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Newtown Linford Village Design Statement 2008
Newtown Linford Village Design Statement 2008 Newtown Linford Village Design Statement 2008 Contents Title Page Executive summary 2-6 The Purpose of this Village Design Statement 7 1. Introduction 8 The purpose and use of this document. Aims and objectives 2. The Village Context 9-10 Geographical and historical background The village today and its people Economics and future development 3. The Landscape Setting Visual character of the surrounding countryside 11-12 Relationship between the surrounding countryside and the village periphery Landscape features Buildings in the landscape 4. Settlement Pattern and character 13-15 Overall pattern of the village Character of the streets and roads through the village Character and pattern of open spaces 5. Buildings & Materials in the Village 16-26 1. The challenge of good design 2. Harmony, the street scene 3. Proportions 4. Materials 5. Craftsmanship 6. Boundaries 7. Local Businesses 8. Building guidelines 6. Highways and Traffic 27-29 Characteristics of the roads and Footpaths Street furniture, utilities and services 7. Wildlife and Biodiversity 30-32 8. Acknowledgments 33 9. Appendix 1 Map of Village Conservation Area 34 Listed Buildings in the Village 35 10. Appendix 2 Map of the SSSI & Local Wildlife Sites 36 Key to the SSSI & Local Wildlife Sites 37-38 “Newtown Linford is a charming place with thatched and timbered dwellings, an inviting inn and a much restored medieval church in a peaceful setting by the stream - nor is this all, for the village is the doorstep to Bradgate Park, one of Leicestershire’s loveliest pleasure grounds,... … … with the ruins of the home of the ill fated nine days queen Lady Jane Grey” Arthur Mee - “Leicestershire” - Hodder and Stoughton. -
Charnwood Forest Living Landscape Enjoyed by All
The Charnwood Forest Living What can the project offer? Woodland to wide open space - Free wildlife surveys and advice on positive and Until just a few thousand years ago Charnwood Landscape Project aims to practical management Forest is likely to have been covered in trees, perhaps with a few open areas where large animals - Input to grant applications, such as agri-environment such as deer and the now extinct Aurochs grazed. conserve and enhance the unique schemes Wolf, Brown Bear and Beaver would also have been - Guidance on other sources of funding wildlife, geology and character of present, to name but a few. Then, as people took to - A small grant scheme for habitat management work farming instead of hunting and gathering, they cut Charnwood Forest. - Support for tourism businesses with wildlife related down most of the trees to create extensive areas activities, such as farm trails The project, led by the Leicestershire and Rutland of arable and grazing land. By the late eighteenth - Free talks to local groups and organisations Wildlife Trust and supported by Aggregate Industries, century Charnwood Forest probably looked like a will work alongside farmers, landowners, businesses History of Charnwood Forest small, wetter, version of modern day Dartmoor, or and local communities to: a large Bradgate Park. There would have been wide Covering around 16,600 hectares the landscape of the open spaces of rough grazing land, boggy in places, l Protect and enhance the best sites for wildlife Charnwood Forest is strikingly different to anywhere else with patches of Heather and Bilberry around the l Create new habitats and reconnect fragmented in the East Midlands. -
Charnwood Reservoirs up Front Permitting (UFP) - Summary
Charnwood Reservoirs Up Front Permitting (UFP) - Summary To vary licence numbers 3/28/57/63 (Cropston/Swithland) and 3/28/57/062 (Blackbrook/Nanpantan) The proposals are: 1. Water Level Management Plans 2. Compensation releases from Cropston and Swithland Reservoirs The changes proposed to the licences are Blackbrook/Nanpantan (3/28/57/62) It is proposed to keep the current quantities of 14.55 Ml/d and 2,950 Ml/a (daily average 7.92 Ml/d) with a five year quantity of 12,000 Ml (daily average 6.56 Ml/d) It is proposed that a WLMP will be included for Blackbrook Reservoir and this should be included in a Section 20 Agreement. It is also suggested that the compensation of 0.136 Ml/d is formalised in the licence with a reference to the 1900 conveyance. This compensation has been provided as part of the ongoing operation of the reservoir for many years. Cropston/Swithland (3/28/57/63) It is proposed to keep the current quantities of 39 Ml/d and 11,700 Ml/a (daily average 31.96 Ml/d) Remove the hourly rate It is proposed to keep Further Provision 10.1 which states that not more than 28 Ml/d or 6,420 Ml/a shall be from Swithland Reservoir It is proposed that a WLMP will be included for Cropston and Swithland Reservoirs and this should It is proposed that a new compensation requirement should be included for Cropston Reservoir of 1 Ml/d and for Swithland Reservoir of 2 Ml/d with the provision to increase these to 2 Ml/d and 4 Ml/d respectively. -
Charnwood Forest
Charnwood Forest: A Living Landscape An integrated wildlife and geological conservation implementation plan March 2009 Cover photograph: Warren Hills, Charnwood Lodge Nature Reserve (Michael Jeeves) 2 Charnwood Forest: A Living Landscape Contents Page 1. Executive summary 5 2. Introduction 8 3. A summary of the geological/geomorphological interest 13 4. Historical ecology since the Devensian glaciation 18 5. The main wildlife habitats 21 6. Overall evaluation 32 7. Summary of changes since the 1975 report 40 8. Review of recommendations in the 1975 report 42 9. Current threats 45 10. Existing nature conservation initiatives 47 11. New long-term objectives for nature conservation in Charnwood Forest 51 12. Action plan 54 13. Acknowledgements 56 14. References 57 Appendix – Gazeteer of key sites of ecological importance in Charnwood Forest Figures: 1. Charnwood Forest boundaries 2. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 3. Map showing SSSIs and Local Wildlife Site distribution 4. Tabulation of main geological formations and events in Charnwood 5. Regionally Important Geological Sites 6. Woodlands in order of vascular plant species-richness 7. Moth species-richness 8. Key sites for spiders 9. Key sites for dragonflies and damselflies 10. Evaluation of nature conservation features 11. Invertebrate Broad Assemblage Types in Charnwood listed by ISIS 12a Important ISIS Specific Assemblage Types in Charnwood Forest 3 12b Important habitat resources for invertebrates 12c Important sites for wood-decay invertebrate assemblages 12d Important sites for flowing water invertebrate assemblages 12e Important sites for permanent wet mire invertebrate assemblages 12f Important sites for other invertebrate assemblage types 13. Evaluation of species groups 14. Leicestershire Red Data Book plants 15. -
THE LEICESTERSHIRE LIN: a RIVER THROUGH TIME Ernest Miller and Anthony Squires
230487 05c-131-154 18/10/09 10:57 Page 131 THE LEICESTERSHIRE LIN: A RIVER THROUGH TIME Ernest Miller and Anthony Squires The River Lin rises at Ulverscroft in the uplands of Charnwood Forest and follows a U-shaped course before emptying into the River Soar at Quorn (Quorndon). This distance is only a little over 17km and nowhere could the Lin be regarded as more than a modest brook. The purpose of this paper is to examine the many different ways the river has been harnessed to serve the needs and demands of generations of local people through almost a thousand years. In addition the writers hope that their researches and fieldwork may point the way to other local studies along similar lines. INTRODUCTION Along its natural course the river seldom encounters a feature which interrupts its slow, steady and even sluggish flow. Only in Bradgate Park and at a few other places does the surface break into ripples and the speed quicken (Fig. 1). At different places along its length the Lin is known by at least four local names. These vary according to whom one speaks and which maps are used. For present purposes, from its source to Ulverscroft mill it is the Ulverscroft brook. From there to the dam of Cropston Reservoir it is the River Lin. Thereafter, as far as the dam of Swithland Reservoir it is the Bybrook and on the final leg of its journey to the Soar it is the Buddon brook. Although we employ these names the term ‘River Lin’ recognises the water course in its entirety. -
Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Revocation of the East
Appendix A – SEA of the Revocation of the East Midlands Regional Strategy Appendix A Policies in the East Midlands Regional Strategy This Appendix sets out the text of the policies that make up the Regional Strategy for the East Midlands. It comprises policies contained in The East Midlands Regional Plan published in March 2009. The East Midlands Regional Plan POLICY 1: Regional Core Objectives To secure the delivery of sustainable development within the East Midlands, all strategies, plans and programmes having a spatial impact should meet the following core objectives: a) To ensure that the existing housing stock and new affordable and market housing address need and extend choice in all communities in the region. b) To reduce social exclusion through: • the regeneration of disadvantaged areas, • the reduction of inequalities in the location and distribution of employment, housing, health and other community facilities and services, and by; • responding positively to the diverse needs of different communities. c) To protect and enhance the environmental quality of urban and rural settlements to make them safe, attractive, clean and crime free places to live, work and invest in, through promoting: • ‘green infrastructure’; • enhancement of the ‘urban fringe’; • involvement of Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships; and • high quality design which reflects local distinctiveness. d) To improve the health and mental, physical and spiritual well being of the Region's residents through improvements in: • air quality; • ‘affordable warmth’; -
Charnwood Forest Regional Park Topic Paper 1
Charnwood Forest Regional Park Topic Paper 1 : Origins and Objectives Origins of the Charnwood Forest Regional Park Planning reports and policies recognising Charnwood Forest as a distinctive and special area date back to the 1930s when the Leicestershire Regional Planning Report of 1932 proposed Charnwood Forest as a National Park. The 1945 Dower Report on National Parks in England and Wales included Charnwood Forest in the category of ‘Other Amenity Areas’ not suggested as National Parks but as areas of landscape beauty, which merited some form of national level protection in the future. The 1947 Hobhouse Report of the National Parks Committee also included Charnwood Forest as an area potentially worthy of national level protection. After completion of the National Parks Designation Programme in 1957, the National Parks Commission turned its attention to the designation of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), using as an initial guide, the Hobhouse list. The threat posed to Charnwood Forest by the proposed M1 motorway brought forward consideration of the area as an AONB by the Commission. During 1958/59 it received three reports with differing views on its suitability. After reviewing these reports the Commission determined in 1960 that, in the light of the decision of the Ministry of Transport to build the M1 through the area, it should be deleted from the list of areas for consideration as AONBs. By the early 1970s the programme of AONB designations was well on the way to completion. During 1971-73 the Countryside Commission established a review process for those Hobhouse listed areas that remained undesignated. -
Beacon Hill to Bradgate Park
This leaflet can be used in conjunction with The National Forest Way OS Explorer maps 233, 245 & 246 The National Forest Way takes walkers on a 75-mile journey through a transforming Stage 1: landscape, from the National Memorial Start Arboretum in Staffordshire to Beacon Hill Country Park in Leicestershire. Beacon Hill to On the way, you will discover the area’s evolution from a rural landscape, through industrialisation and its decline, to the Bradgate Park modern-day creation of a new forest, where 21st-century life is threaded through a mosaic Length: 7¼ miles / 11¾ kilometres of green spaces and settlements. The trail leads through young and ancient End woodlands, market towns and the industrial heritage of this changing landscape. Burton upon Trent About this stage Swadlincote Start: Beacon Hill, Woodhouse Eaves (LE12 8TA) Ashby End: Bradgate Park, Newtown Linford (LE6 0HB) de la Zouch Coalville On this first westbound section, the National Forest Way leads you through the craggy uplands of Charnwood. En route you will go through ancient woodlands and pass some of the oldest rocks in Britain. Heathland characterises the open summits affording stunning views of the surrounding countryside The National Forest Way was created by a and, in the distance, the city of Leicester. partnership of the National Forest Company, Derbyshire County Council, Leicestershire County Council and Staffordshire County The National Forest Company Council, with the generous Bath Yard, Moira, Swadlincote, support of Fisher German. Derbyshire DE12 6BA Telephone: 01283 551211 Enquiries: www.nationalforestway.co.uk/contact Website: www.nationalforest.org To find out more, visit: Photos: Jacqui Rock, Lesley Hextall, Martin Vaughan, www.nationalforestway.co.uk Chris Beech and 2020Vision (Ben Hall & Danny Green) Maps reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. -
Charnwood Forest LCA Chapter 5
Chapter 5.0 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER AREAS Area 1: Bradgate, Beacon Hill and Outwoods Heathland and Forest Area 2: Ulverscroft Wooded Valley Area 3: Charley Heath and Pasture Area 4: Swithland/Woodhouse Farmland Area 5: Groby Estate Woodland Area 6: Thringstone/Markfield Quarries and Settlement Area 7: Loughborough/Shepshed Mixed Farmland Area 8: Quorn/Mountsorrel/Rothley Settlements, Quarries and Farmland Area 9: Rothley Brook Lowland Farmland Area 10: Groby/Ratby Wooded Farmland Area 11: Thornton Plantation Farmlands LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT Charnwood Forest 57 Chapter 5.0 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER AREAS Introduction The overall character of Charnwood Forest is of a rolling Transport infrastructure includes the M1 motorway landscape with an elevated topography and areas of corridor which runs north to south through the woodland and agriculture closely related to geology area. The influence of the motorway varies. In some and hydrology. There are contrasts between upland and areas traffic is visible while in other areas, the heavily lowland which is closely associated with watercourses vegetated embankments screen views of moving and water features within the area. traffic. Noise from traffic is a more regular feature along the corridor and affects tranquillity in areas closer to Settlement is varied with some small vernacular villages the motorway. Other main roads include the A511 such as Newtown Linford and Woodhouse and larger which provides a link from Coalville in the west to the settlements such as Markfield, Groby, Anstey and M1 and the A50 which links the M1 to the A46 and Mountsorrel as well as the fringe of Loughborough. Leicester City to the east. -
Charnwood Forest LPS Prospectus
Charnwood Forest Landscape Partnership Scheme Prospectus 600 million years ago, a volcano erupted in the ocean near the South Pole. The fossilised remains of the mysterious creatures it buried, capture the first moments of complex life on earth and are found in only a handful of places worldwide. Since then, Charnwood’s ancient rocks have created a mosaic of wildlife -rich habitats and distinctive landscapes, shaped across the centuries by its communities. Today much of this remarkable heritage is hidden from all but the most inquisitive and is increasingly at serious risk of diminishing to the point that it is lost. This Scheme will celebrate Charnwood Forest’s internationally important geological legacy. Eighteen projects will inspire people to explore its rich landscape, understand its diverse heritage, and develop skills to care for it. It will enable the partnership to coordinate management at landscape scale and finally secure the future of this extraordinary place. What makes Charnwood Forest special? Over 600 million years, Charnwood Forest has built up layers of heritage that make it so unique: Geology and Fossils The volcanic rocks of Charnwood are some of the most important in England, having been created 600 million years ago in the southern oceans, and contain evidence that caused us to rethink how complex life evolved on our planet. In 1957, a fossil was found which proved that complex life forms existed much earlier than previously thought. Named Charnia masoni, it is of international importance and has subsequently been found in only a handful of locations on Earth. Landscape & wildlife Charnwood Forest is a unique landscape, marked out by its volcanic geology. -
Charnwood Forest Landscape & Settlement Character Assessment
ECOLOGY STEWARDSHIP LANDSCAPE & URBAN DESIGN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING A Submission by: Charnwood Forest Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment Date: 20/03/08 CHARNWOOD FOREST LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL CHARNWOOD FOREST LANDSCAPE AND SETTLEMENT CHARACTER ASSESSMENT SECTION 1: CHARACTER ASSESSMENT REPORT 1.0 Introduction Page 5 2.0 Purpose and Objectives Page 6 3.0 Method Page 8 4.0 Policy Context Page 18 5.0 Existing Landscape Character Studies Page 26 6.0 Landscape Context Page 34 7.0 Landscape Character Area Boundary Analysis Page 42 8.0 Landscape Character Assessment Page 48 9.0 Settlement Character Assessment Page 51 10.0 Charnwood Forest Regional Park: Proposals for a working boundary Page 55 11.0 Conclusions Page 63 SECTION 2: LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT SECTION 3: SETTLEMENT CHARACTER ASSESSMENT SECTION 4: FIGURES SECTION 5: APPENDICES 1645.014D 1 October 2008 CHARNWOOD FOREST LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT SHEETS • Bradgate & Beacon • Ulverscroft • Charley • Swithland • Rothley Brook • Thornton & Markfield • Bardon SETTLEMENT CHARACTER ASSESSMENT SHEETS • Agar Nook • Anstey • Cropston • Groby • Loughborough (Charnwood Forest fringes) • Markfield • Mountsorrel • Newton Linford • Quorn • Ratby • Rothley • Shepshed (Charnwood Forest fringes) • Swithland • Thornton • Thringstone • Thurcaston • Whitwick • Woodhouse • Woodhouse Eaves 1645.014D 2 October 2008 CHARNWOOD FOREST LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT FIGURES Figure 1 Charnwood Forest Map Figure 2 Local Authority -
Bradgate Park Geological Heritage Protection Works Feasibility Study
Scott White and Hookins LLP Fountain House 26 St John’s Street Bradgate Park Bedford Bedfordshire Geological Heritage Protection Works MK42 0AQ Feasibility Study T +44 (0)1234 213111 F +44 (0)1234 213333 [email protected] February 2014 Prepared by: .............................................. Jason Daniels BEng(Hons) CEng MICE MIStructE Reviewed by: .............................................. Neil Dodds BA (Hons) MSc CEng MICE MIStructE London Bedford Winchester Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Stakeholders 3.0 Existing Approaches 4.0 Options Considered 5.0 Concept Proposals 6.0 Access and Construction 7.0 Estimated Costs Appendix A – Preliminary Concept Plans and Visualisation Appendix B - Final Concept Plans and Visualisation Structural and Civil Engineering Services JD/sj/B00680 Bradgate Park London Bedford Winchester 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Sco tt White and Hookins LLP were instructed by the Bradgate Trust to undertake a feasibility study relating to the protection of Memorial Crags located within Bradgate Park, Leicestershire. The outcome of the report is to review possible solutions to protect the Memorial Crags and from this develop two detailed design concepts. Location Plan Site Plan Structural and Civil Engineering Services JD/sj/B00680 Bradgate Park London Bedford Winchester 1.2 Bradgate Park is located approximately 6 miles from Leicester and has around 900,000 visitors per year. A plan showing the location of the site is provided in Fig xx. Photographs showing the exposed Memorial Crags are given in Fig xx. Aerial View of Memorial Crags Location Fig xx Aerial View of Memorial Crags Location Overview on Memorial Craigs 1.3 Within the park , nationally and internationally important geology is present , and this is exposed in a number of locations.