Owl End, Stukeley 1907 X 0002 [PP01] Character Appraisal March 2020

Owl End, Stukeley 1907_x_0002 [PP01] Character Appraisal March 2020

Our Ref: 1907 (31.03.2020) Introduction

01 Context Appraisal This document serves as an appendix to the 1907_x_0001 Design and Owl end Access Statement [PP02] which seeks permission for a new contemporary Form low-energy dwelling within the garden of No.74 Owl End. The applicants currently live in No.74 Owl End. Materials Key characteristics along the northern end of Owl End The aim of this document is to further describe the context and pattern of development within Owl End, Great Stukeley and then to illustrate how the 02 Pattern of Development proposed development fits within this context. Settlement boundary Layering of buildings

03 Visuals View from garden to south elevation View from paddock to north elevation View from field to east elevation 1.0 context 1.1 Context Appraisal Owl End

Great Stukeley is defined as Small settlement in Huntingdonshire’s Local Plan to 2036 under Policy LP 9. It is composed of primarily three residential roads, one of which is Owl End.

Policy LP 9 states that a proposal will be supported where the ‘amount and location of development proposed is sustainable in relation to the effect on the character of the immediate locality and the settlement as a whole’. Policy LP10 outlines that development in the countryside must recognise the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside.

Owl End, within Great Stukeley, is a linear development primarily composed of detached residential dwellings with an active farmstead to the north.

Owl End displays a varied context with a variety of difference scales, materiality and roof forms along both sides of the road. There is little architectural character or consistency along Owl End with most of the houses being developed in the last 30-40 years. Most dwellings are two storey with double garages and are con- structed with brick, render, tiles and painted timber.

The proposal is for a subdued two-storey, pitched roof, timber clad building. The dwelling will be low energy and low carbon hence why timber, a carbon negative material, has been specified as the primary cladding Owl End material.

Site

Chestnut Grove

Beech Ave

Elm Road Owl End Owl End Owl End Elm Road

Owl End Owl End Owl End Owl End 1.2 Context Appraisal Form

As the above images illustrate there is no uniform architectural style within the residential dwellings of Owl End. There is however a uniform scale. The primary form and scale of residential dwellings along Owl End (and it’s subsidiary roads; Beech Ave, Chestnut Grove and Elm Road) is a two-storey, pitched roof dwelling with a garage to the front or side of the building.

To the north of Owl End the language of domestic dwellings is replaced by agricultural buildings. These are also generally two-storey pitched or dutch barn roofs. Proposed elevation The proposal meditates between the residential and agricultural languages. The proposal is for a two-storey dwelling with an asymetrical pitched roof. It is concieved as a simple barn like form. The roof is asymetrical to allow optimum gains for PV panels on the south elevation as the dwelling is to be low-energy. Chestnut Grove No.114 Owl End Owl End Beech Avenue

Owl End Owl End Owl End Owl End 1.3 Context Appraisal Materials There is a variety of materials on show along Owl End including brick, render, tiles and painted timber. There is also a variety of tones on display, from darker material choices, warm red bricks and mellow buff bricks.

The proposal is for timber cladding which would be pre-stained to stimulate a natural, even weathering. This would follow the lighter tones of the mellow buff brick buildings along Owl End. The proposal is for a low energy and low carbon house. Timber has been choose for its carbon negative properties. The European Commission Science for Environment Policy* states that a timber clad house reduces embodied carbon by 30% compared to a brick clad house. Larch cladding produces an energy saving of 24% compared to bricks. Timber is also a natural material choice which would complement the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside.

* https://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/38si9_en.pdf Proposed elevation Owl End

No.74 Owl End No. 76 Owl End

Owl End

No.86 Owl End No.31 Owl End

Owl End 1.4 Context Appraisal Key Characteristics along the northern end of Owl End

The images on this page illustrate the buildings to the northern end of Owl End (from the applicants house onwards). The key characteristics of these buildings are as follows: • Primarily double storey • Pitched with gables on display • Primarily a light buff or pinky tone No.114 Owl End No. 63 Owl End 2.0 pattern of development 2.1 Pattern of Development Settlement Boundary

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86 86

Pond Pond

76 76

31 31

Pond 74 Pond 74

Coach House Coach House Stukeley Stukeley Gardens Gardens

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29 Torkington House Stukeley Owl End 29 Torkington House Stukeley Owl End

Paul & Frankie Ryan Paul & Frankie Ryan N 74 Owl End, Great Stukeley, Huntingdon, PE28 4AQ` N 74 Owl End, Great Stukeley, Huntingdon, PE28 4AQ` 11 11 15 17 15 17 Job no. Job no. 1907 Mole Architects 1907 Mole Architects dwg.No XXXX Floor 2, 52 Burleigh Street dwg.No XXXX Floor 2, 52 Burleigh Street Cambridge Tel: 01223 913012 Cambridge Tel: 01223 913012 Title Title Line 1 CB1 1DJ www.molearchitects.co.uk Title Title Line 1 CB1 1DJ www.molearchitects.co.uk Title Line 2 Title Line 2 Title Line 3 DO NOT SCALE FROM THIS DRAWING. VERIFY ALL Title Line 3 DO NOT SCALE FROM THIS DRAWING. VERIFY ALL DIMENSIONSExisting ON SITEMassing. DRAWING Plan SHOULD BE READ DIMENSIONSProposed ON SITE Massing. DRAWING SHOULDPlan BE READ 1:1250 @ A3 1:1250 @ A3 Status XXXXXX Rev IN CONJUNCTION WITH INFORMATION FROM ALL Status XXXXXX Rev IN CONJUNCTION WITH INFORMATION FROM ALL OTHER DESIGN CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS. OTHER DESIGN CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS. Scale X:XXX @ XX XXX 0 ALL DRAWINGS20 IN DIGITAL FORMAT40 ARE FOR60 M Scale X:XXX @ XX XXX 0 ALL DRAWINGS20 IN DIGITAL FORMAT40 ARE FOR60 M PP01 29/11/19 - Planning Grove Issue REFERENCE ONLY. PP01 29/11/19 - Planning Grove Issue REFERENCE ONLY. Date XX.XX.XX Date XX.XX.XX Chestnut DRAFT Chestnut DRAFT Existing pattern of development Proposed pattern of development The hedge/fence boundary to the east of the site, which continues up to the most northern farm The proposal follows the pattern of development set up by Coach House and the farms to the on Owl End, marks a clear distinguishment between the countryside and the small settlement of north which have outbuildings behind buildings. Owl End, Great Stukeley. 88 86 2.1 Pattern of Development Layering of dwellings

Pond There is a pattern of layered dwellings within Owl End with views of buildings between and behind buildings predominent as you

76 31 travel up and down the road.

The coach house and Torkington House sit behind Stukeley Pond 74 Gardens [top image], and No.74, and are both visually prominent in the background from both Owl End Road and the adjacent Coach House dwellings. Stukeley Gardens The farmyard typology clusters and layers buildings [middle im- 25 age] with a more domestic building to the front and agricultural buildings to the rear, as illustrated in the active farmstead along Owl End.

29 Torkington House Stukeley Owl End

Paul & Frankie Ryan N 74 Owl End, Great Stukeley, Huntingdon, PE28 4AQ` The layering of the Chestnut Grove dwellings are also visible 11 15 17 Job no. 1907 Mole Architects behind Stukeley Gardens [bottom image]. dwg.No XXXX Floor 2, 52 Burleigh Street Cambridge Tel: 01223 913012 Title Title Line 1 CB1 1DJ www.molearchitects.co.uk Title Line 2 Title Line 3 DO NOTProposed SCALE FROM Massing THIS DRAWING Plan. VERIFY ALL DIMENSIONS ON SITEThe. DRAWING SHOULDproposed BE READ dwelling sits to the rear of Number 74 and 76 Owl 1:1250 @ A3 Status XXXXXX Rev IN CONJUNCTION WITH INFORMATION FROM ALL OTHER DESIGN CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS. Scale X:XXX @ XX 0 ALL DRAWINGS20 IN DIGITAL FORMAT40 ARE FOR60 M Grove XXX REFERENCE ONLY. end, and belongs to a small cluster of houses which incorporate PP01 29/11/19 - Planning Issue Date XX.XX.XX Chestnut DRAFT the houses on Stukeley Park Road and Torkington Hall. These houses are clearly visible when travelling along Owl End, and cre- ate a layering views of houses. Although barely visible from Owl End the setting of the proposed house is therefore unexceptional in this arrangement.

Pond

Pond 74

Pond 74 Coach House Stukeley Gardens

Coach House

Stukeley25 Gardens

29 Torkington House Stukeley Owl End

Paul & Frankie Ryan N 74 Owl End, Great Stukeley, Huntingdon, PE28 4AQ` 11 15 17 Job no. 1907 Mole Architects 29 Torkington House Stukeleydwg .NoOwlXXXX End Floor 2, 52 Burleigh Street Cambridge Tel: 01223 913012 Paul & Frankie Ryan CB1 1DJ N 74 Owl End, GreatTitle Stukeley, TitleHuntingdon Line, PE28 4AQ` 1 www.molearchitects.co.uk 11 17 15 Title Line 2 Job no. 1907 Title Line 3 Mole ArchitectsDO NOT SCALE FROM THIS DRAWING. VERIFY ALL dwg.No DIMENSIONSProposed ON SITE Massing. DRAWING SHOULDPlan BE READ XXXX Floor 2, 52 Burleigh1:1250 Street @ A3 Status XXXXXX Rev CambridgeIN CONJUNCTION WITH INFORMATIONTel: 01223 913012 FROM ALL OTHER DESIGN CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS. Title CB1 1DJ www.molearchitects.co.uk TitleScale LineX:XXX 1 @ XX XXX 0 ALL DRAWINGS20 IN DIGITAL FORMAT40 ARE FOR60 M PP01 29/11/19 - Planning Grove Issue Title Line 2 REFERENCE ONLY. Date XX.XX.XX Chestnut Title Line 3 DO NOTProposed SCALE FROM Massing THIS DRAWING Plan. VERIFY ALL DRAFTDIMENSIONS ON SITE. DRAWING SHOULD BE READ 1:1250 @ A3 Status XXXXXX Rev IN CONJUNCTION WITH INFORMATION FROM ALL OTHER DESIGN CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS. Scale X:XXX @ XX XXX 0 ALL DRAWINGS20 IN DIGITAL FORMAT40 ARE FOR60 M PP01 29/11/19 - Planning Grove Issue REFERENCE ONLY. Date XX.XX.XX Chestnut DRAFT 3.0 visuals 3.1 Visual View from garden to south elevation

This view is taken from the garden looking north towards the south elevation. Top view: View of existing building form to the south west when viewed from the approximate position of the No. 76 can just be seen behind the Lleylandi trees. The clients have plans the proposed house illustrating the visual connection between the proposed building and the existing buildings in for this south garden including a dry area, grass and a woodland area. the village.

Bottom image: View of existing building form to the south when viewed from the approximate position of the garage of the proposed house. 3.2 Visual View from paddock to north elevation

This view is taken from the paddock (north of the house) looking south. This Top view: View of existing building form to south when viewed from the position of the proposed house illustrat- presents the north elevation with the east gable visible. No. 76 can be seen ing the visual connection between the proposed building and the existing building in the village. between the Leylandi trees. Bottom image: View of the existing building form to the north showing substantial brick built outbuildings that extend back into the garden areas of No 86 and 88 Owl End showing the visual connection between the proposed dwelling and the existing buildings in the village. 3.3 Visual View from field to east elevation

This view is taken from the field looking west. The garage of No.74 is visible Top view: View from adjacent field looking south towards existing development at Stukeley Park. This illustrates between the trees to the left of the image. the presence of the existing buildings when viewed from private field in adjacent countryside

Bottom image: View from adjacent field looking south west towards Stukeley Park, the Coach house and and Snowdrops. Mole Architects

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