Little Bollington Design Guide Report By[...]

Little Bollington Design Guide Report By[...]

LITTLE BOLLINGTON DESIGN GUIDANCE FOR LITTLE BOLLINGTON PARISH MEETING AND NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN GROUP | OCTOBER 2019 PROJECT NAME AND NUMBER Little Bollington 19-025 DOCUMENT NAME AND REVISION Design Guidance Document - Revision B PREPARED BY TS/LS/BP/NG REVIEW BY BP DATE OF ISSUE 10 September 2019 Urban Imprint Limited |.Company number 8059162 | Registered in England and Wales 2 Registered Office | 82 Reddish Road | Stockport | SK5 7QU CONTENTS 1 Introduction................................5 2 Planningcontext ...........................9 3 Landscapeandsetting ....................12 4 Designcharacteristics ....................21 5 Guidancefornewdevelopment............30 3 Little Bollington Parish 4 Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2018.Ordnance Survey 100049045 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Thisstudyisdesignedtoidentifythe developments coming forward in the of the settlement, farmsteads and key characteristics of the landscape and parish. In this regard, it acts as a material development along the main arterial the built form within the parish of Little consideration in determining planning routes through the parish form the Bollington, Cheshire in order to inform applications. pattern of landscape and townscape further work to be undertaken in support 1.4 Furthertothis,thedocumentboth features which define the area’s of the Neighbourhood Plan. complements and provides greater character. 1.2 Eachchapterexaminesadifferent detail with regard to the specific 1.7. Beyondthenorth-eastparishboundary element of the parish’s characteristics landscape and design characteristics is the stately home and immediate before providing guidance on how the within the parish. It sits alongside the grounds of Dunham Massey, which is in design of new development should be guidance within Cheshire East Design Trafford Borough. The house and its approached and undertaken. This work Guide (2017) and should be read as part associated estate, are a nationally will inform the development of policies of a family of design documents. significant heritage asset, and are for the Neighbourhood Plan. One of the owned by the National Trust. Some of key aims of the Neighbourhood Plan is to Background and context the buildings within the estate are Grade protect and enhance the existing I listed, however, none of these are 1.5 LittleBollingtonisasmallparishlyingon character of the parish through careful within the parish of Little Bollington. the north-western edge of Cheshire design that is sympathetic to the However, their setting covers much of East Borough. It is located to the south existing built form whilst ensuring the the north-western corner of the parish of the Manchester conurbation, parish is able to meet future needs of its and the village has strong historical and approximately three miles from residents. visual ties with the main estate. Altrincham, between Dunham Massey 1.3 Thisdocumentisdesignedtofulfiladual and the M56 motorway. The northern 1.8 TheNationalTrustareasignificantland role. First and foremost, it is intended and western boundaries also form the and property owner with the parish of that it will support the policies in the boundary of Cheshire East Borough. Little Bollington. Each building within the Little Bollington Neighbourhood Plan. It parish which is under the ownership of 1.6 Theparishcomprisesonesmall will also operate as a standalone the national trust is easily identified by settlement, the village of Little document that can be used by decision their recognisable burgundy facias and Bollington, but is predominantly makers and the community to help sign posting. characterised by a rural landscape of shape the quality and design of new arable and pastoral agriculture. Outside 5 Character areas in Little Bollington 1.9 LittleBollingtonconsistsofthreecharacter areas each with a distinctive built form which are detailed below. These character areas are used throughout the document to help with orientation and to provide specific design analysis and guidance. A map of these character areas is shown to the left. Little Bollington Village Character Area 1.10 The first character area covers the ‘traditional settlement’, which is nestled between the banks of the River Bollin and the Bridgewater Canal and is largely residential in nature. This area has strong connections to Dunham Massey and includes two of the four listed buildings within the parish. It also includes a large ‘finger’ of pastureland to the north-west. This area is identified as the ‘Little Bollington Village’ character area, however, in scale terms it is little more than a hamlet. A56 Arterial Route Character Area 1.11 The second characterarea comprises the buildings along Lymm Road (A56). The spinal route runs east-west connecting Bowdon roundabout with Lymm.There is a mix of residential and civic buildings including Little Bollington Primary School and the Church and a 6 number of former coaching inns that are When to use this guidance useful to all those seeking planning remnants of the route’s original turnpike permission for a range of new 1.14 Thisguidanceisforanyoneinterestedin history. As a result, a number of the development types. plan making, but also it is forthosewho larger more modern farmsteads are also are making decisions about 1.16 Development does not always require in this area.This area is identified as the development proposals. The National planning permission. Certain works or ‘A56 Arterial Route’ character area. Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) changes of use can be undertaken states in paragraph 125 that: without permission in accordance with Southern Farmsteads the General Permitted Development “Design policies should be developed Character Area Order (2015). However, in a lot of cases with communities so that they reflect planning permission will be required and 1.12 Thethirdcharacterareaisamuchlarger local aspirations, and are grounded in an guidance should still be consulted. expanse of flat arable and pastoral understanding and evaluation of each Where development is considered farmland that runs south of the A56, area’s defining characteristics. ‘permitted development’ this guidance broken only by copses and clusters of Neighbourhood plans can play an and the policies it supports may be residential properties, which are important role in identifying the special useful, but is unlikely to carry significant predominantly located on farms. This qualities of each area and explaining how weight in the planning process. area has a rectilinear field and road this should be reflected in new pattern, suggesting it is the product of a development.” 1.17 TheParishMeetinghaveinitiatedthe later enclosure. An area closest to the preparation of a Neighbourhood Plan. 1.15 Development is often a misunderstood A556 has been the subject of some This Design Guidance document should term. In the context of the planning disruption as a result of the dualling of sit alongside the Neighbourhood Plan system, it can include the building of a the route and junction improvements. providing design and heritage guidance single house or a larger number of This area is identified as the ‘Southern for development proposals in the parish. dwellings, such as alterations, or Farmsteads’ character area. extensions to existing properties. It may 1.18 WhilsttheLocalPlanhasnotidentified 1.13 Forclarity, the clusters of buildings also include changes to or installation of the parish as an area for growth, ad-hoc described in the first and second front boundary treatments or public development or windfall development,is character areas have the characteristics realm improvements. A change of the likely to continue, whereby sites of a village. The third does not. use of land is also considered unexpectedly become available for ‘development’. This guide should be development. In short, areas are always 7 subject to development and change. As The format of this document 1.23 Theoutlineforchapter4is: a result, this design guide and the • Settlement form –Addressing the 1.20 Chapter2setsoutadesignpolicy policies it informs will focus on these positioning of the buildings and their appraisal of the relevant plans and types of development, as larger relationship with roads and spaces. policies at the national and local level. schemes would be in conflict with This is not a comprehensive policy • Local builtvernacularand local policies at the national and borough level review, it simply looks at policies building details – This includes a wide – specifically the Cheshire East Local relevant to the development of this range of issues from architectural Plan Strategy. design guide and seeks to understand detailing, and fenestration through to 1.19 Pleasenotethatitisnotthepurposeof the scale and nature of the planning local materials and how they this document to set out the applications that may come forward in contribute to the unique local acceptability or not of development. Its the parish. character. role is to help users understand the type 1.21 Chapters3and4ofthisreportare 1.24 Chapter5ofthisreportsetsoutsome and nature of development that might divided into four interlinked sections broad guidance for new development, come forward and to advise on the which are designed to distil the local looking across all chapters and appropriate design response in these character into the key components of signposting possible issues that should circumstances. the local character. These chapters take be included within the Neighbourhood a ‘landscape-led’ design approach, Plan policies. however,

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