WANDLE VALLEY COPPER MILL LANE - Merton Council

SCREEN THE WIMBLEDON
ELECTRICITY SUB- STATION SITE AND
TO REINFORCE EXISTING PLANTING
ALONG PLOUGH LANE AND THE RIVER
WANDLE AND IN ANY AREAS WHERE
THEY ARE LACKING.
THE COUNCIL WILL EXPECT CHANGES IN
THE STREET ENVIRONMENT TO COMPLY
WITH THE GUIDANCE CONTAINED IN ITS
GOOD PRACTICE ON STREET
MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN.
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SPECIAL GUIDANCE
The western section of this sub-area has
been identified as an area to be the subject
of a development framework to inform the
future development of this area.
Key objectives of the framework will be to
achieve an appropriate form of mixed-use
development that integrates with the
historic character of the area. Key
requirements will include: -
The Copper Mill Lane Sub-Area is of
archaeological significance and falls 1. Buildings of a form and scale that
within the Wandle Copper Mill Lane reflect the areas industrial origins and
Archaeological Priority Zone. traditional relationships between large
Development proposals involving scale buildings of an industrial
excavation in the area will need to have character and smaller domestic scale
regard to the following policies. buildings.
P O L I C Y W V . C M 7 :
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROTECTION
AND PRESERVATION
THE COUNCIL WILL EXPECT EARLY
CONSULTATION WHERE DEVELOPMENT IS
PROPOSED WITHIN THE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRIORITY ZONE AND
MAY REQUIRE A PRELIMINARY
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
BEFORE PROPOSALS ARE CONSIDERED.
THE COUNCIL WILL SEEK PRESERVATION,
IN SITU, OF ANY LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS, THROUGH
THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF THE
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT,
PARTICULARLY FOUNDATIONS AND
BELOW GROUND SERVICES AND
DRAINAGE.
ONLY, WHERE REMAINS CANNOT BE
PRESERVED IN SITU, WILL THE COUNCIL
CONSIDER PRESERVATION BY RECORD
BEFORE DEVELOPMENT BEGINS. THIS
SHOULD BE THROUGH AN APPROPRIATE
PROGRAMME OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL
WORK BY A RECOGNISED
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ORGANISATION, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH A PROJECT DESIGN
APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. SUCH
PROVISION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE
SUBSEQUENT PUBLICATION OF THE
RESULTS.
THIS REQUIREMENT MAY ALSO BE
APPLIED TO SITES ADJACENT TO THE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRIORITY ZONE
ESPECIALLY WHERE THEY ARE OVER 0.6
HA OR WHERE THERE IS PROVEN OR
KNOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL.
2. Location and siting of buildings to
reflect the contrast between informal
groupings of buildings of larger
industrial character and more formal
groups of smaller buildings.
3. Use of good quality materials that
reflect and complement but not
necessarily copy the palette of historic
materials that survive within the area.
4. Limited amounts of surface car parking
5. A hierarchy of private and communal
functional spaces linking Copper Mill
Lane with the River Wandle, including
links to the Wandle Trail.
6. High quality landscaped areas using a
combination of traditional materials
and details and good quality large
format paving slabs.
7. Planting landscaping scheme that
provides for additional tree and shrub
planting to reinforce existing planting,
to improve areas deficient in planting
and to provide screening to Plough
Lane and the Electricity Sub-Station.