Land at Yapton Lane, Walberton 01 BACKGROUND Introduction Gladman Developments Ltd have successfully invested in communities throughout the UK over the past 30 years, developing high quality and sustainable residential, commercial and industrial schemes. The purpose of the consultation process and the consultation boards is to illustrate our emerging outline proposals for a new residential development on the Site located on Land at Yapton Lane, Walberton and to seek comments from the local community which will be considered before the outline planning application is lodged with Arun District Council. FONTWELL WA/95/18/RES Approved Reserved Matters Applicationpp for 175 new homes EASTERGATE LANE SITE THE STREET WALBERTON YAPTON LANE Site Boundary South Downs National Park Site Location Plan Walberton Village Conservation Area The Site The Need for Housing The Site is located on the eastern edge of the settlement of Walberton, immediately to Every Council is required by Government to boost significantly the supply of housing and to WKHHDVWRI<DSWRQ/DQH7KH6LWHFRPSULVHVDEURDGO\UHFWDQJXODUVKDSHGDUDEOHÀHOG make planning decisions in light of the presumption in favour of sustainable development. which is bound to the north and east by Avisford Park Golf Course. To the west, the Site is bound by Yapton Lane, where a number of existing residential properties overlook the The Council has a demonstrable need for more housing and additional deliverable sites 6LWH7KH6LWHLVXQGHÀQHGWRWKHVRXWKKRZHYHUDSXEOLFIRRWSDWKUXQVRQDQHDVWWRZHVW are required in order to meet this demand and maintain a five year housing supply as axis along the southern boundary, beyond which lies more arable farmland. A solitary required by National Policy. veteran oak tree stands about half way along the southern boundary. The Site falls within the administrative boundary of Arun District Council. The Application Gladman Developments Ltd intend to submit an outline application for up A Sustainable Location to 185 dwellings on Land at Yapton lane, Walberton, to Arun District Council The Site is located in a sustainable location, within a 5-10 minute walk to the main village later this year. This application will establish the principles of development and centre of Walberton, which offers a number of local services and facilities, such as determine the access arrangements. New housing will be set within robust green convenience store, launderette, dental surgery, a hairdressers, a post office, a village infrastructure to deliver the following: hall and a public house. In addition to this, Walberton has a number of recreational • Up to 185 homes of varying sizes, types, tenures (including a proportion of facilities located a short walk from the Site, including a cricket club, outdoor play facilities, affordable housing). a community play centre and a golf club. Furthermore, the new development in the northern part of the village also provides a number of community facilities, such as tennis • A vehicular access point taken from Yapton Lane and an emergency access courts, allotments and more play facilities and is readily accessible via the public footpath point also taken from Yapton Lane. opposite the Site. • Provision of public open space for amenity and recreational use, including There are several bus stops located along Yapton Lane adjacent to the Site, which provide a new children’s play area. The new areas of public open space will connections with Arundel and Chichester. incorporate the existing trees and hedgerows along the Site’s boundaries, particularly the solitary oak tree located adjacent to the southern boundary. • A central green corridor will be provided to maintain a framed view towards Glatting Beacon in the South Downs National Park. • Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in the form of an attenuation basin and VZDOHVGHVLJQHGWRPDQDJHÁRRGULVNDQGSURYLGHQHZKDELWDWVIRUZLOGOLIH Land at Yapton Lane, Walberton 02 HISTORIC CONTEXT Historic Development The historic maps below show how Walberton has grown over the last 140 years. As illustrated by the 1880 map, the village originally formed along The Street, most of which makes up the Walberton Village Conservation Area. Slightly further to the west, where The Street meets Walberton Green, was also an original part of the village, and is designated as the :DOEHUWRQ*UHHQ&RQVHUYDWLRQ$UHD:DOEHUWRQ+RXVHDQG6W0DU\·V&KXUFKFDQEHVHHQRQWKLVPDSDQGDUHWZRRIWKHPRVWVLJQLÀFDQWEXLOGLQJVLQ:DOEHUWRQGHVLJQDWHGDV Grade I and Grade II* Listed Buildings respectively. Also, St Mary’s Church, Glebe House and Church Farmhouse, all Grade II Listed Buildings in Binsted, can be seen to the east of the Site. The 1938-1951 map shows how the two historic cores began to grow, almost connecting the two separate conservation areas with built development. New housing was also built along Yapton Lane, which overlooks the Site, and along Avisford Park Road which runs from Yapton Lane towards the centre of the village. The Walberton Cricket Ground can also be seen on this map, although it is located to the south of Avisford Park Road, whereas today it is now located to the north, as can be seen on the 1979-1980 and present day maps. The 1979-1980 map shows how the once separate settlements at Walberton have now been completely merged through development in the central parts of the village. New housing at Prime Close and Henty Close, to the west of Yapton Lane, was constructed on the former location of the Walberton Cricket Ground, with the latter being moved to the northern side of Avisford Park Road. New development to the immediate east of the Walberton Green Conservation Area and to the east of Pigeon House Farm can be seen, which completes the merging of the two formerly separate settlements. The present day map shows how, up until very recently, development in the village came to a halt. However, there is a development in the northern part of the village which is currently under construction, and is accessed via Yapton Lane, slightly further north of the Site. 1880 1938 - 1951 1979 - 1980 Present Day Land at Yapton Lane, Walberton 03 THE SITE 7KH6LWHFRPSULVHVDEURDGO\UHFWDQJXODUDUDEOHÀHOGORFDWHGRQWKHHDVWHUQHGJH of Walberton. To the north and the east, the Site’s boundaries are marked by a well- 3 managed hedgerow which physically separates the Site from Avisford Park Golf Course. The rest of the golf course is located on the western side of Yapton Lane, to the north west of the Site. Approved planning application 2 WA/95/18/RES 7RWKHZHVWRIWKH6LWHDPDWXUHKHGJHURZGHÀQHVWKHERXQGDU\WRJHWKHUZLWKD number of mature trees, including ash, oak and sycamore trees. Beyond the existing hedgerow and trees, Yapton Lane runs in a north to south direction, connecting the village to the A27 to the north and Burndell to the south. There are a number of existing properties along the western side of Yapton Lane, which overlook the Site. Opposite the southernmost part of the western boundary is the easternmost extents of the Walberton Village Conservation Area. $SXEOLFIRRWSDWKGHÀQHVWKHVRXWKHUQERXQGDU\RIWKH6LWHDQGUXQVIURP<DSWRQ Lane, through Avisford Park Golf Course and ends at Binsted Lane to the east of the Site. About halfway along the Site’s southern boundary is a solitary veteran oak tree. 1 7RWKHVRXWKRIWKLVERXQGDU\DUHVHYHUDOPRUHDUDEOHÀHOGVRIDVLPLODUFKDUDFWHUWR the Site. 4 PUBLIC FOOTPATH FP350 Public Footpath Map showing Site boundary and photo locations. Veteran oak on southern Site boundary Residential properties on Yapton Lane 1 View from public footpath FP350, looking north west into the Site. Veteran oak tree on southern boundary Residential properties on Yapton Lane 2 View from within the north eastern boundary of the Site, looking south west across the Site. Existing hedgerows along northern and eastern boundaries Veteran oak tree on southern boundary 3 View from within the north western boundary of the Site, looking south east across the Site. Land at Yapton Lane, Walberton 04 EXISTING LOCAL CHARACTER Landscape and Visual Environment The Site is not covered by any statutory or non-statutory designations for landscape character or quality, and there are no Tree Preservation Orders covering any trees within the Site. The Site adjoins the built up edge of Walberton to the west and Avisford Park Golf Course to the north and east. The Site lies within Landscape Character Area (LCA) SC8, which is part of the Ashlings, Halnaker and Fontwell Upper Coastal Plain. The Site is fairly typical of this LCA, comprising a small WRPHGLXPVL]HGDUDEOHÀHOGHQFORVHGE\KHGJHURZVDQGORFDWHGZLWKLQDOHDI\ZRRGHGVHWWOHPHQW$QRWKHUNH\FKDUDFWHULVWLFRIWKH/&$LVFOHDUYLHZVWRWKHKLJKHUJURXQGRIWKH South Downs National Park (SDNP) to the north, which is located approximately 170m from the Site’s northern boundary at its nearest point. There is a framed view to the north of Glatting Beacon (within the SDNP) and the communications masts atop it from footpath 350 along the southern Site boundary. 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