel 699 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Distance to The Royal George 727 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Proximity to allotments 454 2 1 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 3 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have protected and notable species including badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 1 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
Distances are for the most direct safe route from the site to the named facility. The analysis excludes the all criteria judged according to importance and averaged Co-op and Post Office which are currently closed
28 Capacity recalculated using Wiltshire Council’s SHLAA Methodology (September 2011) based on 30 houses per hectare at 90% utilisation for sites with a gross area up to 0.4ha.
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Site Analysis
1. The site is within the Settlement Boundary. 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None, see the map. The Site is surrounded by houses on three sides and by Bradon Forest Playing Field on the fourth side and has no visual impact on the any heritage assets. The nearest heritage asset is the Grade II Northview Hospital (List Entry 1023179) which is 208 metres away. Originally this was the Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Union built in 1837. It later became a hospital before the rear of the large complex was demolished in 1988-9 for housing. Only the front block of the hospital remains but this has been turned into apartments. 3. Potential to Flooding: None. 4. Impact on View: None, the site is surrounded by houses on three sides and the school field on the east side. 5. Access: Good, access from the Site is onto Reid’s Piece which joins the High Street. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is not known to be visited by badgers, great crested newts, bats or deer. 7. Community Enhancements: Infill, though may promote car travel.
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Annex 9 Individual Assessments for the Employment Locations Mopes Lane Industrial Site
Listed Buildings: Grade II N
Mopes Lane Industrial Site
0 100 M 200 M Mopes Lane industrial site is located just north of the main Swindon to Gloucester railway line. Identified as BD1 Purton Brickworks in the WCS, its access is via Mope Lane to the Cricklade road that runs north from Purton to Cricklade. Site Rating
Purton Brickworks BD1 7.3 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Within the allocated industrial zone yes no 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 3 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 2 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 2 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
all criteria judged according to importance and averaged
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Site Analysis
Mopes Lane is the main employment location in the parish and serves a valuable local function. The land is identified in the WCS as part of Purton Brickworks and is allocated in Core Policy 19 (Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade Community Area) as employment land. Of the original 3.1ha site, 1.0ha remains to be developed.
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: The Site borders on to a Grade II House at 33 New Road (List Entry 1283837) on its south eastern corner. It is a two storey house built early to mid-nineteenth century with rendered limestone walls and a slate roof. As part of any planning application consideration should be given to setting development back from around the front of the house to provide a green space with strategic landscaping to soften the visual relationship with the House. 3. Potential to Flooding: Site has potential to flood due to the stream on its eastern side, see Environmental Agency’s Surface Water Flood Map for Purton. Development would need to show how flood mitigation measures would prevent flooding and would alleviate flooding in surrounding sites. 4. Impact on View: None, the site is an existing development where the land available for further development is on the eastern side of the site sandwiched between the existing industrial buildings to the west and the houses and Penn Farm Industrial Site to the east. The site is bounded by the railway running along it southern border. 5. Access: Good, access is via Mopes Lane onto the main Cricklade Road that runs north from Purton towards Cricklade. Mopes Lane is a privately owned road to service the existing industrial and commercial building on the industrial site. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is not known to be visited by badgers, great crested newts, bats or deer. 7. Community Enhancements: The expansion of the activities on this existing site will provide additional local employment and have the potential to reduce outward commuting.
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Penn Farm Industrial Site
Listed Buildings: Grade II N
Penn Farm Industrial Site
0 100 M 200 M
Penn Farm industrial site is located at the far end of New Road north of the main Swindon to Gloucester railway line. Access is via the narrow New Road which has a very narrow entrance from Cricklade Road where vehicles have to double back on themselves to enter New Road. Site Rating
Penn Farm Industrial Site 6.9 Initial Criteria Initial Rating Criteria Importance Criteria (by which we judge housing and employment location resilience) Rating Importance 3 2 1 3 2 1 Within the allocated industrial zone yes no 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % 500 1000 2000 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % 400 800 1200 m 100 80 20 % Potential flooding 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to impact sensitive skyline or view 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Potential to adversely affect the character or setting of heritage assets 1 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Good access 1 3 yes no 100 80 20 % Within, or in close proximity to, a designated conservation site (e.g. SSSI, CWS …) 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Known, or likely, to have badgers, great-crested newts, bats or deer 3 3 no yes 100 80 20 % Community Enhancements* 2 3 yes yes 100 80 20 %
all criteria judged according to importance and averaged
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Site Analysis
The neighbouring Penn Farm Industrial Site is not allocated in the WCS but has been identified as being available as an existing employment site which has some land within its existing boundaries that could provide further industrial or commercial units within its existing boundaries. It is a brown field site and out of the total area of the site of 0.28ha, 0.13ha remains that could be developed.
1. The site is outside the Limit of Development (Settlement Boundary). 2. Heritage assets to be considered as potentially affected by this allocation: None. The Site borders on to a Grade II House at 33 New Road (List Entry 1283837) on its south western eastern corner. The house is a typical two-storey rural house built early to mid-nineteenth century with rendered limestone walls and a slate roof. The Site is an existing industrial site which is contained within walls and fences. Expansion of this brown field site within the existing boundaries will not add any further detrimental impact on the setting of the House. 3. Potential to Flooding: None, there is a tendency for New Road to flood outside on number 33 New Road from flood water discharged through the culvert passing under the main Swindon to Gloucester railway line. The site is not known to flood. 4. Impact on View: None, the site has houses on its eastern border the waste and recycling centre to the north and west with the railway running along it southern border. 5. Access: Access is into New Road which has a very narrow entrance from Cricklade Road where vehicles have to double back on themselves to enter New Road. 6. Local Biodiversity: Development in this location does not trigger consultation with Natural England based on Natural England’s impact risk assessment. This site is not known to be visited by badgers, great crested newts, bats or deer. 7. Community Enhancements: The expansion of the activities on this existing site will provide additional local employment and have the potential to reduce outward commuting.
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The landscape of Purton and its surroundings owes much to the basic geology of the area and the local industries and farming. Purton sits on the edge of a limestone escarpment. There is an old building stone quarry south of the High Street, in fields not far from the former St Mary’s primary school. Purton stone from this and other local quarries have been widely used locally for building, including St Mary’s Church.
After the upheavals of the clearance of the forest (when land lost Royal status and accompanying Forest Laws) and enclosures, the area including Purton settled to farming and traditional woodland management. During the first part of the nineteenth century, trees were planted near to Purton for timber for commercial ship-building, tanning leather (using oak bark) and to meet the needs of an increasing population. The timber for came from Brockhurst Wood and The Firs Plantation. As the name suggests, The Firs was originally a conifer planting. Later there was extensive replanting with oak, ash and hazel soon after the First World War. During the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, larger and straighter ‘rides’, i.e. tracks, were made in the woods to facilitate the removal of timber and underwood products. These rides are very much like glades, allowing light into a wood and have assisted in developing the plant and animal diversity that we see today.
Since the Second World War, to respond to increased food production, many of the hay meadows near to Purton have been ‘improved’ to give a greater hay yield by the addition of fertilisers and herbicides. Unfortunately, these chemicals remove the rich tapestry of flowers and dependent wildlife. Other hay meadows have been ploughed, either to be re-grassed or else planted with arable crops.
In these fields, hedgerows small streams and the woodlands of Berriman’s Wood, Brockhurst Wood, Cox Hill, The Firs, and White Lodge is a great abundance of plant and animal life. The lists below give some indication of what may be seen with keen eyes and some luck, by walking the many footpaths that criss-cross the parish.
SOME OF THE PLANTS THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE PUBLIC FOOTPATH NETWORK
Creeping Buttercup Figwort Nettle-leaved Bellflower Ground-ivy Meadow Buttercup Water Mint Cuckoo-flower Ivy Lesser Spearwort Bugle Common Knapweed Hogweed Cowslip Ground Ivy Greater Knapweed Hop Yellow Archangel Red Deadnettle Common Mouse-ear Bluebell Dandelion Spear Thistle Enchanter’s-nightshade Hairy St. John’s-wort Black Bryony Meadow Cranesbill Dwarf Thistle Trailing St. John’s-wort White Bryony Cut Leaved Cranesbill Creeping Thistle Square-stalked St. John’s- Common Sorrel Brown Knapweed Marsh Thistle wort Sharp Dock Herb Robert Spear Thistle Cat’s-ear Cuckoo-pint Rose Bay Willow Herb Pignut Holly Dogs Mercury Blackthorn Field Bindweed Sharp-flowered Rush Stinging Nettle Hawthorn Dogwood Jointed Rush Jack-by-the-hedge Privet Hazel Toad Rush Water Chickweed Spurge Laurel Midland Hawthorn Compact Rush Bog Stitchwort Elder Hawthorn Soft Rush Greater Stitchwort Maple Smooth Hawk’s-beard Hard Rush Common Mouse-ear Ash Common Spotted-orchid Yellow Archangel Chickweed Elm Marsh Orchid Larch Chickweed Crab Apple Heath Spotted-orchid 87 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future
SOME OF THE PLANTS THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE PUBLIC FOOTPATH NETWORK
Meadow-sweet Guelder Rose Broad Buckler-fern Meadow Vetchling White Clover Bullace Common Male Fern Autumnal Hawkbit Red Clover Ox-eye Daisy Great Willowherb Lesser Hawkbit Hogweed Hemlock Hoary Willowherb Oxeye Daisy Wild Angelica Field Woundwort Broad-leaved Helleborine Wild Privet Goosegrass Mares-tail Field Horsetail Fairy Flax Marsh Bedstraw Field Maple Marsh Horsetail Honeysuckle Marsh Speedwell Norway Maple Great Horsetail Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil Daisy Yarrow Spindle Large Bird’s-foot-trefoil Ragged Robin Sneezewort Hemp-agrimony Field Wood-rush Devils Bit Scabious Agrimony Meadowsweet Ragged Robin Cuckoo Flower Bugle Ash Creeping-Jenny Dog Rose Ramsons Cleavers Apple Trailing/Field Rose Alder Hedge Bedstraw Black Medick Blackberry Wood Anemone Woodruff Water Mint Water Avens Wild Angelica Common Marsh-bedstraw Dog’s Mercury Common Vetch Lesser Burdock Fen Bedstraw Changing Forget-me-not Tufted Vetch Lords-and-Ladies Lady’s Bedstraw Tufted Forget-me-not Yellow Meadow Vetchling Daisy Cut-leaved Crane’s-bill Water Forget-me-not Spindle Silver Birch Spiny Restharrow Oak Downy Birch Corsican Pine Dogwood Moonwort Ribwort Plantain Woody Nightshade Crack Willow GRASSES Betony Elder SEDGES Hoary Plantain Great Burnet Common Bent Common Milkwort Sanicle Creeping Bent Lesser Pond-sedge Hard Shield-fern Water Figwort Marsh Foxtail Spring Sedge Aspen Hoary Ragwort Meadow Foxtail Glaucous Sedge Silverweed Common Ragwort Sweet Vernal Grass Hairy Sedge Tormenti1 Saw- wort False Oat-grass Common Sedge Creeping Cinquefoil Pepper-saxifrage False-brome False Fox-sedge Barren Strawberry Wood-sorrel Quaki ng-grass Oval Sedge Hybrid Cinquefoil Lousewort Hairy Brome Carnation Sedge Cowslip Red Campion Meadow Brome Pendulus Sedge Foxslip Bittersweet Crested Dog’s-tail Remote Sedge Primrose Prickly Sow-thistle Cock’s-foot Spiked Sedge Selfheal Wild Service-tree Heath-grass Wood – sedge Wild Cherry Betony Tufted Hair-grass Blackthorn Marsh Woundwort Bearded Couch Common Fleabane Hedge Woundwort Tall Fescue MOSSES Turkey Oak Greater Stitchwort Giant Fescue Pedunculate Oak Lesser Stitchwort Meadow Fescue Brachythecium nutabulum Marsh Marigold Bog Stitchwort Red Fescue Calliergon cuspidatum Meadow Buttercup Devil‘s-bit Scabious Yorkshire-fog Campylium stellatum Goldilocks Buttercup Common Comfrey Meadow Barley Eurhynchium praelongum Bulbous Buttercup Black Bryony Perennial Rye-grass Fissidens taxifolius Lesser Celandine Dandelion Wood Melick Plagiomnium undulatum Lesser Spearwort Small-leaved Lime Reed Canary-grass Rhytidiadelphus Creeping Buttercup Lesser Trefoil Smaller Cat’s-tail squarrossus Dog Rose Red Clover Timothy Bramble White Clover Common Reed Common Sorrel Yellow-rattle Rough Meadow-grass Clustered Dock Red Currant Yellow Oat-grass Curled Dock Field Rose Adder’s-tongue Broad-leaved Dock Greater Plantain White Willow Grey Willow Goat Willow
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SOME OF THE ANIMALS THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE PUBLIC FOOTPATH NETWORK
BIRDS MAMMALS BUTTERFLIES
Blackbird Collared Dove Fox Orange Tip Starling Barn Owl Rabbit Meadow Brown Song Thrush Tawny Owl Common Shrew Small Brown Mistle Thrush Little Owl Mole Speckled Wood Dunnock Green Woodpecker Badger Gatekeeper Robin Great Spotted Woodpecker Brown Hare Green veined White Wren Goldcrest Grey Squirrel Marbled White Blue Tit Spotted Flycatcher Sika Deer Small Copper Great Tit Wheatear Muntjac Deer Large Skipper Marsh Tit Fieldfare Hedgehog Small Tortoiseshell Greenfinch Redwing Roe Deer Small Blue Linnet Coal Tit Pipistrelle Bat Brimstone Chaffinch Long tailed Tit Long-eared Bat Painted Lady Cuckoo Nuthatch Stoat Red Admiral Swallow Tree Creeper Weasel White Admiral House Martin Yellow Hammer Mink Marbled White Swift Reed Bunting Brown Rat Small Heath Carrion Crow Goldfinch Water Vole Large White Magpie House Sparrow House Mouse Peacock Jackdaw Jay Comma Skylark Rook Wall Greater Whitethroat Mallard Common Blue Lesser Whitethroat Buzzard Holly Blue Chiff Chaff Yellow Wagtail Brown Hairstreak Willow Warbler Common Grebe White-letter Hairstreak Blackcap Mute Swan Ringlet Pied Wagtail Kingfisher Clouded Yellow Wood Pigeon Heron Silver-washed Fritillary Sparrowhawk Peewit Dark-green Fritillary Kestrel Lapwing Small Skipper Hobby Curlew Pheasant Snipe Moorhen REPTILES MOTHS
Grass snake Orange Underwing Slow worm Adder AMPHIBIANS OTHER INSECTS
Common Toad Eyed Ladybird Frog Damsel Fly Great crested newt Dragon Fly Dark Bush Cricket
Overleaf is a map indicating potential risk from designated conservation areas and key habitats or species. There are no biodiversity designated conservation areas, key habitats or species within the vicinity of the proposed allocated housing land that trigger the requirement to consult with Natural England on likely risks, since the housing is not more than 50 dwellings (the trigger number).
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Map showing impact zones from nearby conservation sites
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The parish is rich in heritage with four ancient monuments and 78 listed buildings. The majority of the listed buildings are in the centre of the village split between the High Street and Station road with a further 19 monuments located in St Mary’s graveyard on the south side of the village. The list is taken from Historic England’s website.
The locations for the ancient monuments and listed building are shown in the attached map below however there are four whose location are shown in error. These have been corrected in the detailed maps in Annex 8 above.
List Entry Ancient Monuments
Earthwork on Paven Hill Originally thought to be a Civil war entrenchment feature. Further study identified that it 1004701 actually represents a geological outcrop, and its designation as a Scheduled Monument is erroneous (English Heritage). 1018124 Ringsbury Camp hillfort
1018125 Bury Hill hillfort
1019840 Medieval cross in St Mary's churchyard
List Entry Listed Buildings Listing 1023158 Bay Stalls, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023159 Gorse Hill Bridges Signal Box, Tadpole Lane, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II Group of 6 Bathe Monuments 3 Metres east of east end, Church of St Mary, Church End, 1023160 Grade: II Purton, Wiltshire Large Monument in Churchyard, 2 Metres east of South Trancept, Church of St Mary, Church 1023161 Grade: II End, Purton, Wiltshire Group of 4 Marman And Associated Monuments in Churchyard, 19 Metres south east of 1023162 Grade: II south east corner of south aisle, Church of St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Warman Monument in Churchyard, 35 Metres south east of south east corner of South 1023163 Grade: II Aisle, Church of St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Wrightson Monument in Churchyard, 42 Metres south east of south east corner of South 1023164 Grade: II Chancel, Church of St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Group of three Holliday and associated Monuments In Churchyard, 17 Metres south of 1023165 Grade: II South Chapel, Church of St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Maskeylne Monument in Churchyard Against south Trancept Wall, Church of St Mary, 1023166 Grade: II Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Group of Sadler Monuments, in Churchyard 12 Metres south of South Porch, Church of St 1023167 Grade: II Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Seymour Monument in Churchyard, 42 Metres south of South Aisle, Church of St Mary, 1023168 Grade: II Church End, Purton, Wiltshire 1023169 3, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023170 Manor House, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023171 Tithe Barn at Manor House, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023172 Purton House, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023173 Packhorse Farmhouse, Cricklade Road, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023174 Outbuilding to Hurstead Farm, Cricklade Road, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023175 Pound Farmhouse, Cricklade Road, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II* 1023176 The Maltster Public House, 7, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023177 Outbuilding to north of, and attached to, College Farmhouse, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023178 Tudor Cottages, 20 and 21, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023179 Northview Hospital (North Block), High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 91 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future
1023180 Restrop Farmhouse, Mud Lane, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023181 Packhorse Corner, and Numbers 5 and 6, Packhorse Lane, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023182 Pry Farmhouse, The Pry, The Pry, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023183 Manor Farmhouse, Purton Stoke, Purton Stoke, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023184 Dairy Farmhouse, Purton Stoke, Purton Stoke, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023185 38, Purton Stoke, Purton Stoke, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023186 Milestone on corner of Mud Lane, Restrop Road, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023187 Salt's Hole, Stoke Common Lane, Purton Stoke, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023188 Crosslanes Farmhouse, Tadpole Lane, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1023189 Widham Farmhouse, Widham, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1198155 Carriage House to Bentham House, Bentham Lane, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II Francombe Monument in Churchyard, 37 Metres south east of south east corner of South 1198271 Grade: II Aisle, Church of St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Read Monument in Churchyard, 18 Metres south of South Trancept Wall, Church Of St Mary, 1198274 Grade: II Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Group of 7 Large Family Monuments, in Churchyard, 20 Metres south of South Trancept, 1198280 Grade: II Church of St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire 1198290 88, 89 and 89a, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II Group of 16 Plummer and Large Monuments 12 Metres south west of South Porch, Church 1198291 Grade: II of St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire 1198306 The Butt Hay, 4, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1198315 Garnary and Dovecote at Manor House, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1198322 The Milk House, Cricket Club Lane, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1198325 Hurstead Farmhouse, Cricklade Road, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1198327 Milestone 140 Metres north of Pound Farm, Cricklade Road, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1198361 College Farmhouse, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II* 1198379 Gateway to College Farm, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1198388 Hallidays, 24, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1198488 South Pavenhill Farmhouse, Upper Pavenhill, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1198494 Granary at South Pavenhill Farm, Upper Pavenhill, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1198503 Widham Grove, Widham, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1255498 Tara House, 5, Station Road, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1283837 33, New Road, Widham, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1283856 Church of St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: I 1283861 27, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1283866 The Angel Public House, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1283885 Purton Court, 3, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1283908 Stable at Haxmore Farm, Cricklade Road, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II Franklin Monument in Churchyard, 53 Metres south of South Aisle, Church of St Mary, 1283932 Grade: II Church End, Purton, Wiltshire 1283978 Common Farm Barn, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1352664 Purton War Memorial, Hook Hill, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1356021 Public Library (Workmen’s Institute), High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1356022 Granary, East of College Farmhouse and against road, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1356023 The Close, 26, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1356024 Milestone opposite number 15 High Street, High Street, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1356025 Pond Farmhouse, Pond Lane, Purton Stoke, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II* 1356026 Down Farmhouse, The Pry, The Pry, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1356027 Stoke Cottage, Purton Stoke, Purton Stoke, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1356028 Restrop House, Restrop Road, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II* 92 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future
1356029 Collins Lane Gate, 65, Station Road, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1356030 Stables at South Pavenhill Farm, Upper Pavenhill, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1356031 K6 Telephone Kiosk outside Old Workmen’s Institute, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1356052 Bentham House, Bentham Lane, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II 1356053 Railway Bridge, Tadpole Lane, Purton, Wiltshire Grade: II Sanidfes Monument In Churchyard, 5 Metres south east of corner of South Aisle, Church of 1356054 Grade: II St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Dore Monument In Churchyard, 35 Metres south east of south east corner of South Aisle, 1356055 Grade: II Church of St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Prower Monument in Churchyard , 45 Metres south east of south east corner of South 1356056 Grade: II Chapel, Church of St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Watts And Holliday Monuments In Churchyard, 11 Metres south of South Chapel, Church of 1356057 Grade: II St Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Haskins Monument in Churchyard, 24 Metres south of South Porch, Church of St Mary, 1356059 Grade: II Church End, Purton, Wiltshire Sheppard Monument in Churchyard, 7 Metres south of South Trancept Wall, Church of St 1356058 Grade: II Mary, Church End, Purton, Wiltshire
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Monuments and Listed Buildings in Purton Parish
Bury Hill hillfort
Earthwork on Paven Hill
Ringsbury Camp hillfort
Date Created: 5-1-2017 | Map Centre (Eastings/Northings): 407264 / 188604 | Scale: 1:42365 | © English Heritage 94 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future
Annex 12 Distinctive Landscapes and Views
Wiltshire’s Core Policy 51 seeks to protect and conserve distinctive landscapes and visually sensitive skylines and Core Policy 52 protects the delivery of green infrastructure for the Cricklade Country Way and the Great Western Forest which includes Berriman’s Wood. Both are on the eastern side of the parish. However the Parish Plan identified that there are other green spaces that are important to the parish.
As much of Purton has been built over time on a hill, it has magnificent views from the escarpments overlooking open countryside in a wide sweep from Swindon in the east around to Fairford and Cirencester in the north and to Malmesbury in the west and with the hills near Stroud in the background. With the village on top of the hill it forms very distinctive sky-lines when approaching from the village from the north or west.
The escarpment runs from the bottom of the village near to the Lower Square and runs parallel with the High Street up to Hoggs Lane where it goes around Francome Hill (known locally as High Hills) north of Paven Hill. From there it passed down by South Pavenhill Farm and then on along the west side of the village to Ringsbury Camp. Ringsbury Camp is an Ancient Monument comprising a multivallate hillfort from about 50BC (list entry number 1018124).
The Purton Parish Plan recognised that residents greatly valued these magnificent views and considered there is a need to protect these and to reduce the impact of any development on the visually-sensitive skyline at the top of the village to retain much of the character of a hill village. Similarly it also identified that the setting around the Iron Age Hillfort of Ringsbury Camp should also be protected and in particular the distinctive setting leading up to the Camp from Restrop Road. The distinctive landscapes and views around the escarpment are shown in the photoviews below.
The shape and the form of the escarpment that surrounds Purton in the east from behind the Workmen’s Institute around to Francome Hill and Paven Hill and then down along the west of Purton to Ringsbury Camp is shown in the Topography Map A. The escarpment rises from the alluvial plain at 80m above ordnance datum (AOD) and rises up to a peak of 143m AOD at Paven Hill.
To preserve the sensitive and distinctive landscape of the escarpment together with its views of the surrounding open countryside, the land leading up to the base of the escarpment up to its peak should be protected against inappropriate development. To achieve this, the land from the 90m AOD contour surrounding the escarpment from the north around to the west to the peak of the escarpment should remain undeveloped. As it is difficult to define this other than a vague line on the map, it is proposed this area is defined by the settlement boundary of the village at the top of the escarpment and by Witts Lane and the railway line on the north east side. The parish boundary would define the north-west followed by the bridleway PUR 134 around to where it joins the SSSI of Brockhurst Wood. This area would follow round Ringsbury Camp and include the two fields bounded by Mud Lane on the south, footpath PUR 99 in the east and the settlement
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Any proposed development on this land as defined above and in “Map B: Distinctive Landscapes and Views proposals” and land that is immediately adjoining should demonstrate through a Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment how the impact of any development can be mitigated.
Photoviews and Maps
The following Photoviews are taken in and around Purton and show the distinctive landscapes and views mainly alone the north and west of the escarpment.
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Photoview 1: A panoramic view looking west toward the village on top of the hill taken on the road from Braydon crossroad to Pavenhill just past Battle Lake Farm on the right (not shown). The picture is taken from Google Earth Street View.
Photoview 2: A panoramic view taken on bridleway PUR134 at the gate to the first field in from the road looking eastward toward the escarpment on the west side of the village and to Ringsbury Camp right of centre.
Photoview 3: A panoramic view taken from the stile on footpath PUR99 on the west side of Purton looking out from the escarpment towards Malmesbury and the hills at Stroud.
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Photoview 4: The view is taken from footpath PUR 99 looking across the field towards the Ancient Monument Ringsbury Camp which is a multivallate hillfort from about 50BC (list entry number 1018124).
Photoview 5: The view is taken from footpath PUR99 near to the stile on the escarpment looking back across the field toward Restrop House though it is shielded from view by a bank of conifers in the distance. The hedges and trees on the right of the picture are at the east side of Ringsbury Camp. 98 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future
Photoview 6: The view was taken from the far end of Upper Pavenhill looking out across open countryside towards Malmesbury.
Photoview 7: The view was taken on footpath PUR 34 at the north end of the escarpment of Paven Hill looking out over open countryside, Cirencester is off to the left of the picture and Cricklade is off to the right. 99 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future
Photoview 8: View is taken from footpath PUR113 which runs along the edge of the escarpment at Francomes Hill. It looks out over Hoggs Lane and north Swindon towards Blunsdon and the North Wiltshire Downs in the far distance. An ideal spot to watch the International Air Show at Fairford.
Photoview 9: The view is taken from the top of Hoggs Lane next to the converted Methodist Chapel and looks east in the same general direction as Photoview 8 above. The power line run down to Jewels Ash (Site 1120) which can be seen in the middle distance. 100 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future
Photoview 10: Left is a glimpse from the High Street looking through College Farm Yard on the edge of the escarpment looking out to the open countryside beyond and on the right the picture is zoomed in to Jewels Ash (Site 1120) at the bottom of the escarpment.
Photoview 11: View is taken from footpath PUR52 where it runs behind the houses in Jewels Ash and Jubilee Estate and shows the distinctive skyline of the houses on Purton High Street. The stone outbuilding on the right in Photoview 10 can be seen a third of the way from the right edge.
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Photoview 11: A view looking west toward Francomes Hill taken from footpath PUR 46A where it runs behind College Farm Yard.
Photoview 12: The panoramic view is taken from the B4553 at the junction of Packhorse Lane and Cricklade Road and looks south-west over open countryside towards the northern most point of Paven Hill (known locally as High Hills). 102 PURTON ~ Planning for the Future
Map A: Topography Plan
Map Contours (Above Ordinance Datum)
Above 140m 130 to 140m 120 to 130m 110 to 120m 100 to 110m 90 to 100m Less than 90m
Date Created 7-11-2017 | Map Centre (Easting/Northing): 408326 / 188162 | Scale: 1:19501 | Contains Ordnance Survey Data : Crown copyright and database right 2017
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Map B: Distinctive Landscapes and Views
Sensitive Views (indicative) Contour Lines 90 Parish Boundary Escarpment Settlement Boundary Conservation Area Ancient Monuments Woodlands/ Meadows SSSI
Date Created 26-1—2017 | Map Centre (Easting/Northing): 408731 / 187744 | Scale 1:12907 | © Crown Copyright and database right. All rights reserved (100038603) 2017 Contains Ordnance Survey Data : Crown copyright and database right 2017
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