CAWOOD VILLAGE DESIGN STATEMENT SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENT December 2009 CONTENTS VDS OBJECTIVES Purpose of a Village Design Statement 1 To Provide a record of local distinctiveness by The Cawood Village Design Statement 1 describing the unique qualities and character of the village. Map of Cawood 2 Summary of Design Characteristics 3 To identify the key features and Conservation & Listing 5 characteristics of the local natural and built Introduction to Cawood 6 environment to be respected and protected A Brief History of Cawood 10 from the impact of inappropriate development. Character Areas: 1: The Old Town 12 To provide design guidance for new 2: Church End & Water Row 19 development so that change is managed and 3: Wistowgate& Broad Lane 23 development is in harmony with its setting. Appendices To achieve a higher standard of sustainable What is a Village Design Statement and 28 design and where possible to enhance the how do I use it? local environment. General advice for prospective 30 developers To increase the involvement and influence of the local community in the planning system. LOCATION MAP Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the controller of Her Majesty's Stationary Office. ©Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Selby District Council 100018656 PURPOSE OF A VILLAGE DESIGN STATEMENT PURPOSE OF A VILLAGE DESIGN look new, and should not slavishly copy the STATEMENT old buildings. However, new development 1.1 Our villages all occupy a unique position should “fit in” with the context of the village. in the surrounding countryside, and have evolved over hundreds of years to suit the 1.5 The VDS is written so that all developers needs and circumstances of the people who can avoid lengthy discussion in the planning lived there through the ages. As a result of application process, as the design context is this, we are naturally drawn to the elements clearly set out from the beginning. Where that make our own village different for others, design is not respectful to the village, the and those things that make it unique. VDS can be used as evidence to justify the refusal of planning permission. 1.2 More recently, volume house building and standardisation has failed to reflect both 1.6 Therefore the Local Planning Authority the subtle and obvious elements that create welcomes early discussion with anyone this local distinctiveness. Coupled with this, considering undertaking any work so that a political ideology, personal tastes and consensus can be achieved, and local cultural changes have all played their part in character can be maintained. the design of buildings. It is now recognised that local distinctiveness is vital in helping to CAWOOD VILLAGE DESIGN integrate new development and in creating STATEMENT sustainable communities. This can be 2.1 Cawood is made up of three principal achieved through an understanding of local areas, with evidence showing that there character, and ensuring that this were originally three different settlements. understanding is shared with anyone Whilst development has taken place within considering development. and around these areas, the original settlements have become blurred but there 1.3 A Village Design Statement (VDS) is remains a relatively distinct change from one such a method. It is intended to explain the to the next. Therefore these form the basis context or character of the village so that for identifying three broad character areas. anyone who is considering any form of development in the village - no matter how 2.2 The character descriptions set out the large or small - can do it sympathetically. traditional layout, materials and architectural The VDS covers relatively straightforward features that are common to an area. Whilst work such as replacing doors and windows these do not strictly apply to all development as well as more significant work such as in that area, they are the key features that building extensions and complete new should inform any new development in the buildings. It sets out the elements that village. make up character in order to improve the quality of design in any new development. 1.4 The description of local character in this VDS is not intended to be prescriptive - new development should not be designed to “look old”. Instead the VDS should be used as inspiration to design new modern development that is respectful to its surroundings. In this context, that means using the appropriate building materials and architectural styles, and respecting the importance of spaces, building orientation and size. Overall, new development should MAP OF CAWOOD Character areas 1 Old Town 2 Church End/Water Row 3 Wistowgate & Broad Lane North a Castle Garth area SUMMARY OF DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS Ferry Inn and Threadgold Lane area SUMMARY OF ·Close proximity of buildings to one another ·Mediaeval layout with short narrow roads DESIGN ·Buildings built directly onto the road, few CHARACTERISTICS pavements ·Short terraces of around three houses, each terrace changes in aspect and design The list below summarises the important ·A commonality of scale, massing, elements that help to define the village. proportions, materials and details Successful development will utilise these ·Buildings do not feature windows in the roof points to blend seamlessly in to the existing which maintains the two storey street scene built form. ·Off road parking as the streets are too narrow to accommodate parked vehicles AREA ONE: OLD TOWN Market Place and Sherburn Street ·Buildings all different sizes and scale ·Rear of many properties an array of AREA TWO: CHURCH END & WATER outbuildings/stables/garages are found, ROW featuring few architectural details Church End ·Streets are made up of a continuous ·Narrow land leading to the Ings frontage of cottages and houses at the ·Limited formal footpaths by the road head of a long rectangular burgage plot ·Flood bank path to the church from the old ·Simple, modest cottages are two storey, pinfold facing front ·Road is flanked by dense mature hedges, ·Opening directly on to the street trees and other vegetation. ·Straight road with very narrow pavements ·Short terraces and semi-detached houses ·Houses are all of different sizes and scales with small gaps in the frontage with eave and ridge height variation ·Gaps grow wider further out as larger ·“ribbon development” layout buildings are set in larger plots ·Dark brown/red rough faced, irregular, hand ·Majority two storey dwellings vary in styles made brick and materials ·Textures and colours vary a patchwork of ·Elevations are square or are wider than they finishes are tall, but are seldom symmetrical ·White rendering, though not traditional, is ·No two buildings are alike now common ·Old hand clamped bricks ·Shallow weatherproof band is found at the ·Brick string course between ground and first foot of the wall floor ·Steep roof pitches ·Squat chimneys built at the gable ends ·Red pan tile or occasional grey slate ·White timber window with multiple panes ·No overhang at the eaves ·Brick and stone header and cill details ·More elaborate properties feature a narrow ·Steeply pitched roofs made in pan tiles or stone water table, occasionally made in dark grey slate brick ·Roof spaces are unused Water Row ·Tall, thin, white timber sash windows set ·Terrace of small two storey cottages and back in their reveals double fronted Georgian villas ·Doors are often found in white or dark ·Gabled roofs and front facing eaves period colour ·Pan tile or grey slate roofs ·Absence of timber work at eaves level such ·Double chimneys as barge boards ·Pitched porches ·Windows are small, timber with multiple ·Flat or arched brick headers above panes Georgian style small windows and doors ·Lintels are shallow brick arches ·Distinctive front steps and a strip of cobbles ·Hand made bricks, some cream render SUMMARY OF DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS AREA THREE: WISTOWGATE & BROAD LANE ·Short terraces of larger houses and individually designed ‘villa’ properties ·Large, squarer burgage plots ·Ribbon development style ·Georgian influences ·No two houses are alike ·Building line varies: some set back, some open directly on to the street. ·Front garden length varies but is never more that a couple of metres, defined by a low wall and hedges ·The ratio of building-to-gaps is regular ·Around half the buildings’ eaves face the road while the other half are turned 90% so the gable wall faces the road ·Gable walls that face the street feature secondary windows ·Plots are long and thin with access to the rear ·Brick and pan tile construction ·Water tables and exaggerated kneeler stones are found ·Tall, brick chimneys with a single protruding brick band around the top, capped with two tall clay pots are built from the gable walls ·Neat, symmetrical, well-proportioned elevations with a horizontal emphasis ·Some slight variation in eaves and ridge heights ·Seldom a gap between the window header and the eaves ·Eaves do not overhang CONSERVATION AND LISTING VDS and Conservation those aspects that make up the existing 3.1 The village has a designated character, which may not be so squarely "Conservation Area"; a planning tool similar focussed on the historic elements. It to Listing a building, except that it covers a considers those aspects that may not be of larger area. Conservation Areas are concern to the national interest, but are designated in an attractive historic area important to local people. where there is a demonstrable character that it is "desirable to preserve or enhance" in the 3.4 There is clearly a crossover of the two national interest. mechanisms, particularly where much of the village’s character is derived from the historic 3.2 The aims of the Conservation Area are environment. But the two mechanisms can similar to those of a VDS, but is undertaken work alongside each other to help to improve using different planning legislation.