Corsham Design Guide 2016-2026

CORSHAM DESIGN GUIDE 2016-2026

Corsham Town Council. November 2019. Final version This document has been produced by Johns Associates Ltd in partnership with Corsham Town Council.

All drawings in this document have been produced by Johns Associates, unless otherwise stated. The majority of the photographs have been provided by Corsham volunteers, with the remainder being taken by Johns Associates. Aerial photography by Red Forge Studios. Ordnance Survey mapping has been reproduced with permission of Her Majesty’s Stationary Office © Crown copyright and database rights 2019, Ordnance Survey 0100031673

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CORSHAM: PROUD OF ITS PAST, PREPARED FOR ITS FUTURE

Prepared for and in association with Corsham Town Council

Date: 15/11/19

November 2019 4 CORSHAM DESIGN GUIDE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 3 DESIGN GUIDANCE 35

3.1 Existing Design Guidance 36 1 INTRODUCTION 9 3.1.1 Wiltshire Core Strategy 36 3.1.2 The Corsham Community Area Framework 37 1.1 Aims and Objectives of the Corsham Design Guide 9 3.1.3 Corsham Public Realm Stage 1 and Stage 2 Reports 38 3.1.4 Wiltshire Open Space Study 40 1.2 How to Use this Design Guide 10 3.1.5 Wiltshire Green Infrastructure Strategy 41 3.1.6 Conservation Areas 42 1.2.1 Layout of the Design Guide 10 1.2.2 Application of the Design Guide 10 3.2 Design Principles for Corsham Neighbourhood Plan Area 45 3.2.1 Good Design 45 1.3 Policy and Planning Context 11 3.2.2 General Design Principles 47

3.3 Design Guidance Specific to Character Areas 55 2 CORSHAM TODAY 13 3.3.1 Hartham Park 58 3.3.2 Pickwick Lodge 64 2.1 Sense of Place 13 3.3.3 Middlewick 70 2.1.1 Location 13 3.3.4 Rudloe 76 2.1.2 Historical Development - Summary 14 3.3.5 Copenacre and Pickwick 82 2.1.3 Local Distinctiveness 17 3.3.6 Kings and Queens 90 2.1.4 Character 19 3.3.7 Dickens and Arnolds 96 3.3.8 Priory Street 102 CONTENTS 3.3.9 High Street 108 3.3.10 Bradford Road 118 3.3.11 Valley Estate 124 3.3.12 The Corsham School 130 3.3.13 Pickwick Road 138 3.3.14 Katherine Park 144 3.3.15 Station and Stokes 150 3.3.16 MOD Corsham 156 3.3.17 Pockeridge and Leafield 162 3.3.18 Lypiatt 168 3.3.19 Broadmead and Brook Drive 174 3.3.20 Westwells and Wadswick Green 180 3.3.21 Neston 186 3.3.22 Gastard 192

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Executive Summary

Corsham Town Council is committed to developing a programme of the Corsham Neighbourhood Plan Area, selecting the defining characteristics of improvements and initiatives throughout Corsham in order to reinvigorate the each area to form the principles for its future development in order to respect the town to establish it as a ‘vibrant, dynamic visitor destination’ (Destination individuality of each neighbourhood. Corsham - Destination Marketing Plan 2015-18, Corsham Town Council). It also takes into account the Corsham Batscape Strategy. The Batscape The Town Council’s overall vision is – research was carried out in order to provide a tool for safeguarding the landscape resources that are valuable to local bats associated with the nearby ‘Bath and ‘CORSHAM – A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE’ Bradford on Avon Bats’ Special Area of Conservation (SAC). It identifies important landscape features for the bats as well as highlighting potential enhancements. The aims of these improvements are to increase the enjoyment of the town This information is applied to each character area in this design guide to ensure for the locals and residents, to create an exciting tourist ‘destination’, building that future development can take place without further impacting on existing bat on Corsham’s history and locality and to preserve and enhance the heritage habitat and to enhance it further, creating a viable network of habitat