BALDERSBY ST JAMES Conservation Area Character Appraisal Baldersby St James Conservation Area Character Appraisal -approved approved 16 November 16 November 2010 2011p. a Contents Page 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 2 2. Planning policy framework ............................................................................................ 2 3 Historic development & archaeology ............................................................................. 3 4 Location & landscape setting ........................................................................................ 4 5. Landscape character .................................................................................................... 5 6. The form & character of buildings ................................................................................. 7 Map 1: Historic development ........................................................................................... 13 Map 2: Conservation Area boundary .............................................................................. 14 Map 3: Analysis & concepts ............................................................................................. 15 Map 4: Landscape analysis ............................................................................................. 16 Appendix A: 1 Management strategy .................................................................................................. 17 2 Monitoring & review ..................................................................................................... 17 3 Maintaining quality ...................................................................................................... 17 4 Conservation Area boundary review ........................................................................... 17 5 The management of change ....................................................................................... 18 6 Opportunities for enhancement .................................................................................. 18 Checklist to manage change ........................................................................................ 22 Appendix B: Public consultation ..................................................................................... 23 Appendix C: Further reading .......................................................................................... 24 This and other Planning documents are or will be made available in large copy print, audiocassette, Braille or languages other than English. If you require the document in one of these formats, please contact us (tel. 01423 556586 or email [email protected] ) p. b Baldersby St James Conservation Area Character Appraisal - approved 16 November 2011 1 Introduction 1.1 Conservation Area Appraisals aim to define devise a strategy to protect these qualities. 1.6 Baldersby St James Conservation Area and analyse the special interest which The Appraisal will help us understand was originally designated on 16th June constitutes the character and appearance the impact that development proposals 1994. This appraisal aims to describe of a place. It is these qualities that could have on the conservation area and Baldersby St James as it is today and warrant the designation of a conservation whether these are acceptable and/or identify the special character and distinc- area. This appraisal was approved appropriate. tiveness of its setting, buildings and by the Cabinet Member for Planning, open spaces; having identified those Transport and Economic Development 1.4 The assessment of the area’s special special qualities, the appraisal highlights on 16 November 2011 and forms an architectural or historic interest is based opportunities to protect and enhance its “evidence base” for the Local Development on a careful and objective analysis of character. Framework (LDF). Consequently, it is a the area, using a method of analysis material consideration when determining recommended by English Heritage. 1.7 By identifying what makes Baldersby St applications for development, considering Various qualities are looked at including: James special or distinctive it is suggested planning appeals or proposing works historical development, building materials, that any future change, whether to for the preservation or enhancement of and relationships between buildings individual buildings, building groups or the the area. It also forms the basis for a and open spaces. Appraisals aim to be village as a whole, will be based on this subsequent management strategy, which comprehensive but the omission of any understanding of the past and the present will contain proposals and policies for the particular building, feature or space character of the settlement. In this way, conservation and enhancement of the should not be taken to imply that it we can manage future change to ensure area. is of no interest. it makes a positive contribution towards preserving or enhancing its special 1.2 The appraisal provides information and 1.5 Various qualities are looked at including: character. guidance to those wishing to carry out historical development, building materials works in the conservation area whether and relationships between built and open or not they require planning approval. spaces. Although an appraisal aims to So, it is a useful source of information for be comprehensive the omission of any property owners, agents, applicants and particular building, feature or space members of the public who live or work should not be taken to imply that it in Baldersby St James. is of no interest. 1.3 The main function of the conservation area Appraisal is to ensure that any works in the conservation area have regard to the special qualities of the area and to Baldersby St James Conservation Area Character Appraisal - approved 16 November 2010 p. 1 2 Planning policy framework Objectives 2.1 Local authorities have a duty to designate these appraisals will be an important The principal objectives of the “areas of special architectural or historic factor in deciding whether a proposal appraisal are: interest, the character or appearance has an adverse affect on the character of which it is desirable to preserve or and appearance of a conservation area to define and record enhance” as conservation areas under and, therefore, whether it is contrary the settlement’s special section 69 of the Planning (Listed to saved Harrogate District Local Plan character and interest; Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act Policy HD3 (which is the key policy for the 1990. The same Act also requires local control of development in conservation to raise public awareness planning authorities to periodically review areas). The scope of Policy HD3 also of the aims and objectives conservation areas. covers development proposals outside of the conservation area a conservation area, which would affect 2.2 Government guidance on all development designation and stimulate its setting or views into or out of the affecting conservation areas is set out in conservation area. involvement in the Planning Policy Statement 5: Planning protection of its character; and the Historic Environment (PPS5). 2.4 Involving the community and raising to identify what is worthy PPS5 advises local authorities to define public awareness is an integral part of of preservation to aid the elements that make up the special the appraisal process and needs to be character or appearance of conservation approached in a pro-active and innovative understanding; areas in order to provide a sound basis on way. Community involvement helps to assess the action that which to develop local planning policies, to bring valuable public understanding may be necessary to preservation or enhancement strategies and ‘ownership’ to proposals for the safeguard this special and to make development control area. Appendix B details how the interest; and decisions. local community was involved and the contribution it has made to this appraisal. to identify opportunities 2.3 In determining planning applications for enhancement. for development within conservation areas and applications for conservation area consent, the council will give considerable weight to the content of conservation area character appraisals. The consideration of proposals in the context of the description contained in p. 2 Baldersby St James Conservation Area Character Appraisal - approved 16 November 2011 3 Historic development & archaeology 3.1 Baldersby St James is a very small church (1856-8), a prominent landmark village can be seen as part of a national village lying between the larger villages in the surrounding flat farmland. To the movement to provide better housing for of Baldersby to the north and Rainton to northeast lies the vicarage (1854), while on workers, which progressed from small- the south. Beside the River Swale to the the opposite side of the road to the church scale initiatives such as that at Baldersby east of Baldersby St James stands the lie the school and school house (1854) St James through such well-known Palladian house, now a school, known as with the group of dwellings (1855) lying to projects as Saltaire and Port Sunlight to Baldersby Park, which was designed by the north-west of the churchyard. Garden Cities like Letchworth and Welwyn.