Land at Wiswell Lane Whalley Clitheroe Landscape and Visual Appraisal 23 April 2019 DRaW (UK) Ltd Morwick Hall, Mortec Park, York Road, Leeds, LS15 4TA. Tel: 0113 8232871 Web: www.draw-ltd.com Email : [email protected] DOCUMENT CONTROL DRaW (UK) Ltd Morwick Hall, Mortec Park, York Road, Leeds, LS15 4TA. Web: www.draw-ltd.com Tel: 0113 8232871 Email : [email protected] Author Nigel Rockliff Reviewed Chris Davenport Report Number Revison Date Issued Recipient 56-02-R1 - 30/01/19 VH Land Partnerships Ltd 56-02-R1 A 18/02/19 VH Land Partnerships Ltd 56-02-R1 B 23/04/19 VH Land Partnerships Ltd Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 6 Appraisal Methodology ............................................................................................................ 6 Study Area .............................................................................................................................. 7 Desk-Based Study ................................................................................................................... 7 Field Study .............................................................................................................................. 7 The Site Location .................................................................................................................... 7 2 The Proposed Development ........................................................................ 9 3 Landscape Planning Context .................................................................... 10 National Planning Policy Framework, 2018 ..................................................................................................... 10 Ribble Valley Core Strategy 2008 – 2028 (Adopted 2014) ............................................................................. 11 Planning Designations ........................................................................................................... 12 Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ................................................................................................................ 13 Green Belt ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 Scheduled Monuments .................................................................................................................................... 14 Conservation Areas ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Listed Buildings ................................................................................................................................................ 14 Tree Preservation Orders ................................................................................................................................ 14 Public Rights-of-Way and Recreational Routes .............................................................................................. 14 Agricultural Land Classification ....................................................................................................................... 14 Flood Risk ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 4 Landscape Appraisal ................................................................................. 16 Landscape Character ............................................................................................................ 16 National Character Areas ................................................................................................................................ 16 The Landscape Strategy for Lancashire.......................................................................................................... 17 Undulating Lowland Farmland LCT5 ............................................................................................................... 18 LCA 5c Lower Ribble ....................................................................................................................................... 19 The Application Site and its Immediate Surroundings ............................................................ 20 Landscape Sensitivity ............................................................................................................ 23 5 Predicted Landscape Effects ..................................................................... 23 6 Visual Appraisal ........................................................................................ 25 Zone of Theoretical Visibility .................................................................................................. 25 Viewpoint Appraisal ............................................................................................................... 25 Residential Amenity ............................................................................................................... 34 7 Predicted Visual Effects ............................................................................ 37 8 Mitigation ................................................................................................... 38 9 Summary ................................................................................................... 39 10 Overall Conclusions ............................................................................... 40 Viewpoints Viewpoint 1: Wiswell Lane, opposite the entrance to The Mullions, looking northeast towards the site ........................................................................................................................................................ 26 Viewpoint 2: A59 looking east towards site and the A671 Junction .................................................. 27 Viewpoint 3: A671 looking south towards the site and the Wiswell Lane junction. ............................ 28 Viewpoint 4: Bennetts Close looking north across Wiswell Lane west towards the site .................... 29 Viewpoint 5: Footpath 3-47-FP9 (Lancashire Witches Walk) south of Wiswell looking northwest across the site .................................................................................................................................. 30 Viewpoint 6: Wheatsheaf Close East off Clitheroe Road, Barrow looking southeast towards the site ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 Viewpoint 7: Footpath 3-6-FP33 Moor Lane, looking northwest across Whalley .............................. 32 Viewpoint 8: Footpath 3-6-FP32 Whalley Nab, looking northwest across Whalley ........................... 33 Figures Figure 1: Site Location ....................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2: Site Context ........................................................................................................................ 8 Figure 3: Indicative Site Layout (STEN Architects April 2019) ............................................................ 9 Figure 4: Extract from the Agricultural Land Classification Map ........................................................ 15 Figure 5: Flood Risk from Surface Water ......................................................................................... 15 Figure 6: Extent of National Character Area 33 Bowland Fringe and Pendle Hill .............................. 16 Figure 7: Lancashire Landscape Strategy, Landscape Character Types & Landscape Character Areas ............................................................................................................................................... 18 Figure 8: Extract from the 1929 OS 6 Inch map and corresponding aerial view of the site 2015. ..... 21 Figure 9: The site, looking towards the northern boundary and the A59 ........................................... 21 Figure 10: Woodland at the Southern Edge of the Site, adjacent to Wiswell Lane............................ 22 Figure 11: Domestic Garden (The Mullions) adjacent to the western site boundary. ........................ 22 Figure 12: Residential Properties with Potential Views of the Development ..................................... 34 Figure 13: The Mullions, adjacent to the Site ................................................................................... 35 Figure 14: Bungalow off Wiswell Shay (East of the A671) ................................................................ 35 Figure 15: Bennetts Close (Group of 5 Houses South of the Site) .................................................... 36 Figure 16: Bramley Meade West of the Site ..................................................................................... 36 Tables Table 1: Relevant Designations, Protected Heritage Assets and Constraints ................................... 13 Table 2: Potential Effects of the Landscape ..................................................................................... 23 Table 3: Predicted Visual Effects ..................................................................................................... 37 Drawings Drawing 01: Landscape Planning Constraints Drawing 02: Topography Drawing 03: Zone of Theoretical Visibility and Viewpoint Locations Land at Wiswell Lane, Whalley, Clitheroe Landscape