Parish Profile

Upton Bishop Neighbourhood Development Plan

Parish profile

DJN Planning Limited November 2020 For Upton Bishop Parish Council

CONTENTS

1 Introduction 1

2 Social and community 2

Communications 2 Settlement pattern 2 Residents 3 Age structure 4 Households 5 Tenure 6 Dwelling types 7

3 Environment 8

Heritage assets 8 Landscape 10 Biodiversity and geodiversity 12

4 Economy 15

Economic activity 15 Occupation 16 Industry 17 Travel to work 18 Availability of cars or vans 19

Appendix: Evidence base listing 20

Table A: National level evidence 21 Table B: County level evidence 25 Table C: Parish and local level evidence 29

1. Introduction

1.1 This report has been commissioned by Upton Bishop Parish Council as part of work on the Upton Bishop Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP).

1.2 Upton Bishop is a civil parish of some 1,574 hectares in south-east Herefordshire. It lies to the north-east of the market town of Ross-on-Wye and extends eastwards to abut the County border with Gloucestershire (Plan 1). It is in the Old Gore ward and the Hereford and South Herefordshire parliamentary constituency. The parish was designated as a Neighbourhood Area in March 2013. The Parish Council is the ‘Qualifying Body’ for the purposes of neighbourhood planning.

1.3 The parish profile describes the Neighbourhood Area in terms of the social, environmental and economic features which contribute to the overall sense of place and local distinctiveness. It draws on a wealth of existing information, including Census 2011 data at the parish level together with a wide range of other sources. These are referred to throughout the profile as appropriate and listed in the appendix; collectively they form the evidence base for the NDP.

Plan 1: Upton Bishop Parish and Neighbourhood Area

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2. Social and community

2.1 This section of the profile describes the settlement pattern of the Neighbourhood Area, including road links and local facilities, and presents Census information on the population of the parish, including age and household structure and the type and tenure of dwellings.

Communications

2.2 The Neighbourhood Area is crossed by two ‘B’ roads:

• the B4224, running from Mitcheldean, Lea and the A40 in the south to Hereford in the north, and • the B4221, running from Ross-on-Wye and the roundabout junction of the A449/M50 (Travellers Rest) in the west to Newent and thence Gloucester in the east.

2.3 Part of the western boundary of the Neighbourhood Area is marked by the A449 which connects Ross-on-Wye and Ledbury; this route then runs through the north of the parish, intersecting the B4224 at the Old Gore crossroads, a known road traffic accident blackspot. Minor roads and rural lanes provide local access and connections to neighbouring settlements outside the Neighbourhood Area. The M50 runs to the south, with nearby junctions at the Travellers Rest roundabout (J4) or at Gorsley (J3), both served by the B4221.

2.4 The main public transport provision is provided by bus service 32 along the B4221 to Ross-on- Wye, Newent and Gloucester. This operates seven days a week. Bus service 457 is Wednesdays-only between Hereford and Newent along the B4224/B4221. The nearest railway stations are at Hereford and Gloucester. The Neighbourhood Area is crossed by numerous public rights of way (footpaths and bridleways) giving access for local use and tourists and which include the long-distance Herefordshire Trail (see Plan 2).

Settlement pattern

2.5 The settlement of Crow Hill has grown up around the crossroad junction of the B4224 and the B4221. Pomona Grove is a development of ten affordable houses on the western edge of the village, completed in 2016. Crow Hill has a public house, The Moody Cow, and the Millennium Hall, opened in 2000, lies to the east.

2.6 The smaller settlement of Upton Crews is grouped around a minor crossroads further to the east, with the Church of St. John the Baptist in a rural setting to the north-east.

2.7 Herefordshire Council’s Core Strategy identifies Crow Hill as one of 31 rural settlements which are to be the “main focus” of proportionate housing development in the rural area around Ross-on-Wye. Upton Crews is identified as one of 24 “other settlements where proportionate housing is appropriate” in the same rural area.

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2.8 The wider countryside of the Neighbourhood Area includes Phocle Green, a group of dwellings to the west of Crow Hill along the B4221. Throughout the Area there are wayside dwellings, farm development, historic farmsteads and other country properties such as Tedgewood and Upton Court, all set amongst pasture, arable farmland, orchards and woodland.

Millennium Hall

Residents

2.9 Upton Bishop parish was home to 602 residents at the time of the 2011 Census. This equates to a population density of 0.4 persons per hectare – notably less than in the Herefordshire as a whole (0.8), and much less than for England (4.1). There were slightly more males than females – a reversal of the County position. No residents were recorded as living in a communal establishment.

2.10 The parish population increased by 6.7% in the decade from 2001, when there were 564 residents. However, since 2011 there has been no forecast change - the latest available mid- year estimate, for 2017, is 602 residents.

Upton Bishop Herefordshire Variable No. % No. % All usual residents 602 100.0 183,477 100.0 Males 304 50.5 90,302 49.2 Females 298 49.5 93,175 50.8 Lives in a household 602 100.0 180,595 98.4 Source: ONS - 2011 Census (KS101EW) Table 1: Usual residents in 2011

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Age structure

2.11 Table 2 shows the age structure for the parish, Herefordshire and England in 2011. Upton Bishop parish had a generally lower proportion of younger adult residents than the County or England; those aged 30-44 for instance represented 15% of parish residents compared to 21% for England as a whole. Conversely, older age groups between 45 and 74 were over- represented locally, those aged 65-74 for example accounting for 15% of the parish population compared to 9% at the national level.

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England Age No. % % % 0 to 4 21 3.5 5.2 6.3 5-14 77 12.8 10.7 11.4 15-19 39 6.4 5.8 6.3 20 to 24 18 3.0 5.1 6.8 25 to 29 13 2.2 5.3 6.9 30 to 44 92 15.3 17.9 20.6 45 to 59 148 24.6 21.2 19.4 60 to 64 55 9.1 7.4 6 65 to 74 88 14.6 11.2 8.6 75 to 84 40 6.6 7.2 5.5 85 + 11 1.8 2.9 2.3 Source: ONS - 2011 Census (KS102EW) Table 2: Age structure in 2011

% 15

0 0-4 5-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-44 45-59 60-64 65-74 75-84 85+

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England

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Households

2.12 There were 246 households in Upton Bishop parish in 2011, an average household size of 2.4 persons per household. Compared to Herefordshire and England, there was a higher proportion of:

• One family households • Families where all members were aged 65 and over (twice as many than at national level).

2.13 Conversely, Upton Bishop had a lower proportion of

• One-person households • Lone pensioner households • Cohabitating couples • Lone parent households.

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England

Household composition No. % % %

All households 246 One-person household 53 21.5 28.8 30.2 Aged 65 and over 26 10.6 14.3 12.4 Other 27 11.0 14.5 17.9 One family household 183 74.4 65.0 61.8 All aged 65 and over 41 16.7 11.3 8.1 Married or same-sex civil 107 43.5 35.7 33.2 partnership couple Cohabiting couple 22 8.9 9.5 9.8 Lone parent 13 5.3 8.6 10.6 With dependent children 63 25.6 24.4 26.4 Other household types 10 4.1 6.2 8.0 With dependent children 4 1.6 2.1 2.6 Source: ONS - 2011 Census (KS105EW)

Table 3: Household composition in 2011

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Tenure

2.14 In 2011 just over three-quarters of homes in Upton Bishop parish were owner-occupied, either outright or with a mortgage or loan, more than for the County as a whole or nationally. Half of all homes were owned outright, notably more than at County level or nationally (England 31%). There were lower proportions of social or private rented homes compared to Herefordshire and England.

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England Tenure No. % % % All households 246 Owned 188 76.4 67.7 63.3 Owned outright 123 50 39.4 30.6 Owned with a mortgage or 65 26.4 28.3 32.8 loan Shared ownership (part owned and 0 0 1 0.8 part rented) Social rented 20 8.1 13.9 17.7 Rented from council (Local 4 1.6 3.4 9.4 Authority) Other 16 6.5 10.5 8.3 Private rented 28 11.4 15.5 16.8 Private landlord or letting 23 9.3 13.6 15.4 agency Other 5 2 1.9 1.4 Living rent free 10 4.1 1.9 1.3 Source: ONS - 2011 Census (KS402EW) Table 4: Tenure in 2011

90 80 70 60 50 % 40 30 20 10 0 Owned Owned outright Mortgage/loan Social rented Private rented Living rent free

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England

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Dwelling types

2.15 There were 257 ‘household spaces’ at the time of the Census, meaning 11 were vacant – similar to the County and national rates. Almost all of the dwellings in Upton Bishop (97%) were houses or bungalows. There were no purpose-built flats or maisonettes in the parish, a category which accounts for 17% of dwellings nationally.

2.16 Almost two-thirds of houses were detached, most of the remainder being semi-detached with little terraced property. This contrasts with the national position, where only 22% of dwellings were detached and almost one-quarter terraced.

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England Type of accommodation No. % % % All household spaces 257 With at least 1 usual resident 246 95.7 94.7 95.7 No usual residents 11 4.3 5.3 4.3 Whole house or bungalow 250 97.3 86.8 77.5 Detached 160 62.3 42.4 22.3 Semi-detached 73 28.4 27.3 30.7 Terraced 17 6.6 17.1 24.5 Flat/maisonette/apartment 4 1.6 12.1 22.1 Purpose-built 0 - 8.4 16.7 Converted/shared 3 1.2 2.5 4.3 In a commercial building 1 0.4 1.2 1.1 Caravan/mobile/temporary 3 1.2 1.1 0.4 Source: ONS - 2011 Census (KS401EW) Table 5: Type of accommodation in 2011

Caravan/mobile/temporary In a commercial building Converted/shared Purpose-built Flat/maisonette/apartment Terraced Semi-detached Detached Whole house or bungalow

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 % Upton Bishop Herefordshire England

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3. Environment

3.1 This section of the profile discusses the environment of the Neighbourhood Area, covering historic buildings and other structures (heritage assets); the landscape; and areas of biodiversity and geodiversity interest. These are illustrated on Plans 2 and 3 at the end of the section, reproduced from the Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report which was produced for the Neighbourhood Area by Herefordshire Council in November 2014.

Heritage assets

3.2 There are 30 listed buildings in the parish (table 6). The Church of St John the Baptist at Upton Bishop is listed grade I (such buildings are deemed to be of exceptional interest; only 2.5% of all listed buildings are grade I). Upton Court is grade II*, with the remaining 28 list entries being grade II. These include five entries associated with the Church of St John the Baptist (memorials and a mounting block). There are six list entries at Phocle Farmhouse in the west, comprising the house itself and associated barns, cartshed, cowshed, stable, loft, granary and pigsty. Other list entries scattered throughout the parish comprise farmhouses and their agricultural buildings; a dovecote; and the Old Gore war memorial.

3.3 There are no Conservation Areas, scheduled ancient monuments or registered historic parks and gardens in the parish. Grendon Court is an unregistered historic park and garden, identified at County level.

Church of St John the Baptist, Upton Bishop

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Description Listing Phocle farmhouse and attached granary range II Barn approximately 50 metres north west of Phocle farmhouse II Cartshed approximately 25 metres south west of Phocle farmhouse II Barn approximately 75 metres south east of Phocle farmhouse II Group of six memorials approximately six metres south east of Church of St II John the Baptist Scattered group of nine memorials to north east of Church of St John the II Baptist Mounting block approximately 40 metres south west of Church of St John II the Baptist Dovecote approximately 15 metres south east of Fellhampton II Barn and adjoining stable approximately 80 metres north east of Grendon II Court The Tanhouse II Tedgewood II Brewhouse approximately 5 metres north of Upton Court II Woodhouse farmhouse II Old Gore war memorial II Church of St John the Baptist I Group of three memorials approximately six metres east of Church of St II John the Baptist Two Hardwick memorials approximately 5 metres south of nave of Church II of St John the Baptist Grendon Court II Lower Tedgewood barn, fold and cowshed II Barn approximately 20 metres north east of Tedgewood II Upton Court II* Stables approximately 10 metres north east of Upton Court II Barn and adjoining barn and stable approximately 25 metres west of II Woodhouse farmhouse Pair of barns approximately 40 metres north of Wobage farmhouse II Fellhampton II Stables approximately 15 metres east of Tedgewood II Wobage farmhouse II Cowshed and granary approximately 15 metres north of Phocle farmhouse II Stable, loft and pigsty approximately 25 metres west of Phocle farmhouse II The barn at Marsh Farm II Source: National Heritage List for England

Table 6: Listed buildings in Upton Bishop parish

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Landscape

3.4 The Neighbourhood Area lies wholly within the South Herefordshire and Over Severn National Character Area, as defined by Natural England. Its character is summarised as follows:

“A picturesque, rural, well-wooded landscape with substantial areas of ancient semi-natural woodland, parkland and traditional orchards and a network of ancient hedgerows with hedgerow trees contributing to a timbered feel. Remnants of common land and neutral and calcareous grassland … form a highly fragmented semi-natural grassland resource. Land use is mainly a mix of livestock and arable farming…. Key ecosystem services include water regulation as a part of the Wye and Severn catchments, food production through extensive agriculture, an important genetic resource of local fruit varieties and a sense of tranquillity inherent in the scenic rural character of the landscape”.1

Looking south-east across the Neighbourhood Area from Perrystone Hill

3.5 There are no formally designated landscapes in the Neighbourhood Area, although the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty lies immediately to the west and abuts the parish boundary. The County Landscape Character Assessment identifies the following landscape types in the Neighbourhood Area:

1 Natural England: National Character Area profiles, 104: South Herefordshire and Over Severn, 2014.

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• Principal Settled Farmlands – the western part of the Area, around Crow Hill and Phocle Green. These are the rolling agricultural landscapes typical of lowland Herefordshire with mixed farming, hedgerows, and restricted tree cover. • Estate Farmlands - east of Upton Bishop including Upton Court and Tedgewood. This type is of a mixed farming, medium scale landscape with medium to large fields defined by hedgerows. • Principal Wooded Hills – north of Upton Bishop towards Old Gore and Perrystone Hill. The key features of this landscape type are a varied and often steeply sloping topography and an ancient wooded character. • Wooded Hills and Farmlands – south of Upton Bishop and east towards the boundary with Gloucestershire, such as Queen’s Wood. These are medium to large scale upstanding, wooded landscapes with hedged fields set to mixed farming uses.

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Biodiversity and geodiversity

3.6 Natural England’s MAGIC website shows that there is a range of natural environments in the Neighbourhood Area including ancient and semi-natural woodland (such as Colborough Park), ancient replanted woodland (such as Park Wood, Lynders Wood and at the Ross-on-Wye Golf Course), other woodland, good quality semi-improved grassland, lowland meadows, and traditional orchards.

3.7 In terms of formal designations, there are seven Local Wildlife Sites2 wholly or partly within the parish, with two more nearby. They provide a diverse range of locally-valued woodland (including ancient and semi-natural woodland), grassland and aquatic habitats. Those wholly or partly in the parish are:

• Coldborough Park • Fields near Gayton • The Fording Lake • Lynders Wood • Queen’s Wood • Field south of Moor House.

3.8 There are no Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the parish.

3.9 Upton Bishop parish lies within the Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark, an area of nationally significant geological landscape which spans five counties stretching from Gloucester to Bridgnorth. Sections of the M50 in the parish have been designated as a Local Geological Site3 by the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust, because of the Devonian, Lower old Red Sandstone and Brownstone rock types in evidence.

3.10 The parish drains to both the Wye to the west via the Rudhall Brook, and to the Severn to the east. There are localised flooding issues associated with the Rudhall Brook and a tributary watercourse which flows from the north to the east of Phocle Green. A notable issue in both the Wye and Severn catchments is excessive concentrations of phosphates affecting river water quality. This is an issue of particular importance in the Wye catchment because the Rivers Wye and Lugg are recognised internationally as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) due to the flora and fauna they support. The relevance of this to the parish is that development proposals in the Wye hydrological catchment must be assessed to ensure they will not have any likely significant effects on the integrity of the SAC. Such effects could arise through proposals for foul and surface water drainage creating new pathways for phosphates to enter the catchment.

2 Local Wildlife Sites were formerly known as Special Wildlife Sites. 3 Local Geological Sites were formerly known as Regionally Important Geological Sites.

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Plan 2: Upton Bishop Neighbourhood Area: Landscape and heritage

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Plan 3: Upton Bishop Neighbourhood Area: Biodiversity, geodiversity and flood risk

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4. Economy

4.1 This section sets out key aspects of the economy of the Neighbourhood Area, focussing on levels of economic activity, occupations, industry, and transport and travel to work.

Economic activity

4.2 The overall level of economic activity in 2011 was lower in the Neighbourhood Area than in Herefordshire and nationally. The proportions of those in both part-time and full-time employment were below those for the County and England; 27% of employees living in the parish were in full-time jobs, compared to a national rate of 39%. In contrast, self- employment accounted for almost one-quarter of jobs locally, notably more than at County (14%) and national (10%) levels.

4.3 Levels of economic inactivity were above those at County and national levels. The main factor here was the level of retirement. Retired residents made up 22% of those aged 16-74, well above the County and national rates.

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England Economic activity No. % % % All usual residents aged 16-74 442 Economically active 290 65.6 71.3 69.9 Employee: part-time 49 11.1 15.2 13.7 Employee: full-time 118 26.7 36.0 38.6 Self-employed 104 23.5 14.4 9.8 Unemployed 14 3.2 3.3 4.4 Full-time student 5 1.1 2.4 3.4 Economically inactive 152 34.4 28.7 30.1 Retired 97 21.9 16.6 13.7 Student 15 3.4 3.6 5.8 Looking after home or family 12 2.7 3.5 4.4 Long-term sick or disabled 15 3.4 3.4 4.0 Other 13 2.9 1.6 2.2 Source: ONS - 2011 Census (KS601EW) Table 7: Economic activity in 2011

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Occupation

4.4 Just under one-quarter of employees were in professional occupations in 2011, followed by skilled trades and then managers/directors. These three categories taken together accounted for 59% of all jobs in the Neighbourhood Area, notably more than at County (42%) or national levels (40%). There were conversely fewer employees locally in the administrative and secretarial, caring and leisure, sales and customer services, and process plant and machine categories.

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England Occupation No. % % % Residents aged 16-74 in 276 employment Managers, directors, senior 47 17.0 11.6 10.9 officials Professional occupations 66 23.9 14.5 17.5 Associate professional & technical 35 12.7 10.3 12.8 Administrative and secretarial 21 7.6 9.7 11.5 Skilled trades 50 18.1 16.2 11.4 Caring, leisure and other services 15 5.4 9.9 9.3 Sales and customer service 11 4.0 7.4 8.4 Process plant and machine 6 2.2 8.5 7.2 Elementary occupations 25 9.1 12.0 11.1 Source: ONS - 2011 Census (KS608EW) Table 8: Occupations in 2011

Elementary occupations

Process plant and machine

Sales and customer service

Caring, leisure and other services

Skilled trades

Administrative and secretarial

Associate professional & technical

Professional occupations

Managers, directors, senior officials

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 %

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Industry

4.5 Table 9 shows the industries in which Upton Bishop residents of working age and in employment in 2011 were engaged, using the categories in the Standard Industrial Classification 2007. The top four categories, accounting for almost half of all local employment, were wholesale and repair trades, education, manufacturing, and human health and social work. These categories were also significant at County (51%) and national (47%) levels.

4.6 Agriculture, forestry and fishing (20 jobs) accounted for a higher proportion of employment in the parish than nationally (7.2% compared to 0.8%).

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England Industry No. % % % Residents aged 16-74 in 276 employment Agriculture, forestry and fishing 20 7.2 5.4 0.8 Mining and quarrying 0 - 0.1 0.2 Manufacturing 28 10.1 12.6 8.8 Electricity, gas, steam and air 1 0.4 0.3 0.6 conditioning supply Water supply; sewerage, waste 4 1.4 0.7 0.7 management and remediation Construction 14 5.1 8.7 7.7 Wholesale and retail trade: repair 40 14.5 16.7 15.9 of motor vehicles and motor cycles Transport and storage 8 2.9 3.1 5.0 Accommodation and food service 17 6.2 5.2 5.6 activities Information and communication 9 3.3 2.1 4.1 Financial and insurance 10 3.6 1.7 4.4 Real estate 8 2.9 1.6 1.5 Professional, scientific and 26 9.4 5.1 6.7 technical Administrative and support 7 2.5 4.4 4.9 services Public administration and defence; 13 4.7 5.4 5.9 compulsory social security Education 33 12.0 9.2 9.9 Human health and social work 28 10.1 12.9 12.4 Other 10 3.6 4.6 5.0 Source: ONS - 2011 Census (KS605EW) Table 9: Industry in 2011

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Travel to work

4.7 Upton Bishop working-age residents most commonly travelled to work in 2011 by driving themselves in a car or van, the proportion at 44% being higher than in the County or nationally. Other modes of travel to work were generally lower than the Herefordshire or English equivalents.

4.8 The parish also had a higher proportion of working residents who worked mainly at or from home – 11% locally compared to 3.5% nationally.

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England Method of travel to work No. % % % All usual residents aged 16-74 442 Work mainly at or from home 48 10.9 6.3 3.5 Method of travel to work 228 51.6 61.3 61.2 Driving a car or van 196 44.3 42.4 36.9 Passenger in car or van 11 2.5 3.6 3.3 On foot 10 2.3 9.9 6.9 Bicycle 4 0.9 2.5 1.9 Train 3 0.7 0.5 3.5 Bus, minibus or coach 1 0.2 1.2 4.8 Motorcycle, scooter or moped 1 0.2 0.5 0.5 Undergound, metro, tram 0 - 0.1 2.6 Taxi 0 - 0.2 0.3 Other method 2 0.4 0.6 0.4 Not in employment 166 37.6 32.4 35.3 Source: ONS - 2011 Census (KS701EW) Table 10: Travel to work in 2011

40 % 30

0 Work at home Travel to work Driving self Passenger All other Not in employment Upton Bishop Herefordshire England

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Availability of cars or vans

4.9 A total of 62% of households in the Neighbourhood Area had access to at least two cars or vans in 2011, almost twice the national rate (32%). Conversely, only 3% of households did not have a car or van, compared to 26% across England.

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England Car/van availability No. % % % All households 246 No cars or vans in household 8 3.3 16.4 25.8 1 car or van in household 86 35.0 41.6 42.2 2 cars or vans in household 114 46.3 30.4 24.7 3 cars or vans in household 27 11.0 8.2 5.5 4 or more cars or vans in 11 4.5 3.5 1.9 household Total no. of cars or vans 451 Source: ONS - 2011 Census (KS404EW) Table 11: Availability of cars or vans in 2011

50 45 40 35 30 % 25 20 15 10 5 0 No cars or vans in 1 car or van in 2 cars or vans in 3 cars or vans in 4 or more cars or household household household household vans in household

Upton Bishop Herefordshire England

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APPENDIX: Evidence base listing

A.1 The following planning policy documents, reports, survey material and other sources of information have been identified for use in drawing up the NDP. The three tables in this Appendix list this evidence according to whether the reports concerned were produced at a national level, at County level (usually by Herefordshire Council, HC) or at a local level. Documents and evidence-based reports are listed chronologically.

A.2 There is a wide range of factual and other documents and sources available to support the NDP. They include:

• National and County-level planning policies and supplementary guidance and strategies on specific issues, such as landscape • Census data at the Neighbourhood Area level • Work undertaken by agencies such as Environment Agency and Natural England • Research and survey material forming part of the evidence base to the Herefordshire Local Plan Core Strategy • Information on residential completions and commitments (planning permissions) since 2011.

A.3 The evidence base will be developed as work proceeds on preparing the NDP. This will include:

• A local Housing Site Assessment, following a Call for Sites which is in progress • Environmental study • Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) reports, which are prepared by HC. An initial screening in July 2013 found that the Plan will require further environmental assessment for SEA and HRA, reflecting the range of environmental designations in and around the parish. A Scoping Report was issued in November 2014. Further work will be undertaken for the draft and submission stages of the Plan.

A.4 The evidence base will be kept under review and updated as necessary. The final version of the evidence base will be confirmed in the draft NDP when it is submitted to HC.

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TABLE A: NATIONAL LEVEL EVIDENCE

No. Reference Evidence provided 1 Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local The NPPF sets out national planning policies on the full range of planning matters. Government, National Planning Policy Framework National policy areas relevant to this Plan are housing, the rural economy, design, (NPPF), February 2019. healthy communities, and the natural and historic environment. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governme nt/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/ Planning Practice Guidance provides additional information on how the national 810197/NPPF_Feb_2019_revised.pdf policies are to be implemented, for instance in respect of affordable housing and rural exception housing. Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/

2 Census 2011. The Census provides a wide range of information at Neighbourhood Area level. This includes data on resident population, households, housing tenure, population https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp density and economic activity.

The Neighbourhood Area is 2011 output area 2011 usual residents in Neighbourhood Area: 602* E04000893. 2011 usual residents aged 16 and over: 493 2011 household spaces: 257 Area: 1574 hectares Population density: 0.4 persons per hectare (County 0.8 ppha).

*The mid-2017 parish population estimate for Upton Bishop is 602.

3 Natural England: National Character Area profiles, Natural England’s National Character Area (NCA) profiles have been prepared to 104: South Herefordshire and Over Severn, 2014. summarise environmental information for locations identified by commonalities of landscape, biodiversity, geodiversity, history and cultural and economic activity. Each profile sets out a description of the landscape area concerned and details of

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No. Reference Evidence provided http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publicati such characteristic features as trees and woodland, farming uses, and settlement on/5018311469301760?category=587130 patterns, together with a statement of environmental opportunity which highlights where action may be focussed to help achieve sustainable growth.

The Neighbourhood Area is wholly within the South Herefordshire and Over Severn NCA, whose character is summarised as follows: “A picturesque, rural, well- wooded landscape with substantial areas of ancient semi-natural woodland, parkland and traditional orchards and a network of ancient hedgerows with hedgerow trees contributing to a timbered feel. Remnants of common land and neutral and calcareous grassland, particularly on the Woolhope Dome, form a highly fragmented semi-natural grassland resource. Land use is mainly a mix of livestock and arable farming. The wild daffodils of Over Severn provide a seasonal visitor attraction and have been much featured in poetry … Key ecosystem services include water regulation as a part of the Wye and Severn catchments, food production through extensive agriculture, an important genetic resource of local fruit varieties and a sense of tranquillity inherent in the scenic rural character of the landscape.”

The Neighbourhood Area borders the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which lies to the west.

4 Environment Agency and Natural England, River The Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) aims to manage nutrients (phosphates) in Wye SAC, Nutrient Management Plan, Evidence the Rivers Wye and Lugg to enable growth whilst conserving the river base and options appraisal, Action Plan, May 2014. environment. The evidence base and options appraisal stages of the Plan are https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nut reported here (May 2014), together with the first iteration of an Action Plan rient-management-plan-river-wye (November 2014) which will develop into specific measures at a local level through consultation with partners including land managers and land owners.

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No. Reference Evidence provided The western part of the Neighbourhood Area (including Crow Hill) is within the Lower River Wye sub-catchment.

5 Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, Framework and information source for protecting and enhancing the water Severn river basin district, River basin management environment. plan, updated December 2015, 2016. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sev The eastern part of the Neighbourhood Area is within the Severn Vale ern-river-basin-district-river-basin-management- management catchment. The priority management issues in the catchment are to plan reduce urban and rural diffuse pollution and physical modification (morphology and barriers to migration).

6 Environment Agency, Catchment data explorer. Data source for the Severn Vale management catchment supporting the Severn http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment- river basin management plan. planning/ManagementCatchment/3077 7 Flood Map for Planning. Indicates areas of known flood risk from larger rivers and streams on the basis of Flood Zones as these are defined in Planning Policy Guidance. https://flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk/ There are areas of Flood Zone 2 and 3 associated with a local watercourse east of Phocle Green and with the Rudhall Brook on the southern edge of the Neighbourhood Area.

8 Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Identifies levels of flood risk associated with rivers and from surface water. Water. Areas of high and medium flood risk shown along the corridors of the above watercourses.

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No. Reference Evidence provided https://flood-warning- information.service.gov.uk/long-term-flood- risk/#x=357683&y=355134&scale=2 9 Historic England, National Heritage List for England. Database of nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England. There are https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/ 30 listed buildings in the Neighbourhood Area, including the grade I-listed Church of St John the Baptist at Upton Bishop and the grade II*-listed Upton Court. The 28 other listings are all grade II and comprise farmhouses, agricultural buildings (barns, granaries, stables, pigsties, cowsheds), memorials, a dovecote, a mounting block, and the Old Gore war memorial.

There are no scheduled ancient monuments or registered parks and gardens.

10 Natural England, MAGIC website. Database of information about wide range of natural environments including habitats, species and statutory designations (managed by Natural England). http://www.magic.gov.uk/magicmap.aspx There is a range of natural environments in the Neighbourhood Area including ancient and semi-natural woodland (such as Colborough Park), ancient replanted woodland (such as Park Wood, Lynders Wood and at the Ross-on-Wye Golf Course), other woodland, good quality semi-improved grassland, lowland meadows, and traditional orchards.

11 Natural England, Agricultural Land Classification This map is intended for strategic use and is not sufficiently accurate for use in map West Midlands Region, 2010. assessment of individual fields or sites.

http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publicati On a scale of 1 to 5, the majority of the Neighbourhood Area is shown as either on/130044 grade 2 (very good) or grade 3, good to moderate.

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TABLE B: COUNTY LEVEL EVIDENCE

No. Reference Evidence provided 12 HC, Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan, 2007. County-wide development plan covering full range of planning topics. Majority of policies superseded by the Local Plan Core Strategy. https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/planning-and- building-control/planning-policy/unitary- No settlements in the Neighbourhood Area were identified for residential development-plan development in the UDP.

13 HC, Landscape Character Assessment, The Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) was undertaken to provide supporting Supplementary Planning Guidance, 2004 updated information to the Unitary Development Plan landscape policies, and remains 2009. extant in support of the Local Plan Core Strategy. The LCA identifies a series of landscape types in Herefordshire, and for each sets out a character description; https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/download/dow forces for landscape change; settlement, enclosure, woodland/tree cover patterns; nloads/id/2069/landscape_character_assessment_ and management guidelines. for_herefordshire.pdf The following landscape types are represented in the Neighbourhood Area: • Principal Settled Farmlands • Estate Farmlands • Principal Wooded Hills • Wooded Hills and Farmlands.

14 HC, Green Infrastructure Strategy, 2010. Provides a comprehensive overview of the County’s green infrastructure (GI) in terms of natural resources and human influences, identifies the GI framework at a https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/greeninfrastruct range of scales, and sets out enhancement opportunities. ure The Neighbourhood Area lies outside the enhancement and fringe zones identified in the Strategy at County-level and around Hereford and the market towns such as Ross-on-Wye. There is no specific district strategic corridor identified between

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No. Reference Evidence provided Ross-on-Wye and Ledbury. However, the guiding principles which are identified for green infrastructure provision are relevant for the NDP.

15 HC, Play Facilities Study, January 2012. Analysis of facilities for children and young people’s play, including analysis of https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/directory_recor provision and Rural Action Plans. d/2101/play_facilities_study_2012 There is no formal play provision recorded for the Neighbourhood Area. No Rural Action Plan provision.

16 HC, Herefordshire Ecological Network Map, Defines areas of ecological interest and importance across the County in terms of February 2013. core areas, buffer zones, corridors and stepping stones. https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/downloads/do wnload/77/ecological_network_map The Map confirms ecological interest in the Neighbourhood Area with core areas and buffer zones identified for areas of woodland notably Coldborough Park, Park Wood and Lynders Wood.

17 HC, Herefordshire Local Plan, Core Strategy, Rural This background paper sets out the rationale for the use of Housing Market Areas housing background paper, March 2013. (HMAs) as a means of apportioning rural housing growth, as later used in the Local https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/download/dow Plan Core Strategy. nloads/id/1705/rural_housing_background_paper_ march_2013.pdf Settlements are selected and categorised having regard to the median size (number of dwellings) of the villages within each of the HMAs. “Upton Bishop & Crow Hill” is listed as having 124 dwellings within the “main village envelope”; “Upton Crews” as having 40.

18 HC, Herefordshire Local Housing Market The Study assesses housing need and demand for market and affordable housing Assessment 2012 update, November 2013. in seven local housing market areas (HMAs) within the County.

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No. Reference Evidence provided https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/directory_recor The Neighbourhood Area is within the Ross Housing Market Area. The Study d/2090/local_housing_market_assessment_2013 provides information on the type and size of dwellings needed in the Ross rural HMA, split between market and affordable housing. For market housing, 68.3% of dwellings are required as 3-bedroom or larger properties. For affordable housing, smaller properties are required, e.g. 40% as 2-bedroom dwellings (c.f. 24.3% for market housing).

19 HC, Herefordshire Local Plan, Core Strategy 2011- The adopted Local Plan Core Strategy, whose rural area planning policies provide 2031, Adopted October 2015. the immediate planning policy context for the NDP. The NDP must be in general https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/planning-and- conformity with relevant strategic policies set out in the Local Plan. building-control/planning-policy/adopted-core- strategy The Local Plan sets an indicative housing growth target of 14% (equivalent to 1150 dwellings) for the Ross rural Housing Market Area in the plan period (policy RA1). A housing growth target of at least 38 dwellings is apportioned to the Upton Bishop Neighbourhood Area. The settlement of Crow Hill is identified as one of 32 settlements which will be the “main focus of proportionate housing development” in the HMA (policy RA2 and Figure 4.14). The settlement of Upton Crews is identified as one of 24 “other settlements where proportionate housing is appropriate” in the HMA (policy RA2 and Figure 4.15).

The Local Plan Policy Map records the following within the Neighbourhood Area: • Local Geological Site (formerly known as Regionally Important Geological Site): M50 Section 1 • Local Wildlife Sites: o Coldborough Park o Fields near Gayton o The Fording Lake o Lynders Wood

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No. Reference Evidence provided o Queen’s Wood o Field south of Moor House o Yeld Wood • Land liable to flood.

20 HC, Historic Environment Record. Database comprising a record of all known historical and archaeological sites in http://htt.herefordshire.gov.uk/her-search/ Herefordshire. Access for Neighbourhood Planning purposes is by direct contact to the HER.

21 HC Strategic Intelligence Team, Facts & Figures Website incorporating Understanding Herefordshire, an annual overview of the about Herefordshire (including Understanding health and well-being needs of the County, as well as area profiles, topic Herefordshire). information, and information on resident opinion surveys. https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/info/200148/yo ur_council/598/about_herefordshire/2 https://factsandfigures.herefordshire.gov.uk/ 22 HC Administrative Map. Administrative areas and planning constraints (Conservation Areas and Tree https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/info/200152/el Preservation Orders). ections/258/administrative_map • Tree Preservation Orders: o Woodley Gate o Two Park Farm, Linton (part). There are no Conservation Areas in the Neighbourhood Area.

23 HC, Highways and public rights of way map. Highways and public rights of way. https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/info/200136/tra vel_and_transport/716/highways_and_public_right • Public rights of way including the Herefordshire Trail and Ross Round. s_of_way_map

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TABLE C: PARISH AND LOCAL LEVEL EVIDENCE

No. Reference Evidence provided 24 HC, Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Latest round of SHLAA surveys to assess land availability in rural settlements in – Rural Report, March 2019. Herefordshire, especially those Local Plan “main focus” settlements which had https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/downloads/do not been previously surveyed. However, both Crow Hill and Upton Crews remain wnload/1968/strategic_housing_land_availability_ to be assessed in the SHLAA. assessment_2019 25 HC, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Comprehensive overview of environmental information regarding the Scoping Report for Upton Bishop Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Area to inform screening decisions on the need for full SEA and Area, November 2014. Habitat Regulation Assessment (HRA).

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/ As well as the environmental designations reviewed above, the Report identifies: 10686/sea_scoping_report_november_2014 • Abberley and Malvern Hills Geopark • Grendon Court, an unregistered park and garden. 26 Residential commitments and completions for Figures supplied by Herefordshire Council indicates as at April 2020: Upton Bishop Neighbourhood Area. • Built 2011-2020: 14 dwellings • With planning permission (commitments): 2 dwellings https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/planning-and- Commitments since April 2020: building-control/development-control/planning- • LPA ref 200282: planning permission granted 23 July 2020 for 4 new applications units • LPA ref 191187: resolution to grant planning permission at Planning Committee 26 August 2020 for 9 new units.

Taking these into account, there is a residual requirement of nine dwellings against a proportional growth target of 38 dwellings.

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