EFLP 04 KIN 010 - SE of Back Style

SITE POTENTIAL AND IMPACT ON COMMUNITY/SETTLEMENT

CONCLUSION:

Should not be put forward as possible development site for housing

Limited employment use might be appropriate provided shelter belts and footpaths are retained

ASSESSMENT SCORE (total from table below) = 49

Present Use: Agriculture - barn, farmyard, arable; shelter belts, grass production, area for golf.

Condition and Setting Assessment Score 1 - 5 (1 unacceptable, 3 neutral, 5 acceptable)

Slope and Shape

5

Reasonably level. 2 rectangular sites separate by shelter belts.

Altitude and Exposure

5

Sheltered by tree belts on W, N and E sides and by hedges to S.

Un-neighbourly uses

2

Farmyard - storage and use of machinery/farm materials/livestock.

Relationship to Townscape Garden Form

1

Sites have no relationship with settlement though footpath network links them.

Landscape Fit for Landform / Topography

3

Neutral.

Landscape Fit - Intervisibility

5

Well screened by trees.

Landscape Fit - Skyline

5

Acceptable - see above.

Defined Boundary

3

High stone wall to Back Stile with access points. Shelter belts define internal edges of sites. Existing sites too large for appropriate scale of development.

On Site Constraints

4

Trees in shelter belts; burns run through central strip; farmyard.

Ground Conditions / Natural Features

4

Poor drainage in E half of site.

Trees

4

Round edges in shelter belts - sycamore, pine, elms. Well managed.

Green Space

3

Network of footpaths used for dog walking/informal recreation.

Access

5

Off Back Stile. Existing access half way along NW boundary. No access through farmyard.

Other

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