Settlement Sensitivity Assessment Volume 1: Landscape Fringes of Ipswich July 2018 Alison Farmer Associates 29 Montague Road Cambridge CB4 1BU Tel: 01223 461444 [email protected] $OLVRQ)DUPHU$VVRFLDWHV 6HWWOHPHQW6HQVLWLYLW\$VVHVVPHQW9ROXPH/DQGVFDSH)ULQJHVRI,SVZLFK -XO\ Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 APPOINTMENT ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 THE BRIEF AND SCOPE OF WORK.................................................................................................... 1 1.3 BACKGROUND TO STUDY .............................................................................................................. 2 1.4 LIST OF SETTLEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE STUDY ................................................................................ 3 2.0 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................ 5 2.1 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 APPROACH ................................................................................................................................. 5 2.3 SETTLEMENT PATTERNS WITHIN SUFFOLK ........................................................................................ 6 2.4 DEFINING TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................ 6 2.5 CRITERIA USED IN MAKING JUDGEMENTS ........................................................................................ 7 2.6 RECORDING FINDINGS .................................................................................................................. 8 2.7 HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT ...................................................................................................... 8 3.0 BACKGROUND TO LANDSCAPES FRINGING IPSWICH .......................................................... 9 3.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 9 3.2 LANDSCAPE SETTING OF IPSWICH AND WIDER POLICY AREA ............................................................... 9 3.3 EXISTING STUDIES AND POLICY ..................................................................................................... 10 4.0 LANDSCAPES FRINGING IPSWICH ..................................................................................... 13 4.1 HISTORICAL GROWTH OF IPSWICH ................................................................................................ 13 4.2 LAND NORTH OF IPSWICH IP1 (MID SUFFOLK) ............................................................................... 15 4.3 LAND NORTHEAST OF IPSWICH IP2 (SUFFOLK COASTAL) .................................................................. 17 4.4 LAND EAST OF IPSWICH IP3 (SUFFOLK COASTAL) ............................................................................ 19 4.5 LAND SOUTH OF IPSWICH IP4 (BABERGH) ..................................................................................... 21 4.6 LAND SOUTHWEST OF IPSWICH IP5 (BABERGH) .............................................................................. 23 4.7 LAND WEST OF IPSWICH IP6 (BABERGH AND MID SUFFOLK) ............................................................ 25 5.0 OTHER MID SUFFOLK SETTLEMENTS ................................................................................ 27 5.1 BRAMFORD .............................................................................................................................. 28 5.2 CLAYDON AND BARHAM ............................................................................................................. 33 5.3 GREAT BLAKENHAM ................................................................................................................... 39 6.0 OTHER SUFFOLK COASTAL SETTLEMENTS ......................................................................... 44 6.1 WESTERFIELD ............................................................................................................................ 45 6.2 RUSHMERE ST ANDREW ............................................................................................................. 49 6.3 PLAYFORD ................................................................................................................................ 53 6.4 LITTLE BEALINGS ........................................................................................................................ 55 6.5 KESGRAVE ................................................................................................................................ 58 6.6 MARTLESHAM ........................................................................................................................... 62 6.7 NACTON .................................................................................................................................. 68 $OLVRQ)DUPHU$VVRFLDWHV 6HWWOHPHQW6HQVLWLYLW\$VVHVVPHQW9ROXPH/DQGVFDSH)ULQJHVRI,SVZLFK -XO\ 7.0 OTHER BABERGH SETTLEMENTS ...................................................................................... 72 7.1 WHERSTEAD ............................................................................................................................. 73 7.2 BELSTEAD ................................................................................................................................. 76 7.3 COPDOCK AND WASHBROOK ....................................................................................................... 79 7.4 SPROUGHTON ........................................................................................................................... 84 8.0 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................ 89 Appendix 1: Key Reference Documents Appendix 2: List of Abbreviations $OLVRQ)DUPHU$VVRFLDWHV 6HWWOHPHQW6HQVLWLYLW\$VVHVVPHQW9ROXPH/DQGVFDSH)ULQJHVRI,SVZLFK -XO\ Executive Summary 7KLV VHWWOHPHQW IULQJH VHQVLWLYLW\ VWXG\ ZDV FRPPLVVLRQHG E\ 6XIIRON &RDVWDO 'LVWULFW LQ SDUWQHUVKLSZLWK,SVZLFK0LG6XIIRONDQG%DEHUJK'LVWULFWV 7KHSXUSRVHRIWKHDVVHVVPHQWLVWRSURYLGHDUREXVWDQDO\VLVRIWKHVHQVLWLYLW\RIVHWWOHPHQW IULQJHVWRGHYHORSPHQWDQGFKDQJHLQRUGHUWR x ,QIRUPWKHSUHSDUDWLRQRIORFDOSODQSROLFLHVDQGODQGXVHDOORFDWLRQV x ,QIRUPWKHVXEPLVVLRQDQGGHWHUPLQDWLRQRISODQQLQJDSSOLFDWLRQV x 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