Carningli Sylvan Management Plan September 2017 Sue Gillooley Site Address: Land adjacent to Castle Hill Newport Pembrokeshire SA42 0QE Correspondence address: c/o Tregyddulan St Nicholas Goodwick Pembrokeshire SA64 0LX Page 1 of 76 Contents 1. Summary 2. Local Planning Context 3. Baseline 4. Strategy 5. Business and Improvement Plan: Land Based Activity o Food o Income o Business Plans . Willow . Lavender . Geese . Chickens . Primroses . Tours o Occupants 6. Land Management o Ecology o Layout 7. Energy and Water o Domestic Electricity Generation o Domestic Heating o Domestic Cooking o Water Use 8. Waste o Domestic Food waste o Grey Water o Human Faeces and Urine o Green waste o Livestock Manure 9. Zero Carbon Buildings 10. Social Benefit o Community Impact Assessment 11. Transport and Travel Plan 12. EFA o Other Footprints 13. Phasing, Monitoring and Exit Strategy 14. Section 106 undertaking 15. Declaration of Competency Appendices: 1. Ecological Survey 2. Visual Impact assessment 3. CSH part 3 4. EFA assessment 5. Contour plan of site 6. LANDMAP Cultural landscape Page 2 of 76 7. LANDMAP Geological landscape 8. LANDMAP Historic landscape 9. LANDMAP Landscape Habitats 10. LANDMAP Visual and Sensory 11. Carningli SSSI 12. Newport and Carningli Full Description Historic Landscape 13. Landscape Character Assessment 22 Mynydd Carningli 14. Cashflow forecasts – Carningli Sylvan land-based enterprises Page 3 of 76 1. Summary This management plan provides a framework for the management of the Carningli eco-smallholding under the Welsh ‘One Planet Development’ policy. It adopts the format as suggested in the One Planet Development Practice Guidance (TAN6, Oct 2012), with reference to the Supplementary Planning Guidance to the Local Development Plan for the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (re Policy 47) provided in Chapter 2. This management plan describes the holding’s topography, ecology and context. It provides a comprehensive breakdown of my current and future consumption patterns, and describes how I will grow/ produce more than 30% of my own food from the land. It details how I will meet my minimum income requirements from land-based enterprises and how I see these developing over time. I explain how I will meet my water, energy and waste needs in accordance with the planning policy guidance, and explores my potential impact on the local and wider community. Page 4 of 76 2. Planning Context Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has its own Low Impact Development – Making a positive contribution policy with Supplementary Planning Guidance (June 2013). The following table lists the policy criteria and references them in regard to this management plan: Policy 47: criteria Where this is described in the Management Plan Note: italics indicates a requirement specific to the National Park A. The proposal will make a positive The positive environmental contribution is covered in the environmental, social and/or economic Baseline chapter (which provides contextual reference) along contribution with public benefit. with its supporting appendices, the Strategy Chapter (which a) Positive environmental contribution describes the design principles), and is summarised in the Land with public benefit. Management chapter. An Ecology Report and a Visual Impact b) Positive social and/ or economic Assessment provide independent professional perspectives on contribution with public benefit. the environmental impact of the project. The economic contribution that the project offers is detailed in the Business and Improvement plan: Land based activity chapter. The Community Impact Assessment describes the local community benefits of the proposal. B. All activities and structures on site a) See chapter on Waste have low impact in terms of the b) See chapter on Energy and Water environment and use of resources. c) See chapter on Zero Carbon Buildings Relating to: d) See Transport Assessment – Travel Plan chapter a) Waste e) See Exit Strategy in chapter 13 b) Water and energy f) See Strategy chapter c) Buildings d) Traffic generation e) Reversibility of proposals f) Scale no greater than necessary C. Opportunities to reuse buildings There are no existing buildings on the proposal site. which are available in the proposal area of operation have been investigated and shown to be impracticable. D. The development is well Refer to the Landscape section of the Land Management integrated into the landscape and Chapter, along with the Visual Impact Assessment does not have adverse visual effects. a) Generally b) Associated activities c) Lighting E. The proposal requires a countryside a) Refer to the Food component of the Land Based Activity location and is tied directly to the land on chapter which it is located, and involves b) Refer to the Income component of the Land Based Activity agriculture, forestry or horticulture. chapter a) Food needs from the site c) Refer to the ‘Energy and Water’ and ‘Waste’ chapters b) Income from the site c) Energy and waste assimilation Page 5 of 76 F. The proposal will provide sufficient Refer to the ‘Business and Improvement Plan’ Chapter and the livelihood for and substantially meet the Cash Flow Forecast needs of residents on the site. a) Generally b) Provision of financial information G. The number of adult residents should Refer to the ‘Occupants’ component of the ‘Business and be directly related to the functional Improvement Plan’ Chapter requirements of the enterprise. H. In the event of the development The development does not involve more than one family involving members of more than one family, the proposal will be managed and controlled by a trust, co-operative or other similar mechanism in which the occupiers have an interest. Page 6 of 76 3. Baseline (Please refer to the appendices for full reports as referred to below. Where the full reports have not been included in the appendices, sources are shown). Location: The site is located in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park just south of the small town of Newport. The site ranges from 108 to 150 meters above sea level, approximately mid way between the coastal plain and Carningli summit. It slopes toward the sea facing north. A detailed contour map is included in the Appendices. Area and Shape: The site covers 5.5 acres of predominantly pasture adjacent to Castle Hill, Newport, Pembrokeshire, and comprises of 5 irregularly shaped small fields. Boundaries: To the south and east (and a little to the west) the site adjoins Carningli common (with the exception of the south-eastern corner which adjoins further small fields) and a dry stone wall separates the improved fields from the unimproved pasture and scrub on the common. To the west the site is bordered by pockets of woodland and overgrown hedgerows associated with the neighbouring ‘Stone Hill’ residence – these follow the stream gully and road access. Context Sheep have been grazing the fields over the last few years which has improved the quality of the grass and soil. Some planting and horticultural activities have been initiated in anticipation of a future mixed land use as described herein. Carningli common, a SSSI, is managed as rough pasture, as are the fields to the south of the site. The small cluster of 3 fields to the north-east of the site are under mixed use – horticulture, agroforestry and agriculture. Tenure and Services I own the site as a freehold and it has no mains services. Access: Vehicular and pedestrian access is via an existing entranceway on the northern boundary - via the Castle Hill road. Currently the entranceway onto the site includes a small parking area. Audit: Physical The site lies within the Mynydd Dinas - Mynydd Carningli Geological Landscape which is classified as Mountain and upland valley/Undulating upland terrain and dissected plateau/Other (Level 3). The site is classified as grade 4 under the Agricultural Land Classification system: Grade 4 - poor quality agricultural land Land with severe limitations which significantly restrict the range of crops and/or level of yields. It is mainly suited to grass with occasional arable crops (e.g. cereals and Page 7 of 76 forage crops) the yields of which are variable. In moist climates, yields of grass may be moderate to high but there may be difficulties in utilisation. The grade also includes very droughty arable land. Source: http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/landmanage/land-use/documents/alc-guidelines- 1988.pdf Mynydd Dinas - Mynydd Carningli LANDMAP Geological Landscape PMBRKGL039 This assessment considers the geological landscape of high value (Prominent massif with key periglacial features to N W of more famous Preseli Mountains massif) and in good condition. It describes the area as: Prominent massif N W of the Preseli Mountains and rising to 337 m. Forms a broadly E -W ridge of coalescing knolls with rocky peaks or tors surrounded by rock-strewn slopes. Slopes away rapidly northwards towards the coast forming an escarpment. To S of ridge slopes more gently towards Cwm Gwaun, but locally with steeper upper-most section around tors. Common blocks on slopes often concentrated in broad runs. Bedrock geology includes Ordovician volcanic rocks and slates with some igneous intrusions, the latter as in the Preseli Mountains. Surface features are dominantly periglacial, however (Quaternary, Pleistocene). Audit: Biodiversity An ecology survey has been undertaken for the site and is included in the Appendices. It states that… ‘Within the site four main habitat types were identified; semi-improved pasture (phase 1 code B6), species-rich hedgerow/wall (J2.2.1/J2.5)) and a stream (G2.2). The semi- improved grassland also contains a flush and an area of rush pasture. Hedgerows and streams are both listed in section 42 NERC act 2006 as priority habitats, and are considered to be of significant conservation value. In addition the network of old dry stone walls and ruins are species-rich and hold significant biodiversity.’ There is also a LANDMAP Landscape Habitat assessment for this area: N.