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Our Picturesque Landscape Conservation Action Plan Our Picturesque Landscape Conservation Action Plan Our Picturesque Landscape Partnership Scheme November 2017 37854 BROCHURE LoggerheadsCP [LOG001] PROOF14.indd 1 31/10/2017 16:51 Contents Our Picturesque 1 Introduction ....................4 1.1 The Partnership 5 1.2 Map of the Project Area 6 Landscape 1.3 Membership of the current Partnership 7 1.4 The preparation of the Landscape Conservation Action Plan 7 Conservation 2 Landscape Character and Significance ......................8 2.1 Landscape Character Assessment 8 2.2 The Local Scale 16 Action Plan 2.3 Discussion of Landscape Significance and Pressures 36 2.4 Potential Threats and Opportunities for Our Picturesque Landscape 50 3 Vision ......................... 64 3.1 The Vision 64 3.2 Aims and Objectives 65 3.3 Meeting theO utcomes for Heritage 66 4 Governance and Delivery ...................... 68 4.1 Governance – the Partnership 68 4.2 Our Picturesque Landscape Project Structure 69 4.3 Our Picturesque Landscape Partners 70 4.4 Project Team 71 5 Projects ...................... 72 5.1 Overview and Themes 72 5.2 Project Map 73 5.3 Table of projects 74 5.4 Changes between round 1 and 2 78 6 Sustainability ............. 79 6.1 Sustainability 79 7 Monitoring and Evaluation .................. 80 7.1 Introduction 80 7.2 Purpose of the project evaluation and monitoring 80 7.3 What the Scheme hopes the evaluation will achieve 81 7.4 Sharing the evaluation 81 Horsehoe Falls / Cover Photo credit Dinas Bran, Richard Wilson copyright National Museum of Wales Museum of National Wilson copyright Richard Dinas Bran, credit Photo / Cover Falls Horsehoe 2 OUR PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPE OUR PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN 3 37854 BROCHURE LoggerheadsCP [LOG001] PROOF14.indd 2-3 31/10/2017 16:51 Our Picturesque Landscape Partnership Scheme 1 Introduction The Our Picturesque Landscape area is centred on the beautiful Dee Valley on the border of North East Wales. At its heart is the World Heritage Site of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, spanning 11 miles of the valley, from Chirk Bank in Shropshire to the start of the canal in Llangollen. YES THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT FONT TYPES HERE. TOP PARA Delete what IS BOLD exactly? a AND THE word or the REMAINDER paragraph? IS REGULAR. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Pontcysyllte The themes of the project are taken from the inspirational journeys that have been and still are, a key feature of this area. Many visitors have drawn inspiration from this beautiful place, reflected in art and poetry since 1.1 The Partnership the 18th century and it continues to draw visitors in search of the sublime. The Our Picturesque Landscape the communities and the heritage of and identified that a Landscape Partnership The Our Picturesque Landscape Partnership recognises that this is a landscape that is under extreme and Partnership takes its membership from a the area which identified the need for bid as an ideal vehicle to deliver the aims growing pressure, with high and increasing numbers of visitors attracted to some of our most fragile sites. broad range of agencies and community a landscape scale project to address and aspirations of the Partnership and local The communities that live and work here are failing to see the benefits afforded by the landscape and are groups in the Clwydian Range and concerns relating to the area’s future communities. becoming increasingly disconnected from the heritage of the area. Dee Valley area. It follows on from management and to increase awareness A phase 1 bid was submitted in early 2014 significant community conversations, and understanding of its importance. The Scheme aims to conserve and protect this unique area, investing in building the resilience of key sites, and was rejected and a new submission with both as part of extending the Area of engaging communities in the appreciation of the many benefits of their heritage, involving them in its future In 2013 a steering group was established to a revised project boundary was submitted in Outstanding Natural Beauty in 2011 and management and reinterpreting the rich and varied landscape for a new generation. represent the many interests of the partners early 2015. This was approved by HLF to be the inscription of the World Heritage in the area. It included representation from developed into a round 2 submission. Site in 2009, and a series of workshops a range of agencies and community groups held to explore the key issues around 4 INTRODUCTION OUR PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN 5 37854 BROCHURE LoggerheadsCP [LOG001] PROOF14.indd 4-5 31/10/2017 16:51 1.2 Map of the Project Area 1.3 Membership of the current Partnership The Partnership for the development phase has consisted of an officer led group with community representation from the following organisations: Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Denbighshire County Council The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site (WHS) Wrexham County Borough Council Aqueducks - Friends of the World Heritage Site Shropshire Council Cadwyn Clwyd Canal & River Trust (CRT) Cadw Friends of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley MAP E 1.4 The preparation of the Landscape Conservation Action Plan Our Picturesque Project Area The preparation of this document has involved engagement The scheme has benefitted from existing strong partnerships and Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AO with a broad range of project partners and stakeholders links between the many organisations already working in the including: area. Both the AONB and the WHS have developed effective and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site committed partnerships and good working relationships with The Project Partnership © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey 100023408 Survey Ordnance 2013 rights database and copyright Crown © landowners and communities. Local Authority representatives This has facilitated excellent links and will continue to be an Map of the Project Area in relation to the World Heritage Site and buffer zone and the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Community and volunteer representatives asset throughout the life of the scheme, with these relationships Outstanding Natural Beauty. Staff from the partner organisations, education underpinning the delivery of the Projects. establishments and other interest groups As part of the development phase a number of key documents and Iv made this map bigger. Altering As part of the development phase a number of community pieces of work have been undertaken and added to the previous engagement events and conversations were undertaken to studies and strategies completed for both the AONB and the the rest of the maps drastically understand the different community aspirations for the area. WHS. These documents are intended to supplement the existing alter the aesthetic of the book. strategies and plans, being more project specific and filling the To resize would take quite a lot identified gaps in knowledge. of re-design work. I am happy The approach taken included: These have included: Meetings Drop in sessions One to one meetings to do this for you but it will take Community engagement and activity plan Talks Presentations Councillor meetings Heritage Asset study some time. This broad approach has resulted in a huge range of project ideas Habitat and connectivity survey as well as providing significant insight into how people perceive the Research and plans for the restoration and enhancement area, how they relate to the landscape and their aspirations for of The Dell, Plas Newydd, Llangollen its future. This broad range of groups and contacts will be further Surveys and designs for Wenffrwd Pocket Park, Llangollen developed and expanded during the project’s delivery phase. Interpretation action plan Monitoring and evaluation plan 6 INTRODUCTION OUR PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN 7 37854 BROCHURE LoggerheadsCP [LOG001] PROOF14.indd 6-7 31/10/2017 16:51 2 Landscape Character and Significance © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey 100023408 Survey Ordnance 2013 rights database and copyright Crown © 100023408 Survey Ordnance 2013 rights database and copyright Crown © Our Picturesque Landscape Project Area. Our Picturesque Landscape Character Areas 2.1 Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) Horseshoe Pass Vale of Llangollen Chirk Estate to Froncysyllte Eglwyseg Rocks Dee Valley – Froncysyllte to Newbridge Chirk INTRODUCTION Landscape characterisation is defined as The information contained in the 2010 JMA The Project Area comprises a number of Landscape The Our Picturesque Landscape Character the process of identifying and defining the Report and the up-dated LANDMAP information in Character Areas (6), defined by recognised Assessment starts with a landscape description of particular characteristics which make an particular, has been utilised to provide information contemporary landscape characterisation the Project Area, continuing into a characterisation area distinctive. Drawing upon a number at an appropriate local scale and forms a relevant assessment. These Character Areas extend beyond exercise starting at the regional scale with the of published landscape studies undertaken and contemporary foundation for the LCA. The the identified project boundary and cover a much National Landscape Character Map. A finer, local within North East Wales, a Landscape existing landscape assessments referenced above greater geographical area. However, the Project scale, is then
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